Lazy Load for YouTube – GDPR Friendly YouTube Embed Block by DBlocks
The GDPR friendly way to embed YouTube videos in WordPress. This block replaces heavy YouTube iframes with a lightweight placeholder image and only loads the YouTube player when your visitor clicks play. No YouTube scripts or cookies are loaded until the user interacts — making your site faster and privacy compliant. Key Features: GDPR & Privacy Friendly: Zero YouTube scripts loaded until the user clicks play Faster Page Speed: Replaces heavy YouTube embeds with a lightweight image placeholder 6 Play Button Styles: Choose from 6 icon presets and apply them globally Custom Play Icon: Upload your own SVG play icon Theme Color Support: Use your WordPress theme colors on the play button Adjustable Icon Size: Control the size of the play button Thumbnail Quality: Choose the YouTube thumbnail quality per block Custom Thumbnail: Upload your own thumbnail image for extra privacy Global Settings: Set icon style, colors, and size once — applies across your entire site Free: No premium upsells or locked features Third-Party Services This plugin integrates with YouTube’s services in the following ways: – Fetches video thumbnail images from YouTube servers when displaying video previews – Loads the YouTube video player and related scripts when a user clicks to play a video – Communicates with YouTube’s servers to stream video content For more information about YouTube’s services: – YouTube Service Homepage – YouTube Terms of Service – Google Privacy Policy (YouTube is owned by Google) Embeds For more information about embeds: – Embed guide
Top keywords
- youtube15×6.28%
- play8×3.35%
- icon5×2.09%
- thumbnail5×2.09%
- video5×2.09%
- privacy4×1.67%
- button3×1.26%
- clicks3×1.26%
- embeds3×1.26%
- image3×1.26%
- play button3×1.26%
- scripts3×1.26%
WP YouTube Lyte
WP YouTube Lyte allows you to “lazy load” your video’s, by inserting responsive “Lite YouTube Embeds”. These look and feel like normal embedded YouTube, but only call the “fat” YouTube-player when clicked on, thereby reducing download size & rendering time substantially when embedding YouTube occasionally and improving page performance dramatically when you’ve got multiple YouTube video’s on one and the same page. The plugin can be configured to cache YouTube thumbnails locally, improving both performance and privacy. As such LYTE embedded YouTube videos do not require requests to the YouTube servers, probably (I am not a lawyer) allowing for better GDPR-compliance. The plugin picks up on normal YouTube links, taking over from WordPress core’s oEmbed. Alternatively you can add a YouTube-link for a video or an entire playlist with “httpv” instead of “http(s)” or add a Lyte widget to your sidebar and WP YouTube Lyte replaces that link with the correct performance-optimized code. Some examples: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SQkWbRublY (normal video embed) httpv://youtu.be/_SQkWbRublY (video embed with youtube-shortlink) httpa://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SQkWbRublY (audio only embed) httpv://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA486E741B25F8E00 (playlist embed) httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SQkWbRublY#stepSize=-1 (video player, one size smaller than what’s configured as default) httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SQkWbRublY?start=20&showinfo=0 (video player, start playing at 20 seconds and don’t show title) Or using shortcodes: [lyte id='_SQkWbRublY' /] [lyte id='_SQkWbRublY' audio='true' /] [lyte id='A486E741B25F8E00' playlist='true' /] WP YouTube Lyte has been written with optimal performance as primary goal, but has been tested for maximum browser-compatibility (iPad included) while keeping an eye on accessibility. Starting with version 1.2.0 lyte embeds are fully responsive and can automatically embed videoObject microdata as well. The plugin is fully multi-language, with support for Catalan, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Romanian, Spanish and Slovene. Feedback is welcome; see info in the faq for bug reports/ feature requests and feel free to rate and/or report on compatibility on wordpress.org.
Top keywords
- youtube16×4.61%
- lyte9×2.59%
- video7×2.02%
