Embed YouTube Block – Fast Loading Videos, Shorts & Playlists vs Livid – Video Hosting

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.

Livid is a video hosting platform. This plugin serves two purposes: Enable Livid embeds — Register Livid as an oEmbed provider so pasting Livid URLs into WordPress automatically creates video embeds, just like YouTube or Vimeo. Migrate from Vimeo — Scan your WordPress post content for Vimeo videos and replace them with equivalent Livid videos via the Livid platform. Key Features Automatic embeds — Paste any livid.com URL and it auto-embeds Page builder ready — Native Livid Video elements for Elementor, WPBakery, and Bricks, a Livid video type in Slider Revolution, plus a [livid_video] shortcode LearnDash ready — Livid lesson and topic embeds support LearnDash video progression, resume tracking, and completion Complete scanning — Finds Vimeo iframes, Gutenberg embed blocks, bare URLs, [embed] and shortcodes, Elementor widgets, WPBakery elements, Bricks elements, and LearnDash lesson/topic progression URLs Background processing — Scan and migration run as Action Scheduler jobs so they won’t time out on large sites Safe replacement — Only replaces the specific videos you select through the Livid migration popup Rollback data — Main-content edits create a tagged WordPress revision; supported builder and LearnDash setting edits get an immutable pre-write snapshot Permanent install — Keep the plugin active for continued Livid embed support How It Works The plugin registers Livid as an oEmbed provider, which is active immediately upon installation. For migration: Go to Settings > Livid and click “Start Scan” The plugin scans supported post content, page-builder data, and LearnDash lesson/topic progression settings for Vimeo embeds A popup opens where you select which videos to migrate and map them to Livid video IDs The plugin rewrites the selected embeds in the background Scope Migration scans and rewrites post_content, supported page-builder data for Elementor (_elementor_data) and Bricks (_bricks_page_content_2), and LearnDash’s lesson_video_url setting for lessons/topics. Options, widget content, theme settings, and other post meta are not modified. External Services This plugin interacts with Livid in two ways: 1. Video migration When you initiate a migration, the plugin sends a listing of Vimeo videos found on your site along with basic information about the pages they appear on. This is necessary so that Livid can match the Vimeo videos on your site to the ones you have uploaded to your Livid account. No data is sent unless you actively start a migration. 2. oEmbed provider This plugin registers Livid as an oEmbed provider in WordPress. When a Livid video URL is embedded in a post or page, WordPress will make a request to Livid’s oEmbed endpoint to retrieve embed information (such as the video title and player HTML). This happens whenever a post containing a Livid embed is edited or its embed cache is refreshed. Both interactions are in line with Livid’s terms of service and privacy policy.