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Automatic YouTube Gallery — WordPress Video Gallery Plugin

Automatic YouTube Gallery – Embed Auto-Updating YouTube Video Galleries, Feeds, Playlists & Channels

by Plugins360 Labs · WordPress.org page · Website

v2.9.1 Tested up to WP 7.1 PHP 5.6.20+

Automatic YouTube Gallery has 9,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 187,549 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 25, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Automatic YouTube Gallery at a glance

Active installs
9,000+
Total downloads
187,549
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Automatic YouTube Gallery well maintained?

Support threads resolved
2 of 2
recent threads on the WordPress.org support forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1, the current release is 7.1
One-star reviews
3%
1 of 31 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Gallery Builder — create unlimited galleries, each with its own reusable shortcode, e.g. [automatic_youtube_gallery id="123"]
  • Automatic sync — a scheduled background import (hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly) keeps your galleries current; click “Update Gallery” anytime for an instant…
  • Video sorting — order videos by published date, title, duration, or random, ascending or descending
  • YouTube Shorts filter — filter videos by duration to show only Shorts or hide Shorts from your gallery
  • Exclude videos — blacklist specific videos so they are never imported
  • Responsive grid layout — up to 12 columns, adapts to any screen size and looks great on mobile
  • Pagination — “Load More” button or Previous/Next pager, with translatable labels
  • Live search form — let visitors search videos inside the gallery
  • Flexible player — native YouTube embed or a lightweight Custom Video Player; autoplay, loop, mute, auto-advance to the next video, player color, closed…
  • 16:9, 4:3, and 9:16 (Shorts / vertical) aspect ratios for thumbnails and the player
  • Fast by design — built-in API caching, videos served from your own database, lazy loading, and minified assets for quick page loads
  • GDPR compliant — optional cookie consent before playback and YouTube’s Privacy Enhanced Mode (youtube-nocookie.com)

Automatic YouTube Gallery reviews and ratings

31 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
4.8 out of 5

31 reviews

5★
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4★
1
3★
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1★
1

  • Great clean plugin

    Works very nice and exactly what we needed, an easy plugin that shows the latest videos from a youtube channel or playlist. Seems fast and clean.

    mrjinx

  • Great support!

    I am using this plugin for a client site, and it's very important to him that his YouTube views are counted in the native YouTube analytics, even when viewed from the website. I reached out to the development team about this, and they replied within a matter of hours and addressed our needs with a plugin update and code snippet within a day or two. They were very friendly throughout the process. Super appreciative!

    Caitlin Shannon

  • Does not update

    Bummer ! It appears that this plugin does not update according the playlist on youtube. It takes a snapshot of the list when the plugin is configured but when new vids are added to the playlist in youtube, it does not see them on the website.

    jupiter8

  • An excellent YT embed and more

    It does everything you would think of. You want just one video, it's done. You wand multiple videos selectable by multiple rules, it's also done.I only had one small issue: on one of my pages I wanted to display just one video w/o title/description. I wanted to use your plugin because it proved to be lighter than the normal embed :). But without a title and description, a bottom margin still appeard. After doing some research, I discovered that the div that was supposed to contain them still exists but only contains spaces. However, due to the flex gap, this creates a visible bottom margin. I managed to make the margin disappear by using small CSS and JavaScript snippets. Here is the proposed solution: could you make it so that the bottom div is not generated at all if it has no content to show?

    Vladimir Unguru

  • SIMPLE, UNOBTRUSIVE PLUG-IN

    Simple, lightweight, clean, powerful, and unobtrusive. Just the way you want your plug-ins.

    AJLST

  • Fantastic Plugin

    The free version works great. Easy setup. Going to support this developer by having clients buy pro version of this and other of their plugins!!

    Cyndi

Where Automatic YouTube Gallery ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Automatic YouTube Gallery appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Video Gallery Plugins #17 by tag, #14 in search #9 –
Best Gallery Plugins #18 in search, not tagged #62 –

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Details

Embed YouTube videos, playlists, channels, live streams & Shorts in a responsive video gallery that stays up to date automatically.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • youtube channel
  • YouTube embed
  • youtube gallery
  • YouTube Live
  • youtube playlist

More from Plugins360 Labs

Version
2.9.1
Last updated
Aug 25, 2026
First published
Dec 12, 2018
Requires WordPress
6.3
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
5.6.20
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Automatic YouTube Gallery FAQ

What does Automatic YouTube Gallery do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Automatic YouTube Gallery offers Gallery Builder — create unlimited galleries, each with its own reusable shortcode, e.g. [automatic_youtube_gallery id="123"], Automatic sync — a scheduled background import (hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly) keeps your galleries current; click “Update Gallery” anytime for an instant, Video sorting — order videos by published date, title, duration, or random, ascending or descending, YouTube Shorts filter — filter videos by duration to show only Shorts or hide Shorts from your gallery and Exclude videos — blacklist specific videos so they are never imported.

How many active installs does Automatic YouTube Gallery have?

WordPress.org reports 9,000+ active installs for Automatic YouTube Gallery as of September 7, 2026.

Is Automatic YouTube Gallery still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on August 25, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Does Automatic YouTube Gallery have good support?

On the WordPress.org forum, 2 of 2 recent support threads for Automatic YouTube Gallery are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.

Is Automatic YouTube Gallery free?

Automatic YouTube Gallery is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.

Where does Automatic YouTube Gallery rank among Video Gallery Plugins?

Automatic YouTube Gallery is #9 in the WordPress.org "video-gallery" ranking as of today.