Better Core Video Embeds vs Dropndot Video Library

This plugin provides page optimisations for pages and posts which have embedded Youtube, Vimeo or Daily Motion videos which have been added using the core embed block. Without this plugin, when using the core embed block, when your page loads, lots of external scripts and styles are loaded from the embed service, regardless of whether a visitor actually interacts with the embedded video. This plugin prevents these scripts and styles from loading until the user actually interacts with the video. It does this by replacing the video embed, on page load with the video thumbnail image (added on Youtube, Vimeo or Daily Motion). When a user clicks the thumbnail the embedded video, along with associated scripts and styles are loaded.

Dropndot Video Library is a powerful WordPress plugin that transforms your website into a comprehensive video management platform. Create, organize, and display videos from popular platforms like YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Facebook, TikTok, and more through an intuitive custom post type interface. Key Features Multi-Platform Support: Embed videos from YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Facebook, TikTok, and other video platforms Custom Post Type: Dedicated “Videos” post type with full WordPress integration Taxonomies: Organize videos with categories and tags REST API Support: Full REST API integration for headless implementations WPGraphQL Support: GraphQL API support for modern applications Custom Templates: Includes archive, single, and taxonomy templates Admin Interface: User-friendly video management interface Settings Page: Customize URL slugs for videos and archives Thumbnail Support: Featured image support for video thumbnails SEO Friendly: Proper meta descriptions and structured data support Supported Video Platforms YouTube Vimeo Dailymotion Facebook TikTok And many more through embed URLs External services This plugin connects to third-party video platform APIs to retrieve oEmbed/metadata so it can normalize URLs, generate embed links, and build thumbnails for videos saved in the Video post type. Vimeo API Used to fetch metadata and thumbnails for Vimeo URLs. Data sent: the video ID parsed from the URL. When sent: when a Vimeo URL is saved or processed. Terms: https://vimeo.com/terms Privacy policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy Facebook Graph oEmbed API Used to fetch oEmbed information for Facebook video URLs. Data sent: the original Facebook video URL and a site-configured access token (if provided via filter). When sent: when a Facebook video URL is saved or processed. If the oEmbed response does not provide a thumbnail URL, the plugin also fetches the original Facebook video page HTML and extracts the og:image meta tag to determine a thumbnail. Terms: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms Privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/ TikTok oEmbed API Used to fetch oEmbed information for TikTok video URLs. Data sent: the original TikTok video URL (when available/stored in post meta for normalization). When sent: when a TikTok URL is saved or processed. Fallbacks: if needed, the plugin fetches HTML from https://www.tiktok.com/embed/{video_id} and also tries https://www.tiktok.com/v/{video_id} to parse og:image and JSON-LD for a thumbnail. Terms: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/terms-of-service Privacy policy: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/privacy-policy Wistia API Used to fetch metadata for Wistia media URLs. Data sent: the Wistia media ID parsed from the URL. When sent: when a Wistia URL is saved or processed. Terms: https://wistia.com/terms Privacy policy: https://wistia.com/privacy Twitch Helix API Used to resolve Twitch stream/channel details for embed generation. Data sent: Twitch channel username (passed as user_login) to resolve live-stream thumbnails; the request includes a Client-ID header obtained via the filter DROPNDOT_VIDEO_LIBRARY_twitch_client_id. When sent: when a Twitch URL is saved or processed. Terms: https://www.twitch.tv/p/en/legal/terms-of-service/ Privacy policy: https://www.twitch.tv/p/en/legal/privacy-notice/ Veed oEmbed API Used to fetch oEmbed information for VEED links. Data sent: the original VEED video URL. When sent: when a VEED URL is saved or processed. Terms: https://www.veed.io/terms Privacy policy: https://www.veed.io/privacy Loom oEmbed API Used to fetch oEmbed information for Loom links. Data sent: the original Loom video URL. When sent: when a Loom URL is saved or processed. Terms: https://www.loom.com/terms Privacy policy: https://www.loom.com/privacy-policy Rumble Video Page Fetch Used to fetch the Rumble video page HTML to extract thumbnail metadata (Open Graph og:image). Data sent: the Rumble video page URL built from the video ID parsed from the embed URL. When sent: when generating fallback thumbnails for Rumble embed URLs (and when processing URLs where no provider API response is available). Terms: https://rumble.com/s/terms Privacy policy: https://rumble.com/s/privacy Streamable API Used to fetch metadata for Streamable URLs. Data sent: the Streamable video ID parsed from the URL. When sent: when a Streamable URL is saved or processed. Terms: https://streamable.com/terms Privacy policy: https://streamable.com/privacy Instagram oEmbed API Used to fetch oEmbed information for Instagram video URLs. Data sent: the original Instagram video URL. When sent: when an Instagram URL is saved or processed. Terms: https://help.instagram.com/581066165581870 Privacy policy: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy Direct URL fetch for metadata parsing In some providers, the plugin requests the original video page URL to extract metadata when no provider API response is available. Data sent: a standard HTTP request to the video URL provided by the site editor. When sent: when processing supported non-API/fallback URL patterns. Support For support, bug reports, or feature requests, please visit: https://dropndot.com/support/ Contributing We welcome contributions! Please see our GitHub repository for contribution guidelines. License Dropndot Video Library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html.