Description
Tubelastica is a lightweight YouTube embed block for WordPress.
It helps you add a single YouTube video to posts, pages, and block-based widget areas. It is especially useful for narrow WordPress sidebars, where a full YouTube player is not always the best choice.
Instead of displaying a full player, Tubelastica can display a clean YouTube thumbnail with an optional custom link. Clicking the thumbnail can open a full post on your own website, where the video is displayed properly, helping keep visitors engaged instead of sending them directly to YouTube.
Watch the demo video:
Watch Demo Video
Read the setup guide:
Read the Tubelastica Setup Guide
Features
- Embed a single YouTube video using a block
- Sidebar-friendly display
- Optional custom link to your own post or page
- Helps keep visitors on your website
- Lazy loading enabled by default
- Optional caption support
- Width control for posts and pages
- Compatible with block-based widget areas
- Compatible with Blockbase and other Full Site Editing (FSE) themes
- Lightweight and fast
- No coding required
Blocks
This plugin provides 1 block.
- Tubelastica
Installation
- Upload the tubelastica folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
- Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
- Add the Tubelastica block in the block editor or widget editor.
- Paste a YouTube URL.
- Optionally add a custom link and caption.
- Publish your page or post.
FAQ
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What makes Tubelastica different from a standard YouTube embed?
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Tubelastica is designed to work well in posts, pages, and narrow sidebar widget areas. You can also use an optional custom link so a video thumbnail opens a full post on your own website instead of linking directly to YouTube.
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Yes. Tubelastica works with block-based widget areas and is optimized for sidebar use.
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Does Tubelastica work with Blockbase?
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Yes. Tubelastica works with Blockbase and other Full Site Editing (FSE) themes.
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Switching from another YouTube plugin?
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If you are moving from another YouTube plugin, we recommend testing Tubelastica with one video first in a local environment (such as XAMPP or LocalWP) or on a staging site before updating your live website.
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Contributors & Developers
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Changelog
1.8.4
- Improved plugin description.
- Updated feature list.
- Improved documentation.
1.8.3
- Added Blockbase and FSE theme compatibility note.
- Updated FAQ.
1.8.2
- Simplified FAQ.
- Improved documentation.