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

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.

Category Posts Block is a light block designed to do one thing and do it well: display the most recent posts from a certain category. Category Posts Block Use the “Category Posts” block in the Gutenberg editor to place the post list anywhere in your content. All options are available in the block sidebar panels: Title, Filter, Details, Thumbnail, Excerpt, Footer, Load more and General. Several blocks can be used on the same page, each with its own settings. Term and Category based Posts Block A premium version of that free block available at tiptoppress.com created for big WordPress sites. Premium features Auto-sizing Grid layout Custom field support in the Template Shortcode support in the Template Image-Slider (or News-Ticker) Asymmetrical list layouts Full background images Masonry responsive grid layout More complex filter (ANY, NOT, AND, …) Custom Post Types, Events, Products support All free features E-Mail support More examples on the demo pages Features Block for the block editor and Site Editor. Template to arrange the post details. The Template text can be a post details placeholder, plain text, HTML or a font-icons. Font-icon support ‘Load more’ button / Ajax API Item Title heading level buttons Excerpt length and item title in lines (line-clamp) Date range filter New date format: Time since plublished Filter by post status: Published, scheduled, private Add option for post offset (use two or more widgets after another) Admin UI: Buttons in the editor toolbar to insert shortcode Option to touch device friendly “everything is a link” Set thumbnail width & height / image crop with CSS (object-fit) Fluid images (max-width in %) One thumb dimension can be left empty Option to set mouse hover effects for post thumbnail Set a default thumbnail Hide widget text or text, if there is no post Option to hide posts which have no thumbnail Option exclude current post Option show post author, comment’s count, post date Admin UI: Set / find thumbnail size buttons: +, ¼, ½, 2x, -, ratio and Media sizes Admin UI: Buttons to easy add post details placeholder Documentation Full documentation Formatting date and time: See Formatting Date and Time Contribute While using this plugin if you find any bug or any conflict, please submit an issue at Github (If possible with a pull request).