Embed YouTube Block – Fast Loading Videos, Shorts & Playlists vs Manage Block Template

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.

Creating and managing block templates for different post types within your WP website doesn’t have to be rocket science! With this plugin, you can easily create multiple block templates of your choice and assign them to specific post types within your website. It’s fast and super easy to use. This plugin is perfect for website owners who run blogs, news or websites with tons of post types! Now, you have one less to worry about… ✔️ Features The plugin provides the following capabilities: ✔️ Templates: Dashboard for creating block templates. Simply drag and drop. ✔️ Settings: An options page for mapping templates to post types. ✔️ Custom filters: manage_block_template_post_types, manage_block_template_blocks, manage_block_template_admin_fields for customizing plugin options. ✔️ Available in multiple langauges such as Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Hebrew, Hindi, Russian, German, Italian, Croatian, Spanish & French languages. ✔️ Super fast and easy to work with. ✔️ Backward compatible, works with most WP versions. ✨ Getting Started Head over to the ‘Manage Block Template’ menu option and click on ‘Templates’. Create a template by simplying placing the blocks of your choice into the editor and save. Now, proceed to the Settings menu option. You should see different posts mapped to different templates. For Posts, select the template you just created and save. Go to Posts, you should now see the block template in place. You can get a taste of how this plugin works, by using the demo link. 🔌🎨 Plug and Play or Customize The Manage Block Template plugin is built to work right out of the box. Simply install, activate and start using. Want to add your personal touch? All of our documentation can be found here. You can override the plugin’s behaviour with custom logic of your own using hooks. Contribute If you’d like to contribute to the development of this plugin, you can find it on GitHub.