8 Cool jQuery YouTube & Vimeo Plugins

If you want to promote your website or showcase your products and services then videos will serve as one of the most powerful tools for your digital marketing efforts. The videos are definitely more persuasive than any other form of media and they are also loved by the search engines. Users make the buying decisions when their emotional senses are stimulated. The big reason why video media is far more persuasive than the other media is because it can engage the emotional senses most effectively. This is the reason why it is extremely important to have the videos on your website.

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YouTube is the most popular video portal in the world today. But besides YouTube, there are other portals too that have gained good deal of popularity. Vimeo is one such video portal. You may create the promotional videos and upload it on one or more of these portals. But it is also important to find a way to effectively embed these videos in your website.

There are a number of jQuery plugins available on the web for YouTube and Vimeo. We have put together a list of the 8 most popular plugins that are extremely effective. These plugins are created for performance and reliability.

Plyr

A simple, accessible and customizable HTML5, YouTube and Vimeo media player.

Youmax

Youmax is jQuery plugin that can be used to display videos and playlists from YouTube and Vimeo. It aims to integrate your videos into your website to help increase views and encourage your website subscribers to subscribe to your YouTube or Vimeo channel.

Yottie

User-friendly and high quality tool will be a great addition for bloggers, companies and anyone else who strives to attract audience with a video content. Find any spot, add it to your custom group and show everyone your selection.

PrettyEmbed.js

Prettier embeds for your YouTubes with easy to use options like fetch the highest resolution preview image available from YouTube, advanced customization of embed options, and optional FitVids support.

YoutubeBackground

A wrapper for the Youtube API — Great for fullscreen background videos or just regular videos.

Vix Youtube Player

The Vix Youtube Player is designed to be dynamically responsive adjusting and adapting to each screen size and is compatible with mobile devices.It works with a large customization model based on dynamic templates. Customize colors, icons, texts. Use multiple channels, playlists and videos. Multiple combinations of layouts to streamline your pages. Based on the latest version of the YouTube API (v3), with support for callbacks and API control methods and more.

Easy Video Player

Easy Video Player is a powerful responsive video player that can play local videos, streaming videos from a server or Youtube videos.

YouTube And Vimeo Video Player with Playlist

This plugin can be used as an YouTube & Vimeo video player or as a multimedia slider.