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title: What YouTube URL Formats Can You Use in MetaSlider?
description: "This feature requires the MetaSlider Slideshow Pro plugin. MetaSlider Pro accepts a wide variety of URL formats, including YouTube Shorts videos. Using the [YouTube Slides](https://www.metaslider.com/docs/youtube-slides/) option, MetaSlider Pro allows you to add these YouTube URL formats to your slideshows: ```…"
url: "https://www.metaslider.com/docs/youtube-url-formats/"
updated: "2025-09-15"
category: "Slideshow: YouTube Slides"
---

# What YouTube URL Formats Can You Use in MetaSlider?

This feature requires the MetaSlider Slideshow Pro plugin.

MetaSlider Pro accepts a wide variety of URL formats, including YouTube Shorts videos.

Using the [YouTube Slides](https://www.metaslider.com/docs/youtube-slides/) option, MetaSlider Pro allows you to add these YouTube URL formats to your slideshows:

```
youtube.com/watch?v=##########
youtu.be/##########
youtube.com/embed/##########
youtube.com/shorts/##########
youtube.com/v/##########
youtube-nocookie.com/embed/##########
youtube.com/watch?foo=bar&v=##########
```

This last item on the list is "foo=bar" and that includes a wide range of extra parameters that YouTube can add to to URLs. Here are some examples:

- feature=channel
- feature=youtu.be
- version=3&autohide=1

In this next image, you can see two different YouTube formats in a single MetaSlider slideshow.

![YouTube video formats](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/youtube-video-formats-1024x707.png)