ChapterPlay automatically extracts chapters from YouTube video descriptions and displays them in a beautiful, interactive sidebar. Visitors can click any chapter to jump directly to that timestamp.
[chapterplay url="..."] for classic editor or any text widgetGutenberg Block:
1. In the block editor, click + to add a new block
2. Search for ChapterPlay
3. Add the block, then paste the YouTube URL in the right-hand Settings panel
4. Save and preview — the player renders on the frontend with chapters
Shortcode:
[chapterplay url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"]
[chapterplay url="VIDEO_ID"]
You can use the shortcode inside any page, post, or text widget.
This plugin connects to youtube.com to fetch video metadata (title, description, duration). No personal user data is transmitted. The connection is made server-side only when a video is first loaded or the cache expires.