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Try version 0.1.5. I believe I have fixed this issue.

Try version 0.1.5. I believe I have fixed this issue.

Elodhl,

It looks like the widget is working fine now. Turns out the service actually was unavailable.

Everyone,

I believe the “simplexml_load_string()” errors that are appearing because we’re using a function that must be enabled. In the next release, we will be switching this to curl, so that no php configuration is needed.

I apologize for our lack of updates. Please keep in mind that we’re a small agency, and while we love contributing the the open source and WordPress community, our upmost priority is our clients. They make these plugins possible and sometimes provide the inspiration for creating them.

We have put the YouTube Sidebar Widget on Github. If you’d like to contribute, feel free to issue a pull request.

https://github.com/srcoley/YouTube-Sidebar-Widget

This was a good catch. Thanks for being so vigilant a sniffing out the bug. I’ll be updating the plugin early this month to include this fix and various others.

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I’ll be updating the plugin early this month, and these changes will appear in the next version.

At this time, the plugin can only be used as a widget. I would recommend looking into having your WordPress theme widgetized. This is a very easy process which can be found online a hundred times over.

Here’s a good tutorial for adding widgets to your theme.

I like the idea of this as well. I’ll put it in the next release!

Are you running the latest version of the plugin(1.1.8)? This version was made to address the issues you’re having.

If you are using 1.1.8 and you’re still unable to click the thumbnail to display the video, please let me know which widget settings you’re using and I’ll look into your issue.

Thanks

This bug has been fixed. Thank you for pointing it out. =]

The plugin has been updated and now fully utilizes curl instead of simplexml_load_file. This will resolve the problem you’ve been having.

The plugin has been updated and now fully utilizes curl instead of simplexml_load_file. This should resolve the issues both of you are having.

Check out this thread:

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/plugin-youtube-sidebar-widget-plugin-youtube-sidebar-widget-allow_url_fopen-being-off-breaks?replies=2

We will be updating the plugin soon so that it uses cURL instead of fopen, which would solve these problems.

This was fixed in the latest version.

I’ll see if I can add this feature this week. Good idea.

This has been resolved.