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Smart Local Youtube — Documentation

Why Choose It

Smart Local Youtube suits Joomla sites that embed YouTube videos and want them to load only after a visitor consents, with consent handled on their own server and a placeholder that keeps the page looking right in the meantime.

It is likely a good fit if

  • You run Joomla 4.4 or later, 5.x or 6.x on PHP 8.1 or higher
  • Your videos come from YouTube, as standard or privacy-enhanced (youtube-nocookie.com) embeds, or through one of the supported extensions
  • You want a click-to-load placeholder in each video's place, optionally with your own poster images
  • You want to control the consent dialog's look, position and text

It may not be the right fit yet if

  • You need a built-in way for visitors to revoke consent. There is no revoke button. Visitors clear their cookies or wait for the cookie to expire. See How Consent Works.
  • You need location detection based on IP address. Geo-detection uses browser language, which is an approximation and not the visitor's physical location.
  • Your video player is built entirely by JavaScript after the page loads. The plugin works on the server-rendered HTML; such players need a Custom Regex Pattern for their loader script, or may not be catchable at all.
  • You need consent for other services (Vimeo, maps, analytics) in the same dialog. This plugin handles YouTube only. Our other Smart Local plugins each handle one service.
  • You want to keep another YouTube consent manager running. Running two causes conflicts.
  • Your page caching cannot be adjusted. The consent box may not appear if a cached page is served first. See the FAQ.

Try before you commit

Read the full feature list and the Quick Start. If you are unsure about your setup, email [email protected].

Who builds it

Consent handling is worth getting from an identifiable team. Smart Local Youtube is built and maintained by AppWise, a real, experienced team of real developers based in Morocco. Read more about us.

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