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

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.

Embed YouTube content on your WordPress site. Easily embed a YouTube channel, shorts, gallery, feed, or live on your website. The most advanced YouTube plugin for WordPress For over 5 years, StreamWeasels have been helping thousands of WordPress websites embed YouTube channel, YouTube gallery, YouTube feed or YouTube live. StreamWeasels YouTube Integration is the latest and greatest plugin from StreamWeasels that takes YouTube Integration to the next level. This plugin allows you to display YouTube embeds anywhere on your website, based on YouTube Channel ID, YouTube Playlist or YouTube Live streams. Display YouTube Videos by YouTube Channel, Shorts, Playlist, or Live StreamWeasels YouTube Integration allows you to display YouTube shorts, YouTube video and YouTube live on your website from youtube.com based on YouTube Channel ID, Playlist or YouTube Live streams. Display upto 50 shorts from a specific YouTube Channel. Display upto 50 videos from a specific YouTube Channel. Display upto 50 videos from a specified YouTube Playlist. Display upto 50 YouTube live streams from a defined YouTube Channel list. Display YouTube Shorts Layouts The best part about StreamWeasels YouTube Integration is our range of layouts. As of our first release, StreamWeasels YouTube Integration allows you to embed YouTube channel content using a YouTube Wall layout. Display your YouTube content as it may appear directly on YouTube. Customise the number of YouTube tiles that display, the number of tiles in a row, the spacing, rounded borders and more. Read More If you want to learn more about StreamWeasels YouTube Integration, check out these links. YouTube Integration – Getting Started Guide Check out our YouTube Guides Follow us on Twitter Join us on Discord Need Help? Get in touch!