Video Playlist cache not reducing YouTube API calls

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tom_010101
#534010
Aug 29, 2025 at 10:44 am

Hi everyone,

I’m using the Newspaper theme with the Video Playlist element and a valid YouTube API key.
Cache is enabled (set to 9h and 12h refresh for two different playlists), but according to Google Cloud Console thousands of API calls are still made within just a few hours.

Most requests come from videos.list (video details). This quickly exceeds the daily quota (10,000 points/day) and the playlist stops working.

Has anyone else experienced this issue?
Does the cache only store playlist IDs and not the video details? Any workaround or fix would be really helpful.

Thanks!

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Calin
#534027
Aug 29, 2025 at 3:31 pm

Hi,
Normally, the cache option in the playlist element should store the YouTube source, reducing the number of requests made to the YouTube API. I recommend running a test with caching enabled and another without it, to see if there’s any noticeable difference in the number of requests.

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