How do I autoplay a YouTube video on my WordPress page?

Hi there –

How do I autoplay a YouTube video on a page within my WordPress site?

Everything I have found on the web says to add “&autoplay=1” at the end of the YouTube url within the HTML code. However, when I do this, nothing happens.

This is what I have in the code now:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-Y2BdfiYSY&autoplay=1[/youtube]

I added this using the standard YouTube upload capability on the WordPress toolbar and then going into the code to add the &autoplay=1. However, it’s still not autoplaying.

I have also downloaded the Pro Player plug-in. This allows me to autoplay but I don’t like that they add a large boarder with their odd orange logo in it.

I also tried using the YouTube ’embed’ code instead (and also added the &autoplay=1 to this) and still no luck. It appears as though YouTube’s embed code has been recently updated.

I’m looking for either a coding suggestion or a plugin that will allow me to easily have YouTube videos autoplay on my pages.

Thank you for any help you can lend!