Embed YouTube Block – Fast Loading Videos, Shorts & Playlists for WordPress

The example with all the parameters is:

better_youtube_embed_block_render_block( [ 'url' => 'https://youtu.be/paSXmpHU9K4', 'aspectRatio' => '16/9', 'isMaxResThumbnail' => false, 'thumbnailFormat' => 'jpg', 'caption' => 'My awesome video', 'caption_kses' => false, 'customThumbnail' => 'https://example.com/bg.jpg', 'settings' => ['loop' => 1, 'rel' => 0], 'echo' => false, ] );

To automatically transform all core/embed YouTube videos on your site to this block, you need to put the following code to the wp-config.php file or your theme/plugin:

define('BYEB_SPEED_UP_YOUTUBE_VIDEOS', true);

or

add_filter( 'byeb_speed_up_youtube_videos', '__return_true' );

On iOS, browsers like Safari and Chrome require two clicks to play videos. If you want to allow users to play videos with a single click, you need to add the following code to the wp-config.php file or your theme/plugin:

define('BYEB_FORCE_IFRAME_ON_UNSUPPORTED_BROWSERS', true);

Please check out this page to see how fast it helps. The page contains around 30 embedded YouTube videos but they don’t slow down the page.

If this plugin is useful for you, please do a quick review and rate it on WordPress.org to help us spread the word. I would very much appreciate it.

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The plugin is developed using @wordpress/create-block.