Over the weekend, Tyler asked if I could add playlist support to my Micro.blog YouTube Plugin, which I originally built because I didn’t like how native embeds clutter up the code and slow down the page, and most importantly, because I wanted something that respects privacy by default.

As I was sick and not sleeping much anyway, I teamed up with the AI agent of my choice to dive back into the code and finally tick off a few things from my backlog. The new version supports both regular YouTube videos, and full playlists, all rendered via youtube-nocookie.com. The plugin automatically detects what you entered and magically does the rest for you.

I also added support to add a custom thumbnail image, improved error handling and accessibility, and made the logic a bit more future-proof. Manton was kind enough to fix a small interference with the Photo Collections plugin at the same time. So, overall it is now way easier to handle and should work in most setups even more reliable. I hope you find it useful!