Block Specific Spam Woo Orders vs Embed YouTube Block – Fast Loading Videos, Shorts & Playlists

The default embed block for YouTube videos sucks. It slows down your site. The more videos on the page the more it slow. This single-block plugin fixes that. Why this block is better than the default one: Instead of loading the entire iframe, only the video thumbnail is loaded, resulting in significant performance improvements Ability to play multiple different videos as a custom playlist or input a playlist ID to play the whole playlist Ability to use a custom image as the video thumbnail Ability to set a custom aspect ratio value for displaying any kind of YouTube videos Ability to loop continuously once it finishes playing Ability to show related videos from the same channel as the initial video Automatically load the video title as the caption The same UI as the default core/embed, and you can use the video title as the caption of the block with one click It can be transformed from/to the core embed block. Automatically convert all default core embed YouTube blocks to this block with one line of code. This plugin also provides a PHP API for developers to render a YouTube video URL as this block; or to automatically transform core/embed YouTube videos into this block. The simplest example is: better_youtube_embed_block_render_block( ['url' => 'https://youtu.be/paSXmpHU9K4'] ); 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. Please check out my other plugins if you’re interested: Content Blocks Builder – Build custom layouts and blocks visually in the Block Editor without needing a code editor, using only core blocks and native Gutenberg features. Meta Field Block – A single block to display custom fields in the Block Editor without coding. It supports ACF, MetaBox, WooCommerce, meta, rest field, shortcode and more. Works everywhere: in the Site Editor (FSE), the Block Editor, inside Query Loop, WooCommerce Product Collection, Term Query blocks, and even in template files. SVG Block – A block to display SVG images as blocks. Useful for images, icons, dividers, and buttons. It allows you to upload SVG images and load them into the icon library. Icon separator – A tiny block just like the core/separator block but with the ability to add an icon. Breadcrumb Block – A simple breadcrumb trail block that supports JSON-LD structured data and is compatible with WooCommerce. Block Enhancements – Adds practical features to blocks like icons, box shadows, transforms, etc. Counting Number Block – A block to display numbers with a counting effect The plugin is developed using @wordpress/create-block.

This plugin prevents a specific set of WooCommerce fake/spam orders. Simply install and activate the plugin; there are no settings or tweaks to be made unless you want to add your own filters. The plugin extends WooCommerce’s built-in checkout validations to check for a specific set of known spam email accounts and names. If triggered, the spam bot simply cannot checkout and importantly does not get to the account creation stage. The names/emails it checks for would only be used by spam bots, so there is no need to worry about false positives. If you’ve found this plugin useful, you can support my work by buying me a coffee at: Buy Me a Coffee. How to Use Custom Filters Starting from plugin version 0.77, you can extend the list of blocked email domains and blocked customer names using custom filters. Available Filters: BSSO_extra_domains: Add custom email domains to block during the checkout process. BSSO_extra_names: Add custom first names to block during the checkout process. Example Usage To use these filters, add code to your theme’s functions.php file or a custom plugin. 1. Blocking Additional Email Domains If you want to block additional email domains like exampledomain.com and spamdomain.net, use the BSSO_extra_domains filter. Domains can be supplied with or without a leading @. Code Example: add_filter('BSSO_extra_domains', function () { return ['exampledomain.com', 'spamdomain.net']; }); 2. Blocking Additional First Names If you want to block additional first names like spambot and faker, use the BSSO_extra_names filter. Code Example: add_filter('BSSO_extra_names', function () { return ['spambot', 'faker']; }); Complete Example Here’s how you might use both filters together: Code Example: add_filter('BSSO_extra_domains', function () { return ['exampledomain.com', 'spamdomain.net']; }); add_filter('BSSO_extra_names', function () { return ['spambot', 'faker']; });