Embed YouTube Block – Fast Loading Videos, Shorts & Playlists vs Simple YouTube Embed

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.

Simple YouTube Embed plugin is the easiest way to embed YouTube videos in WordPress. This plugin extends the default YouTube embed with advanced player parameters. Unlike other YouTube plugins, It doesn’t replace your on-page video embed code with JavaScript/HTML code. Loading a video with JavaScript doesn’t provide any video SEO benefit as a search engine crawler will only see some code instead of the actual video object. Simple YouTube Embed is easy to use because there is no setting to configure. It uses the oEmbed API so your videos will be responsive and provide all the benefits that core WordPress YouTube embed has to offer. YouTube videos on your website will continue to work even if you choose to deactivate the plugin. Features Responsive and mobile friendly. Proper YouTube video embed with no additional JavaScript code. No setting to configure. Install, activate and start using it. No YouTube API key needed. Embed YouTube videos in WordPress with the YouTube block. Automatically play a video. Enable/Disable display of suggested videos when the video finishes. Enable/Disable player controls. Enable/Disable fullscreen. Mute a YouTube Video. Simple YouTube Embed Extensions YouTube Advanced Parameters How to Use the YouTube Embed Plugin in WordPress Create a new post/page and add a YouTube block. Copy and paste the YouTube video URL into it. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g YouTube Video Autoplay In order to automatically play a video you can add “autoplay=1” to your YouTube URL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g&autoplay=1 Related YouTube Videos In order to disable related videos from showing you can add “rel=0” to your YouTube URL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g&rel=0 YouTube Video Controls If you do not want to show player controls you can add “controls=0” to your YouTube URL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g&controls=0 YouTube Video Fullscreen If you do not want to allow fullscreen option in the player you can add “fs=0” to your YouTube URL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g&fs=0 YouTube Video Mute To start a video in the muted state you can add “mute=1” to your YouTube URL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g&mute=1 YouTube Video Playlist If you want to turn a video into a single-video playlist you can add “playlist=VIDEO_ID” to your YouTube URL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g&playlist=Vpg9yizPP_g YouTube Video IV Load Policy To not show video annotations by default you can add “iv_load_policy=3” to your YouTube URL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g&iv_load_policy=3 Video annotations are shown by default. YouTube Advanced Parameters With the Advanced Parameters extension you can use additional advanced parameters in your YouTube videos. color This parameter specifies the color that will be used in the player’s video progress bar to highlight the amount of the video that the viewer has already seen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g&color=white Valid parameter values are red and white, and, by default, the player uses the color red in the video progress bar. Note: Setting the color parameter to white will disable the modestbranding option. disablekb Setting this parameter’s value to 1 causes the player to not respond to keyboard controls. The default value is 0. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g&disablekb=1 end This parameter specifies the time, measured in seconds from the start of the video, when the player should stop playing the video. The parameter value is a positive integer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g&end=10 The time is measured from the beginning of the video and not from the value of the start player parameter. start This parameter causes the player to begin playing the video at the given number of seconds from the start of the video. The parameter value is a positive integer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g&start=5 loop This parameter causes the video to play repeatedly. The parameter value is a positive integer (e.g. loop=”1″). In order for the loop feature to work, the video needs to be turned into a single-video playlist as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g&playlist=Vpg9yizPP_g&loop=1 For documentation please visit the YouTube plugin page