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spark-green/youtube-shortcodes
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ShortCodes Module is based on Daniel Hensby's post at SSbits. It adds a shortcode for inserting YouTube videos to pages, as well as adding a buttons to the TinyMCE WYSIWYG editor.

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

[](#shortcodes-module)

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 3.1 or newer

Installation Instructions
-------------------------

[](#installation-instructions)

### Composer

[](#composer)

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

```
$ composer require spark-green/youtube-shortcodes

```

### Manual

[](#manual)

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

Usage Overview
--------------

[](#usage-overview)

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

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

```

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]

```

###  Health Score

21

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LowBetter than 19% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

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

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