- New uploads appear on the next daily refresh, not instantly.
- Shorts are included unless you use a playlist of standard videos.
- Free-tier widgets carry Elfsight branding and view limits.
Overview
YouTube Channel from Elfsight (listed on their own site as YouTube Gallery) shows videos from a YouTube channel, playlist or individual video URL on a Squarespace page. It is an embeddable widget hosted on Elfsight's platform rather than native Squarespace code. In Elfsight's editor you paste one or more sources, including channel @handles, and the widget pulls in the videos, checks for new uploads about once every 24 hours, and lets you sort them into named groups. Visitors can play videos in a popup on your page, inline in the grid, or on YouTube itself, and there is an optional search bar for larger libraries. Squarespace's own video block embeds one video at a time, so this fills the gap for anyone with a growing channel.
Key features
- Channels, playlists or single videos, combined without a source limit
- Named video groups and a header with switchable elements
- Popup, inline or on-YouTube play modes
- Grid layout with adjustable columns, rows, arrows and pagination
- Five preset skins plus custom colours
- Optional AdSense link for monetising views
- Free plan with Elfsight branding and view limits
Who it suits
Creators, coaches, churches, makers and product companies who publish regularly on YouTube and want the channel to appear on the site without re-embedding each video by hand. The grouping feature works well for tutorial libraries split by topic.
Honest limits
New uploads appear on the next daily refresh, not instantly. Shorts are pulled in by default, so if you want them out you need a playlist of standard videos instead. The subscribe button in the header sends people to YouTube rather than subscribing in place. Free-tier widgets carry Elfsight branding and monthly view limits, and because the gallery loads from Elfsight's servers it disappears if your subscription lapses. Loading a large video grid also adds weight to the page compared with a single native embed.
Installation on Squarespace
Build the gallery in Elfsight's editor, copy the embed code and paste it into a Squarespace code block where you want the videos. Later edits in the editor update automatically.
Related guide: see my review of which Elfsight widgets are worth it on Squarespace.
- Channels, playlists or single videos, combined without a source limit
- Named video groups and a header with switchable elements
- Popup, inline or on-YouTube play modes
- Grid layout with adjustable columns, rows, arrows and pagination
- Five preset skins plus custom colours
- Optional AdSense link for monetising views
Full specifications
Specifications
Named video groups and a header with switchable elements
Popup, inline or on-youtube play modes
Grid layout with adjustable columns, rows, arrows and pagination
Five preset skins plus custom colours
Optional adsense link for monetising views
Churches and community groups posting talks
Product companies with tutorial libraries
Anyone with more videos than the native video block suits
Shorts are included unless you use a playlist of standard videos.
Free-tier widgets carry elfsight branding and view limits.