Title: Google Video Plugin
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Google Video Plugin

 *  [chaoswarp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chaoswarp/)
 * (@chaoswarp)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-video-plugin/)
 * I wanted to be able to view my own, and other users, videos from google’s new
   online video service.
 * [The Google Video Plugin](http://www.rossgerbasi.com/?p=142) allows you to use
   a simple tag like
    [gv data=”url” width=”300″ height=”400″][/gv] in your post
   and it will include the video and the player.
 * All you need is this plugin and then copy and paste the data variable from google.
   Instructions are better in the plugin and on my website.
 * I have only tested it on WP 2.0 and it seems to be working great, so if anyone
   is willing to mess around with it and let me know how it goes, maybe someone 
   can take this and make it into something even better 🙂 Until then I will spend
   my time hosting my videos at google and writing about some of the stupid crap
   that goes up there 🙂
 * Anyways go [here](http://www.rossgerbasi.com/?p=142) to get it. Please leave 
   comments, and if you need any help please ask!
 * Hope this helps someone!

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-video-plugin/#post-318170)
 * If you are after something to test this plugin with, I totally recommend this
   one 🙂
 * [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2153041247958552201&q=numa+numa](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2153041247958552201&q=numa+numa)
 *  [iamalik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamalik/)
 * (@iamalik)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-video-plugin/#post-318259)
 * i don’t understand, why use this instead of the code google gives you when you
   click on “put on site”
 * (not being rude, just wondering)
 *  [iamalik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamalik/)
 * (@iamalik)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-video-plugin/#post-318260)
 * oh wait, I see, it breaks up the page, sorry I never tried it before, I’m going
   to go ahead and try out this plugin.
 *  [iamalik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamalik/)
 * (@iamalik)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-video-plugin/#post-318306)
 * hey it works really great, is there any way to make it work under the ‘<!–more–
   >’ function?
 *  Thread Starter [chaoswarp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chaoswarp/)
 * (@chaoswarp)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-video-plugin/#post-318475)
 * Hey Thanks for giving it a try! And actually I went ahead and tested it under
   the more section it seems to work as is.
 * I ended up with my post looking like this
    Testing plugin in “more” section” 
   <!–more–> <pre>[gv data=”[http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DjAAAAO4LOQuOtbu2Swx5v9wxTTZI7u6Iha-OpFW6CZV4zLlK4UaVVp4Cpe6DWR8FcJjkvHLfv79shJDEKpS0Yu9r1x7GD1AGc2gi98rrnJPV5GavAqsiMxqckGw2yNdzuVdd5kV78hRewR8tSNxPgd4rnNDFGguGRPu9I55r7avV334cmcZZEQex1mpGw5nZMlCvEQ%26begin%3D0%26len%3D221766&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer%3Fcontentid%3Db873e8f746cbecdd%26second%3D5%26itag%3Dw320%26urlcreated%3D1137210455%26sigh%3DN8BAvSE9b8rV4nsaqNqritVyd04&playerId=-6238953685626218421&playerMode=embedded”%5D%5B/gv%5D</pre&gt](http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DjAAAAO4LOQuOtbu2Swx5v9wxTTZI7u6Iha-OpFW6CZV4zLlK4UaVVp4Cpe6DWR8FcJjkvHLfv79shJDEKpS0Yu9r1x7GD1AGc2gi98rrnJPV5GavAqsiMxqckGw2yNdzuVdd5kV78hRewR8tSNxPgd4rnNDFGguGRPu9I55r7avV334cmcZZEQex1mpGw5nZMlCvEQ%26begin%3D0%26len%3D221766&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer%3Fcontentid%3Db873e8f746cbecdd%26second%3D5%26itag%3Dw320%26urlcreated%3D1137210455%26sigh%3DN8BAvSE9b8rV4nsaqNqritVyd04&playerId=-6238953685626218421&playerMode=embedded”%5D%5B/gv%5D</pre&gt);
 * When I clicked “read the rest of this entry” the player came up no problem. Where
   you having issues using this plugin in the more section?
 * And yes not only does the page break when you copy and paste the code in from
   google. This plugin also allows everything to just be easier managed.
 * You dont have to have a giant pasted object tag in your post, just one nice compact
   little tag that points to the video. A little easier to work with. 🙂
 * Hope its working well for everyone!!!
 * -ross
 *  [iamalik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamalik/)
 * (@iamalik)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-video-plugin/#post-318547)
 * Yeah, it doesn’t hide for me when I put it under the more tag. Also, it seems
   it’s not working in IE. My latest post has an example using your plugin.
 *  [iamalik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamalik/)
 * (@iamalik)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-video-plugin/#post-318549)
 * nevermind about the more tag, now it’s working great, it was a CSS error on my
   part.
 * But it’s still cutting it off in IE. I tried resizing it to what you have in 
   your demo (400×326) since yours is working in IE. any clue how to fix that?
 *  [nearlythere](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nearlythere/)
 * (@nearlythere)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-video-plugin/#post-318597)
 * cool! i can’t wait to get video into my site.
 * FYI: i added this to the codex plugin page to facilitate people locating this
   handy plugin,
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Video](http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Video)
 *  [testbr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/testbr/)
 * (@testbr)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-video-plugin/#post-318619)
 * The option FULL SCREEN dont work here… any solution?
 *  Thread Starter [chaoswarp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chaoswarp/)
 * (@chaoswarp)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-video-plugin/#post-318622)
 * **IAMalik:**
 * I was not able to reproduce the same problem.
    I have some screen shots, of my
   IE before and after clicking on “Read the rest of this entry”.
 * [http://www.rossgerbasi.com/source/googlevideo/screenshots/gv_IEMore1.jpg](http://www.rossgerbasi.com/source/googlevideo/screenshots/gv_IEMore1.jpg)
   
   [http://www.rossgerbasi.com/source/googlevideo/screenshots/gv_IEMore2.jpg](http://www.rossgerbasi.com/source/googlevideo/screenshots/gv_IEMore2.jpg)
 * One recommendation is to go back to my site and download the plugin again. A 
   change has been made to fix IE from cutting off the flash movie.
 * This was not only related to the more tag, but IE would always shift the movie
   to the left.
 * If you do not wish to download it again the fix is
    ** Line 96: wp-GoogleVideo.
   php – Edit To Read:
 * `$flashStr .= "<param name='salign' value='TL' />";`
 * the value “TB” was causing issues in IE.
 * **testbr:**
 * I am not sure what option “FULL SCREEN” you are talking about? Do you mean the“
   view this video on google” link is not working?
 * **nearlythere: **
 * Thanks!
 * and Thanks to everyone for helping out with this! Glad to see it is useful for
   people!
 *  [testbr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/testbr/)
 * (@testbr)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-video-plugin/#post-318624)
 * “I am not sure what option “FULL SCREEN” you are talking about? Do you mean the“
   view this video on google” link is not working?”
 * The player have the option FULL SCREEN… but dont work in my blog.
 *  [iamalik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamalik/)
 * (@iamalik)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-video-plugin/#post-318665)
 * thanks! it’s working perfectly now 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [chaoswarp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chaoswarp/)
 * (@chaoswarp)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-video-plugin/#post-318697)
 * Hello Again, 🙂
 * This plug-in has been downloaded about 214 times in the last 6 days. Now for 
   me that’s pretty crazy seeing it’s my first real plug-in. Then again maybes that’s
   nothing, what do I know 🙂
 * Anyways Version 1.1 of this plug-in is pretty much done. Some of the issues that
   have been addressed are:
    -  Names of style classes are now customizable. So you can decide what you want
      to call the CSS classes holding all the pieces, also the text in the link 
      that defaults to “view this on google” is also customizable.
    -  JavaScript has been added directly from google to allow the Full Screen button
      to work. This requires a whole new way of copying and pasting the code, and
      also requires downloading the googleplayer.swf to your own server or using
      my “hack the sandbox” method I will be writing about. BUT! worry not this 
      plug-in has been written so if you upgrade you will see no changes to your
      current entries and you can still add entries the basic way just like always.
      Advanced features have just been added, not required 🙂
    -  Javascript Flash Detection has been added to tell user they need Flash Player
      Version 7, if they dont have it
    -  The code has now been reorganized into better functions to allow other plug-
      ins to use them. Now other plug-ins can simply call a GV function passing 
      in variables like URL, width, height, linkText, and class names to provide
      a custom look in there own plug-ins. Then they will be returned a string of
      HTML all set to display the video.
 * Definitely has me thinking about a new WordPress Video Gallery plug-in that could
   be my next venture :).
 * I will get to posting the new version of the plug-in sometime in the next few
   days. It is actually pretty set, just want to test out a few more things, and
   sleep 🙂 its 2am!
 * Thanks again to everyone who has tried it, and any other feedback is always extremely
   helpful!
 *  [kineda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kineda/)
 * (@kineda)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-video-plugin/#post-318700)
 * Have you thought about including youtube videos as well?
 *  Thread Starter [chaoswarp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chaoswarp/)
 * (@chaoswarp)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-video-plugin/#post-318701)
 * **kineda:**
 * Yes I have. You got ahead of me 🙂
 * surprise surprise as of this post the GV plugin will also support all video from
   You Tube. You will now be able to add the following data types
 * **For Google**
    data=”path to google video from ‘put on site’ link” data=”path
   to enhanced Google player from view source”
 * **For You Tube**
    data=”You Tube Video Id (ex: WXeVggCd164)” data=”Path to You
   Tube Perm Link” data=”Path to You Tube Embedable Player”
 * No extra variables are needed the plug-in can detect which site and video you
   wish to show. Google video and You tube have separate customizable CSS classes
   to change the look and feel of each. Also separate customizable link text.
 * Both Have seperate functions that can be called from other plugins to add a Google
   Video Content or You Tube video by simply passing the function the same information
   you would pass the “data” type
 * Sorry for the delay on actually getting the plugin up. I promise you it is working
   well. I just want to clean it up, and make sure I haven’t mistyped anything. 
   It is working well on my site currently.
 * Check it out
    [http://www.rossgerbasi.com/2006/01/20/you-tube-testing/](http://www.rossgerbasi.com/2006/01/20/you-tube-testing/)
 * Next on to the You Tube API and get a Nice Gallery going! 🙂 Would anyone else
   be interested in that?

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