Installation

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Installation Guide

Setting up Easy TubeCasting is straightforward and follows the standard WordPress plugin installation process.

Prerequisites

  • WordPress Version: 6.0 or higher.
  • PHP Version: 7.4 or higher.
  • Editing Experience: The supported publishing workflow uses the WordPress block editor.

Option 1: Installation via WordPress Dashboard (Recommended)

  1. Log in to your WordPress Admin area.
  2. Navigate to Plugins > Add New.
  3. Click the Upload Plugin button at the top.
  4. Choose the easy-tubecasting.zip file from your computer.
  5. Click Install Now.
  6. Once the installation is complete, click Activate Plugin.

Option 2: Manual Installation via FTP

  1. Decompress the easy-tubecasting.zip file on your computer.
  2. Connect to your web server using an FTP client (like FileZilla).
  3. Upload the easy-tubecasting folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress installation.
  4. Go to Plugins > Installed Plugins in your WordPress dashboard.
  5. Locate Easy TubeCasting in the list and click Activate.

Post-Activation Steps

After activation, you will see a new menu item labeled Easy TubeCasting in your WordPress sidebar.

  1. Go to Easy TubeCasting > Settings.
  2. Add and validate a YouTube Data API v3 key if you want to display playlists, channels, usernames, or handles.
  3. Open a page or post in the block editor.
  4. Add the Easy TubeCasting block.
  5. Paste a YouTube video, playlist, channel, username, or handle URL.
  6. Adjust Videos Per Batch, Theme Mode, Accent Color, and Display Style as needed.

You can display a single video or comma-separated video URLs without saving an API key. Collection imports and sync require a key.