How to Remove Titles and Ratings from YouTube Embeds

YouTube recently added titles and ratings to poster frames in embeddable players, but they might not blend well with all site layouts. That’s why YouTube has included an option to remove them. Just add &showinfo=0 to the video URL in your embed code.

For instance, this:

<object width=”480″ height=”295″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/s5vHnVg6iT0&hl=en&fs=1″></param><param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”></param><param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/s5vHnVg6iT0&hl=en&fs=1″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”480″ height=”295″></embed></object>

…becomes this:

<object width=”480″ height=”295″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/s5vHnVg6iT0&hl=en&fs=1&showinfo=0“></param><param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”></param><param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/s5vHnVg6iT0&hl=en&fs=1&showinfo=0” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”480″ height=”295″></embed></object>

Note that the video URL appears twice in the embed code. You can see the parameter in action in the embedded YouTube video below. Notice the absence of titles and ratings in the poster frame.

Hope YouTube can roll this option into their clickable embed customization options. Not everyone has the patience to fiddle with code to get the right look. Do you prefer to embed YouTube videos with or without titles and ratings?

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