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ethanjohnstone/silverstripe-shortcodes
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Adds shortcodes for inserting YouTube and Vimeo videos.

1.0.4(10y ago)014BSD-2-ClausePHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Feb 18Pushed 7y agoCompare

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ShortCodes Module
=================

[](#shortcodes-module)

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Overview
--------

[](#overview)

ShortCodes Module is based on Daniel Hensby's post at [SSbits](http://www.ssbits.com/tutorials/2010/2-4-using-short-codes-to-embed-a-youtube-video/). It adds a shortcodes for inserting YouTube and Vimeo videos to pages, as well as adding a buttons to the TinyMCE WYSIWYG editor.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- SilverStripe 2.4 or newer.

Install
-------

[](#install)

### Via Composer

[](#via-composer)

Run the following to add this module as a requirement and install it via composer.

```
$ composer require studiobonito/silverstripe-youtubevideos
```

### Manually

[](#manually)

Copy the 'shortcodes' folder to your the root of your SilverStripe installation.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Use the following shortcode in any `HTMLTextField` to embed a YouTube video

```
[youtube id=4af1bFh3duo][/youtube]

```

or a Vimeo video

```
[vimeo id=29471008][/vimeo]

```

You can also specify a height and width which can be used by the templates that render the videos

```
[youtube id=4af1bFh3duo width=300 height=150][/youtube]

```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Tom Densham](https://github.com/nedmas)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The BSD-2-Clause License. Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

26

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LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~167 days

Total

5

Last Release

3800d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/23485998?v=4)[Ethan Johnstone](/maintainers/ethanjohnstone)[@ethanjohnstone](https://github.com/ethanjohnstone)

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Top Contributors

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