Embed YouTube Block – Fast Loading Videos, Shorts & Playlists vs Flowplayer Video Player

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.

Flowplayer Video Player adds a video shortcode to your WordPress site. This shortcode allows you to embed a video file and play it back using the Flowplayer HTML5 player. Features Embed MP4 videos Embed webm videos Embed videos which can be viewed from a mobile or tablet device Video playback support for iOS (ipad, iphone) and android devices Embed HTML5 videos which are playable across all major browsers Embed videos with poster images Embed videos and allow it to loop to the beginning when finished Customize the video player using modifier classes Automatically play a video when the page is rendered Embed videos using three different skins Automatically calculate the height of a video based on its width Flexible resizing of a video (true responsiveness) Embed a video with various aspect ratios (16:9, 4:3) Usage In order to embed a video, create a new post/page and use the following shortcode: [flowplayer src="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/test.mp4"] here, src is the actual source of your mp4 video file. In addition to the source mp4 video file, you can also specify a webm video file. This step is optional since mp4 video format is supported by almost all major browsers. [flowplayer src="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/test.mp4" webm="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/test.webm"] Poster Image If you want to show an image as placeholder before the video plays, you can specify it in the “poster” parameter: [flowplayer src="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/test.mp4" poster="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/images/poster.jpg"] Autoplay Video If you want a particular video to start playing when the page loads you can set the “autoplay” option to “true”: [flowplayer src="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/test.mp4" autoplay="true"] Player Size By default, the player takes up the full width of the content area. You can easily control the size by specifying a width for it: [flowplayer src="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/test.mp4" width="500"] The height will be automatically determined based on the ratio (please see the “Control Player Ratio section” for details). Player Ratio The player ratio is set to “0.417” by default. But you can override it by specifying a different ratio in the shortcode: [flowplayer src="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/test.mp4" ratio="0.345"] Loop Video If you want a particular video to start playing again when it ends you can set the “loop” option to “true”: [flowplayer src="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/test.mp4" loop="true"] For documentation please visit the Flowplayer Video Player plugin page