Have you ever tried to embed a YouTube video in your post, only to find out that it screws your theme completely by bringing down the sidebar (that’s what happens in most of the cases). Well, the only way to avoid such a situation is by making use of various plugins which can help you in embedding videos from YouTube.

Smart YouTube Plugin is an excellent plugin which is compatible with the latest version i.e. 2.5.1 & it lets you easily insert YouTube videos in your posts, comments and in RSS feeds. It will display a preview image in those RSS readers programs which don’t allow embedded content and for convenience of the reader it also includes the link to the original video.

The beauty of the plugin is that you can simply put V after the http part of the video’s URL for e.g. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NopuJ_OYjsk (notice the V in the URL).

It also lets you customize the look and feel of the videos and if you are interested in displaying related videos then that option is also available.

Overall, it’s a wonderful plugin and very simply to use too. If you are already using any other plugin and think that it’s better or is full of features then feel free to share it with us.