Better Core Video Embeds for WordPress
- Category rank
- #68 in Embed
- Listing audit
- 46/100
Better Core Video Embeds is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Highrise Digital. With a rating of 5.0★ from 11 reviews, it currently ranks #68 in the Embed category.
Better Core Video Embeds is the #68 ranked Embed app on WordPress, with a 5.0 average rating from 11 reviews, as of Sep 11, 2026.
AppRanks verdict
Generated from marketplace data as of Sep 11, 2026
Better Core Video Embeds ranks #68 of 453 in Embed on WordPress. It holds a 5.0★ average from 11 reviews on WordPress.
Pros
- No standout positives in the measured data.
Cons
- −Only 11 reviews — the average can still move with a few new ratings
How Better Core Video Embeds works
This plugin provides page optimisations for pages and posts which have embedded Youtube, Vimeo or Daily Motion videos which have been added using the core embed block.
Without this plugin, when using the core embed block, when your page loads, lots of external scripts and styles are loaded from the embed service, regardless of whether a visitor actually interacts with the embedded video.
This plugin prevents these scripts and styles from loading until the user actually interacts with the video. It does this by replacing the video embed, on page load with the video thumbnail image (added on Youtube, Vimeo or Daily Motion). When a user clicks the thumbnail the embedded video, along with associated scripts and styles are loaded.
Standardized capabilities
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