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

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.

Manage and display your events in a responsive calendar with multiple views, widgets and shortcodes. Color-coded categories and recurrence support. The premium Bonus Add-Ons supplements the plugin with additional themes, customizer support, ICS export, front end submit, CSV import/export and custom fields. Demo and Documentation Click here for helpful CSS snippets. Click here to learn about Bonus Add-Ons. Features Post/page displays: Standard monthly calendar grid that toggles to a list view Category filter in the monthly calendar grid Responsive 3-column event listing Mini-calendar view for compact displays Weekly calendar grid Today’s events list Upcoming events list Widgets: Featured event Today’s events list Upcoming events list Mini Calendar Categories: Color-coded categories Option to display category color as background or foreground on the standard calendar grid Displays may be filtered by category list Optional sort categories alphabetically Live category filter on the full calendar Other features: Mouse-over details for each event Choice of popup, columns or expanded display of lists Events can display their author (optional) Add custom CSS styles or just use the defaults Display upcoming events in your MailPoet newsletters Display week number in the full calendar Filters to allow additional formatting Optional responsive display for the full size calendar Optional drop down boxes to quickly change month and year Front end quick links to edit/delete events for logged in admins Enter and display for each event: title, description, location, link to Google map, event category, status, link, event start/end date event start/end time event recurrence details event hiding details event image custom fields (premium) Schedule a wide variety of recurring events. Events can repeat on a daily (set numbers of days), weekly, monthly (by date), monthly (by day of week) or yearly basis Repeats can occur indefinitely or a limited number of times Events can span more than one day Hide all events for specific days: Hide repeating event for a single day such as a holiday Hide full days of events that span more than one day Substitute new title to replace hidden events Select override based on category Easy to use events manager in admin dashboard Comprehensive settings panel for admin User groups other than admin can be permitted to manage events Authors can be restricted to editing their own events only BONUS FEATURES AVAILABLE WITH DONATION Premium themes Live theme customizer ICS export Front End submit form with captcha Front End edit/delete events Import/Export events via CSV Custom fields Learn more about bonus add-ons