[FIXED] How to disable "related videos" from an embedded youtube playlist

Issue

I need to embed a Youtube playlist on an iframe. I don't want the user to be able to exit this playlist, so I need to disable the "related video" and "more video" features (the one that shows more videos when the video is stopped and the one that shows them when the video is finished).

I've tested some workarounds but they only used to work for single videos (not playlist) and most of them stopped working after they changed the way ?rel=0 behaves. Is there any way to do this?

This is my code:

.rep {
   position: absolute;
   top: 0px;
   left: 0px;
   width: 1280px;
   height: 640px;
   z-index: 6;
}

<iframe class="rep" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLUl4u3cNGP63gFHB6xb-kVBiQHYe_4hSi" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

EDIT: The videos must be shown in order, therefore I can't use rel to display only videos from the playlist. Plus, if you click on them a youtube page outside of the iframe will appear.

Solution

If I look through the YouTube Embedded Players and Player Parameters docs, there is no such thing to order the more videos section if you pause the video.

The two parameters I suggest to get near as possible to your goal is:

You can add:

• listType=playlist
• rel=0 to turn off related videos from the more videos section.

Note: The behaviour of rel=0 will be removed after September 25, 2019.

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Conclusion:

It seems like what you want to achieve is not possible. With the default embed iframe of YouTube.

You might want to consider to look to other players with playlist options. Something like JW Player note that you need a licence for this player, JW Player playlist docs. I did some reading on JW Player as well, they currently don't support YouTube videos.

But maybe there are other players that have the same functionally for free.

Answered By - Davy de Vries

Answer Checked By - Marilyn (PHPFixing Volunteer)