YouTube Commentator WordPress Plugin
The YouTube™ Commentator is a WordPress plugin that allows you to add timed comments that display below the video as it plays. The comments can also serve as bookmarks to various portions of the video.
Inserting a Video
Inserting a YouTube™ video can be done using the following shortcode.
The above code will insert the YouTube video that can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHYpxWbDdUI.
This code behaves differently on the home page verses the post page. On the home page, it will display summary information along with a thumbnail image of the video. On the post page, it will display the full size video in the YouTube player.
Bookmarklet
You can also provide users with a bookmarklet for adding videos to your website. You can use the following shortcode to generate the appropriate bookmarklet for your website.
Example: Add Video
Inserting Comments
Inserting comments is also done using a shortcode.
The above code will display the enclosed comment at the 3:30 mark of the video.
There are a couple of optional parameters available. Use pause=1 to have the video automatically pause when it reaches the ytc_time shortcode. Also, you can use seekto=4:00 to cause the video to skip to a particular time.
Users can use the comment functions for your post to add comments to a video. A small text field is added above the comment text field for the time to display the comment. The time will automatically be added as a shortcode to the comment they post.
Bugs
The links generated by the ytc_time shortcode are supposed to jump to the specific spot in the video. It will usually jump several seconds in front of that spot, maybe even a minute or so depending on the length of the video. Also, these links will sometimes not work at all or just take you to the beginning of the video.
Options
The options for YouTube Commentator allow you to control who can post comments using the ytc_time shortcode. The settings are “anyone”, “subscribers”, or “authors”.