Title: Does it count views?
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Does it count views?

 *  [Wim H](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wim-h/)
 * (@wim-h)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-it-count-views/)
 * Looks good, tried some colleques, but using their YouTube-plugin didn’t count
   views in YouTube. Does this one do?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/youtube-embed-plus/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/youtube-embed-plus/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Wim H](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wim-h/)
 * (@wim-h)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-it-count-views/#post-6808559)
 * Obviously not. Pity.
 *  Plugin Author [embedplus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/embedplus/)
 * (@embedplus)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-it-count-views/#post-6808562)
 * This plugin is based on YouTube standards. Embedded video views count on YouTube.
   com as long as they aren’t autoplayed. There’s nothing we do to prevent or change
   things. Feel free to google on ’embedded youtube player and play count’ to learn
   more about how things work.
 * It’s not clear what you’re seeking, but if your trying to portray this plugin
   as one that does not follow that standard, then you’re wrong.
 * -EmbedPlus Team
 *  Thread Starter [Wim H](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wim-h/)
 * (@wim-h)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-it-count-views/#post-6808606)
 * Thanks for your reaction. I don’t want to portay anything, I just wondered if
   using the plugin counts on YouTube. When tested with proxy-server it did not,
   while in YouTube itself it did. It’s just that I want normal counting when using
   your plugin and it seems to me that it did not count when using your plugin.
 *  Plugin Author [embedplus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/embedplus/)
 * (@embedplus)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-it-count-views/#post-6808638)
 * Please understand that a plugin is not responsible for counting YouTube views.**
   YouTube’s own player automatically does the count increments internally and according
   to it’s own rules**. A plugin does not need to do **(and should not, for that
   matter)** anything special on top of this.
 * Given that you aren’t getting views from anything that you’re trying (even outside
   of this plugin), our advice is to evaluate your setup and embed parameters (if
   any) and see if you’re preventing the YouTube player from sending count data.
   For example, if you’re autoplaying your embeds, you should know that YouTube 
   explicitly won’t count autoplays as views. We suggest you read this: [https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1727240#Video](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1727240#Video)
 * -EmbedPlus Team

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