Feeds for YouTube Pro vs Youtube Widget Responsive
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| Feature | Feeds for YouTube Pro v2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details | Youtube Widget Responsive v1.6.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 7,000+ |
| Last updated | — | July 2, 2024 |
| Editions | Feeds for YouTube Pro ($) | Widget Responsive for Youtube |
| Pros | List, grid, gallery and carousel layouts; Live stream feeds and single video pages; Stores videos as a custom post type for on-site browsing | Sidebar widget and shortcode embeds; Privacy mode uses the no-cookie embed domain; Optional schema.org VideoObject fields for SEO |
| Cons | Paid licence; updates depend on an active licence; Needs a YouTube Data API key; Sends usage data by default in the Pro version | No block editor block; shortcode or widget only; Relies on older jQuery UI and Font Awesome CDN assets; Last tested with WordPress 6.5 in its readme |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | List, grid, gallery and carousel layouts ($), Live stream feeds ($), Feed from a search result ($), Videos stored as a custom post type ($), Single video shortcode ($), Elementor widgets ($), Licence key and updates from the vendor ($) | Responsive YouTube sidebar widget, youtube shortcode with player options, Privacy mode using the no-cookie embed domain, schema.org VideoObject markup for SEO, Play and state events sent to the site's own Google Analytics, WPBakery Page Builder element |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | — | Google Analytics |
| Social | YouTube Data API ($) | YouTube iframe API |
| Plugins | Elementor ($) | WPBakery Page Builder |
| Requires WordPress | 4.1 | 3.0.1 |
| Tested up to | 6.4.3 | 6.5.5 |
| Phones home | Yes | No |
| External services | reviews.smashballoon.com, www.googleapis.com, plugin.smashballoon.com, connect.smashballoon.com, usage.smashballoon.com | www.youtube.com, www.youtube-nocookie.com, ajax.googleapis.com, maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com |
| Blocks | 1 | — |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 1 |