Comments on: Looking for a YouTube Wordpress Plugin

By: Cathy

Cathy — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:27:33 +0000

I’ve worked with it before for some video insurance news we had on YouTube and it works great.

By: Joe Hall

Joe Hall — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:29:15 +0000

@Michael you can create custom feed output from another feed using rss2html pro. I have used it, and its great. With it you can completely change the way that a feed is output, then create a new feed. Then you could use a scrapper plugin to scrap your new feed. This way you wouldn't have to hack anyone's plugin.

By: Michael Gray

Michael Gray — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:37:28 +0000

@Joe Hall: lots of plugins run on a schedule. I can already grab it in XML/rss format using a feed scraper plugin but without hacking in some exceptions there’s no way to convert it into a playable video.

I may end up doing that but not my first choice, mucking w/other ppls plugins is a recipe for disaster

By: Joe Hall

Joe Hall — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:16:37 +0000

@Michael – Thinking more about this…you will never get a fully automated process here. Heres why: RSS doesn’t push, post, ect. Therefore, here’s what I think needs to happen. An XML parser needs to be used to format the original youtube RSS into something that PHP can play with. Then we can take the RSS item links (permalinks) and use them to create the embed code. At this point we could either spit this out into a new XML template to create a whole new feed, or we could just inject it directly into the WP database. But heres the catch: All of this isn’t going to happen on its own. Therefore I think the best method would be to create some type of cron job that is set to run every hour or what ever you want, so that It can check things on a regular basis.

In the end, I think this would be a fun plugin to create. However, when I think about the complexities involved, my gut tells me that we might be able to do everything above using 2 or 3 plugins in conjunction with each other.

By: Michael Gray

Michael Gray — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:12:33 +0000

@Vladimir: Your plugin is interesting but the automated cross posting is a mission critical component.

By: Vladimir

Vladimir — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:20:39 +0000

I am the author of Smart Youtube plugin and I suggest you and your friends take a look at another plugin of mine called Insights http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/wordpress-plugins/insights

While not completely automating it, I think you will be pleasantly surprised what it can do.

If you still need more, contact me.

By: Adam Dempsey

Adam Dempsey — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:23:13 +0000

I started coding this but then got bored, the code I came up with so far can be found at http://pastebin.com/f797e81e9 in case anyone finds it of any use.

By: Joe Hall

Joe Hall — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:08:36 +0000

I can do this….I think….might take a while though…

By: Michael Gray

Michael Gray — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:04:27 +0000

yes but the playable vid has to be in the post not just a picture/still from the video.

By: Joe Hall

Joe Hall — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:49:17 +0000

Let me get this straight, you are looking for a plugin that will automatically make a new post with every new youtube vid from a specific user?