Yahoo! WebPlayer WordPress Plugin

The Yahoo! WebPlayer Wordpress Plugin embeds a media player on your page in a collapsible drawer. This player allows your users to play embedded links on your page to music files, YouTube videos, and Yahoo! movie pages.

You can find more information on the player at: webplayer.yahoo.com

You can download it here: Yahoo! WebPlayer WordPress Plugin v2.0.6

Installation Instructions

  1. unzip the file
  2. drag the created folder it into: wp-content/plugins
  3. activate the plugin from the ‘Plugins’ tab by selecting the ‘Yahoo! WebPlayer’
  4. choose where the code should be placed (header or footer). placement in the footer may improve page load times, but may not work with certain themes.
  5. change the version of the player through the ‘Yahoo! WebPlayer’ section under ‘Options’ (optional)
  6. configure the settings for how you want the player to behave
  7. add links to your page
  8. the player will detect these links, render a play button next to the media, and include the media in the playlist
  9. enjoy :-)

Changelog

= v2.0.6 =

  • enabled the ability to change the theme color between silver and black

= v2.0.5 =

  • allows monetization via Amazon affiliate codes

= v2.0.4 =

  • this version enables a new option to control whether or not YouTube videos are parsed

= v2.0.3 =

  • this is a critical update to be compatible with the latest version of the Yahoo! WebPlayer and take advantage of the new features. It also contains bugfixes.

= v2.0.2 =

  • additional bugfixes

= v2.0.1 =

  • bugfixes to help upgrading

= v2.0 =

  • massive rewrite of the plugin to integrate the new Yahoo! WebPlayer
  • support for all custom settings. the list can be found here

= v1.3 =

  • added option to enable autoplay (off by default)
* upgraded to the latest beta version of the Yahoo! Media Player (on by default) which allows video links

= v1.2 =

  • created the option to choose the destination for the javascript insertion (header or footer) to fix some compatibility issues with certain themes

= v1.1 =

  • changed the header insertion method for the Amazon meta tag info to get of rid a bug with certain themes

= v1.0 =

  • created field in “options” page to allow for the input of an Amazon Affiliate ID
* Amazon affiliate ID will be inserted as meta-data into the header to allow “buy” links from the player to be monetized

= v0.4 =

  • fixed a bug that caused an error when trying to clear the variables when the plugin is deactivated

= v0.3 =

  • rewrote the entire plugin!
* now the plugin has an options page to allow you to switch to the latest (and possibly buggy) build of the player
* now you only need to install a single file

= v0.2 =

  • changed names of calls/files to be consistent with Yahoo! (no longer references “Goose”)
* minor bugfixes
* created instructions
* added GPL