YouTube FS Component: Loading fake private video

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Hello, for the past few days, my client’s website, on which I installed the YouTube component, has been loading one private video in the list.

However, the client has not made any videos private, and if they had, they should not be visible to the public.

I have a screenshot of my client’s YouTube page compared to the feed on the website.

I tried updating the setup, but the problem persists.

There are also 2 other areas for improvement:

  • Being able to locate the publication date (even if I delete the attribute, it still displays)

  • Being able to filter “short” videos from long content

  • https://cln.sh/LFNQ3Zf9

Website : https://www.laffiche.co/podcast

Thx :slight_smile:

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Hey @nicolas1 :flexed_biceps:

You’ve got three separate issues going on with the YouTube Feed component, so let me break down what we know and where we need to dig deeper.

Private video appearing in the feed

This is interesting — you mentioned your client hasn’t made any videos private, but one is showing as private in the feed. A few things to check:

  • Could you share the specific URL or title of the video that’s appearing as private?
  • Have you checked if YouTube itself might have flagged or restricted this video? Sometimes copyright claims or age restrictions from YouTube can change video status without the channel owner doing it.

The YouTube API typically only returns public videos by default, so I want to escalate this to the team to confirm the expected behavior when videos are private/unlisted and make sure we give you an accurate explanation.

Hiding the publication date

I can see in your HTML that the component includes fs-youtubefeed-element=“published-date” for the date display. You should be able to hide this element with custom CSS:

[fs-youtubefeed-element="published-date"] {
  display: none;
}

Add this to your site’s custom code (Project Settings → Custom Code → Head Code or a custom style block on the page). I’d recommend testing this on your published site to confirm it works as expected.

Filtering YouTube Shorts from long-form content

There’s currently no built-in attribute or setting to filter Shorts from regular videos. The component pulls videos from your YouTube channel/playlist via the API, but doesn’t have a video-type filtering option at the moment.

I’m checking with the team to see if there’s an undocumented way to handle this, if custom code workarounds are viable (like filtering by video duration post-render), or if this feature is planned for future updates.

I’m escalating all three of these to @Support-Luis and @Support-Pedro so we can get you definitive answers on the private video behavior, confirm the date-hiding approach, and provide guidance on Shorts filtering.

Let me know if the CSS approach works for the date in the meantime :folded_hands:

3

Hello, thank you for your quick response!

Regarding the private video:

Here is the video in question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5tDYXGToTg

My client had a short blocked on February 11, but it is not part of the playlist.

I have no information from my client about a blocked, reported, or restricted video.

Even if this is the case, there should be a safeguard to prevent it from being displayed in the feed.

To hide the date

I have already entered this code exactly, but it does not work, even with !important.

Thx :slight_smile: