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

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.

Toombler converts Google Drive PDFs into smooth, interactive page-flip viewers that look great on any device. Embed a flipbook on any post or page in seconds. Features: Gutenberg block with live preview in the editor Classic shortcode for page builders and themes Responsive — scales to any container width Full control over every viewer setting (matches the Toombler dashboard) Two selectable page-flip sounds, hard cover, spine shadow, auto-play, and more Optional navigation arrows, page counter, download button, and fullscreen mode Optional accessible text version below the flipbook (improves screen-reader access and SEO) No cookies set, no user data collected by the plugin itself Shortcode usage: [toombler id="YOUR_FILE_ID"] Get your File ID from your Toombler dashboard (⚙ Configure & Embed → copy the id= value from the embed URL). All shortcode parameters: id (required) — Google Drive file ID from your Toombler dashboard width — embed width in px (default: 760) height — embed height in px (default: 540) nav — navigation arrows: 1/0 (default: 1) counter — page counter: 1/0 (default: 1) sound — page-flip sound: 1/0 (default: 0) flipsound — which flip sound: 1 / 2 (default: 1) autoplay — auto-play: 1/0 (default: 0) autospeed — auto-play seconds per page: 1–60 (default: 3) dl — download button: 1/0 (default: 1) fs — fullscreen button: 1/0 (default: 0) bg — background colour: dark / light / transparent (default: dark) start — start page (default: 1) bookmark — remember page per visitor: 1/0 (default: 1) zoom — allow zoom: 1/0 (default: 1) drag — allow corner drag: 1/0 (default: 1) thumbs — thumbnail strip: 1/0 (default: 0) duration — flip animation in ms: 100–3000 (default: 650) spine — spine shadow (centre glow): 1/0 (default: 0) borderless — no rounded corners: 1/0 (default: 0) adreplace — replace page 2 with an ad: 1/0 (default: 0) closed — start with a closed book (cover only): 1/0 (default: 1) hardcover — rigid front & back cover: 1/0 (default: 1) corners — show hover corner curl: 1/0 (default: 1) mscroll — mobile scroll (swipe to scroll, not flip): 1/0 (default: 0) text — show an accessible, collapsible text version below the flipbook (good for SEO): 1/0 (default: 0) External service: This plugin embeds content from toombler.com. The flipbook viewer is loaded in an from https://toombler.com/embed. When you enable the optional text version (text="1" or the “Show accessible text version” block toggle), the plugin also requests the document’s plain text from https://toombler.com/api/text and caches it locally; only your flipbook’s File ID is sent, and the response contains your document’s own text. By using this plugin you agree to the Toombler Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A free Toombler account is required to create flipbooks.