Turn a YouTube Video into an Article
What it does: Paste a YouTube link — the companion browser extension reads the video’s transcript in your own browser, and the plugin writes an original article about the topic.
Applies to Antradus AI Publisher v2.7.0 · Last updated 2026-08-26
Why there’s a browser extension
YouTube blocks most transcript requests that come from a web server (by IP, missing sign-in, consent walls). Your own browser — signed in and trusted — reads the same captions with no trouble. The Antradus Auto Pilot YT extension does exactly that: on request it quietly reads the transcript and hands it back to the plugin. It’s the reliable way to get YouTube transcripts.
One-time setup
- Open Antradus AI → ▶️ YouTube to Article and click Download the YouTube extension (or install it straight from the Chrome Web Store).
- After installing, click the extension’s ▶ icon in your browser toolbar.
- Choose “Enable on this site” for your WordPress site. That’s it — you only do this once per site.
The extension asks for access to your WordPress site only (not "all sites"), and only when you click Enable on this site.
Step by step
- Open the Antradus AI panel on a new post.
- Paste the video link into the YouTube URL field (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...). - Click Get transcript. If you already have that video open in a browser tab, the extension reads it instantly with nothing opening. Otherwise a YouTube tab opens for a moment while it reads the video, then closes.
- Review the text the extension found (edit or trim it if you like).
- Choose Style / Tone / Language, then Start Writing.
- The AI writes an original article from the transcript — with SEO meta as usual.
Choose what the AI does with the transcript
Under Antradus AI → ▶️ YouTube to Article there’s a "What the AI does with the transcript" box. By default it tells the AI to write an original article about the transcript’s subject (not a review of the video). Edit it to change the behavior — for example, summarize the video, extract a how-to, or write in a specific format. Click Restore default any time.
What makes results good (or poor)
| Video | Result |
|---|---|
| Has subtitles/CC (auto-generated is fine) | ⭐ Best — the article draws on everything said |
| No subtitles at all | Can’t be read — the extension needs a caption track |
| Private / age-restricted | Can’t be read |
No extension? Server fallback
If you can’t install the extension, the install box offers “read it on the server instead (less reliable)”. This asks YouTube from your website’s server and often fails on captions — treat it as a backup, not the main path.
Tips & gotchas
- Already watching the video in another tab? Leave it open — the extension reads that tab directly, so nothing pops up and it’s even quicker.
- Nothing opens, and you stay where you are. A read the plugin asked for opens no tab at all. An earlier version opened a preview page behind the WordPress tab and handed the focus back, which is one ordering assumption too many — the reader closes its own tab at almost the same moment, and any browser that resolves that differently drops you on a debug page in the middle of your work. The transcript is still there to look at: the plugin shows it in its own What the extension read box, and the extension’s popup has a See the last transcript read link. Asked for from the popup, the preview still opens in front, because there showing it is the request. (Extension v1.0.7 or newer.)
- The article is about the topic, written originally — not a transcript dump. Timing/timestamps are stripped before the AI sees the text.
- Long videos work; the AI prioritizes the substance over the filler.
- Just installed the extension but the button still shows "install"? Click ↻ re-check, or focus the YouTube link field.
- Doing this at scale for a whole channel? See the YouTube Channel → Blog recipe.