Plugins Installation Paper

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Design Pattern Example

Pattern name: Feeds for YouTube Description: Install and activate YouTube Plugin that allows web administrator to embed YouTube channel in a page or post.

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Consequences: After successful installation, YouTube menu appears in the Dashboard.

YouTube API key is needed to authorize its Plugin. This is how to acquire an API Key.

1. Go to: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started

2. Click on Google Developers Console and Sign in with your Google Account.

3. Under 3.a., click “API Console.”

4. If this is the first time using the Google API console, click AGREE and CONTINUE.

5. Click on Credentials

6. Click “CREATE PROJECT”.

7. Create a new project.

8. If this page occurs, select the newly created project. Otherwise, go to step 9.

9. Click on “Credentials” option.

10. Click “Create Credentials” dropbox and select API Key. This will create an API Key for the plugin then click “Close”. Copy the newly created API key.

11. Copy the API Key by clicking the option.

12. Go back to WordPress, click the YouTube menu and paste your API key in “YouTube API Key” box.

13. YouTube plugin is now ready to be used. You’ll need to enable your API Key for making YouTube API requests. Visit this page to do so. (https://console.developers.google.com/apis/api/youtube.googleapis.com/overview)

Testing: Create a new Page with a YouTube Channel

1. Click Pages in WordPress menu

2. Click Add New and fill in a new title

3. Add the following code in the content. [youtube-feed channel="CNN"]

4. Save an Publish

Activity Diagram of Embed a YouTube Playlist

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