YouTube Playlist Source

When Source Type is set to YouTube Playlist, the slider fetches playlist items from the YouTube Data API and uses the saved slide design as a reusable template for each video.

Typical Setup Flow

1. set Source Type to YouTube Playlist
2. enter the Playlist ID / URL
3. enter the API Key
4. set Max Videos
5. design the slide using placeholders
6. save and preview

YouTube Source Fields

The YouTube source block includes:

• Playlist ID / URL
• API Key
• Max Videos

Playlist ID / URL

You can use either:

• a full YouTube playlist URL
• a raw playlist ID

Examples:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLABC123

PLABC123

API Key

API Key is required so the slider can fetch the playlist videos during preview and frontend rendering.

This is the only currently documented slider source type in this release that requires a dedicated API key field in slider settings.

Max Videos

Use Max Videos to limit how many playlist items become slides.

Typical Placeholders

Direct video-feed keys work as placeholders.

Examples:

• {{title}}
• {{description}}
• {{video_url}}
• {{embed_url}}
• {{featured_image}}
• {{channel_title}}
• {{published_at}}
• {{video_id}}

Use {{video_embed}} when you want the slider to render a playable video inside an HTML layer.

Use {{video_url}} when you only need the raw watch URL or a button link.

Recommended Layer Usage

Use:

• Text or Caption layers for {{title}}, {{description}}, and other text placeholders
• HTML layers for {{video_embed}}

The HTML layer stretches embedded source-driven players to the full width and height of the layer frame, which makes it the correct layer type for video-card layouts.

External Requirements

• requires a YouTube Data API key
• requires outbound requests to Google or YouTube endpoints
• playlist data is fetched during preview and frontend rendering