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Credentials

Authentication

Go to the Google Cloud Console: Visit the Google Cloud Console and sign in with your Google account.

Create a New Project (if needed): If you don’t have a project already, create a new project by clicking on the project dropdown in the top left corner and selecting “New Project”.

Video Gallery For YouTube- New Project
Video Gallery For YouTube- New Project

Give your project a name and click “Create.”

Video Gallery For YouTube- Create Project
Video Gallery For YouTube- Create Project

Select the Project: Ensure you’ve selected the project where you want to create the API key from the project dropdown.

Video Gallery For YouTube- Select Project
Video Gallery For YouTube- Select Project

Navigate to APIs & Services > Credentials:

  • On the left sidebar, click on “APIs & Services” and then select “Credentials.”
  • Create Credentials > API Key: Click on the “Create credentials
  • Dropdown and choose “API key.”
Video Gallery For YouTube- Create API
Video Gallery For YouTube- Create API

Copy Your API Key: Once created, Google will display your API key. Copy it to use in your application or plugin.

Video Gallery For YouTube- Copy API Key
Video Gallery For YouTube- Copy API Key

YouTube API

Click on “Enabled APIs & Services”

Video Gallery For YouTube- Enable APIs & Services
Video Gallery For YouTube- Enable APIs & Services

Then click on the “+ ENABLE APIS AND SERVICES” button.

Video Gallery For YouTube- + Enable APIs & Services
Video Gallery For YouTube- + Enable APIs & Services

Search for YouTube API V3 and select the YouTube Data API v3.

Video Gallery For YouTube- Search And Select API
Video Gallery For YouTube- Search And Select

Finally, click to enable the YouTube Data API v3

Video Gallery For YouTube- Enable API
Video Gallery For YouTube- Enable API

Channel Id

Sign in to YouTube

In the top right, click your profile picture and then Settings

Video Player For YouTube-Settings
Video Player For YouTube-Settings

From the left menu, select Advanced Settings

Video Player For YouTube -Advanced-Settings
Video Player For YouTube -Advanced-Settings

You’ll see your channel’s user and channel IDs

Video Player For YouTube- Copy Channel ID
Video Player For YouTube- Copy Channel ID

Playlist Id

Go to your target YouTube playlist on the browser

On the address bar, you will see something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcYaAw7gX7w&list=PLhpg_3n0OYC7B5oPL4qL_hqLy5LlJ79bV

Video Player For YouTube- Playlist-Id
Video Player For YouTube- Playlist-Id

The playlist ID is the characters after “list=” so in the URL above, our playlist ID is PLhpg_3n0OYC7B5oPL4qL_hqLy5LlJ79bV

Copy the playlist ID

Go back to the plugin page and paste it into the “RESOURCE ID” field.

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