{"id":1950962,"date":"2021-09-28T11:30:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T15:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/?post_type=tribe-knowledgebase&#038;p=1950962"},"modified":"2024-08-20T11:13:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T15:13:03","slug":"connecting-to-youtube-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/connecting-to-youtube-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting to YouTube Live"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y9ONewGG7MQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n<p class=\"has-kb-palette-0-background-color has-background\">\u25b6\ufe0f<strong>Note:<\/strong> This video may refer to products and features that have since been merged or changed. For the most up-to-date information, please refer to the content of this article.<\/p>\n\n<p>With Events Calendar Pro you can connect your virtual events to YouTube Live and embed your video content on your event page, so that your attendees can watch your channel right on your WordPress site. Let&#8217;s see how to make that happen!<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:var(--global-palette8)\">\ud83d\udca1 When setting up your YouTube Stream, the <a href=\"https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2023\/10\/youtube-stream-visibility-settings.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visibility of the stream<\/a> needs to be set to &#8220;public&#8221;, otherwise the stream will not be visible on your website.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-finding-your-youtube-live-channel-id\">Finding Your YouTube Live Channel ID<\/h3>\n\n<p>The first thing you&#8217;ll want to do is have your YouTube Live Channel ID handy since you&#8217;ll need it to connect to your site. Here&#8217;s how to find it:<\/p>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sign in to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<li>In the top right, click your profile picture &gt; <strong>Settings<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n<li>From the left menu, select&nbsp;<strong>Advanced settings<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n<li>You\u2019ll see your channel\u2019s user and channel IDs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-adding-your-id-to-your-site\">Adding Your ID to Your Site<\/h3>\n\n<p>Next, head over to <strong>Events Settings &gt; Integrations<\/strong> and add your default YouTube Live Channel ID to the indicated field. <\/p>\n\n<p>You can expand the Default Settings tab, where you&#8217;ll find some additional settings to choose from as well.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:var(--global-palette8)\">\ud83d\udca1 Only enter the ID portion of the channel, not the full URL! <br>i.e.: UC-3TjY277uBsBl8VU8C4nqw and not https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC-3TjY277uBsBl8VU8C4nqw<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-26-at-7.27.17-AM.png\" alt=\"YouTube Live settings located under Events Settings &gt; Integrations\" class=\"wp-image-1950499\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to hit <strong>Save Changes<\/strong> at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n\n<p>Now you&#8217;ll see YouTube Live as an option when you go to <strong>Add Event &gt; Configure Virtual Event<\/strong>. You can always change the settings on that page as well.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-28-at-2.18.42-PM.png\" alt=\"YouTube Live options under Add Event &gt; Configure Virtual Event.\" class=\"wp-image-1950960\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Events Calendar Pro you can connect your virtual events to YouTube Live and embed your video content on your event page, so that your attendees can watch your channel right on your WordPress site. Let&#8217;s see how to make that happen! \ud83d\udca1 When setting up your YouTube Stream, the visibility of the stream needs&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1955565,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_swpsp_post_exclude":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"stellar-product-taxonomy":[162],"class_list":["post-1950962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-integrations","stellar-product-taxonomy-virtual-events"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":46,"label":"Integrations"}],"stellar-product-taxonomy":[{"value":162,"label":"Virtual Events"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2023\/02\/social-share-1024x538.png",1024,538,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Jaime Marchwinski","author_link":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/author\/jaimetri-be\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":46,"name":"Integrations","slug":"integrations","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":46,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":115,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":46,"category_count":115,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Integrations","category_nicename":"integrations","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950962"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1962523,"href":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950962\/revisions\/1962523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1955565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1950962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1950962"},{"taxonomy":"stellar-product-taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stellar-product-taxonomy?post=1950962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}