Embed YouTube Block – Fast Loading Videos, Shorts & Playlists vs Perfect Portal Widgets

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.

Allow your customers to generate a quote, generate intake form enquiries directly from your website. Also display customer reviews directly on your website. You must be an authenticated and active customer of Perfect Portal in order for this plugin to work. Widgets included: * Perfect Portal Intake Form * Perfect Portal Quote Calculator * Perfect Portal Review Widget External / 3rd Party References Each of the widgets are dependent on loading scripts that are externally hosted on Perfect Portal’s CDN. The url of the script that will be added to the page is based on the type of widget added (intake form, quote calculator, review widget) and the region that has been selected in the settings area. Use of the service is subject to the terms and conditions set out by Perfect Portal (UK) Ltd which can be found at: For Australia: https://www.perfectportal.com.au/terms-conditions For Canada: https://www.perfectportalcanada.ca/terms-conditions For New Zealand: https://www.perfectportal.co.nz/terms-conditions For United Kingdom: https://www.perfectportal.co.uk/terms-conditions For United States of America: https://www.perfectportal.com/terms-conditions Use of the service is subject to the privacy policy set out by Perfect Portal (UK) Ltd which can be found at: For Australia: https://www.perfectportal.com.au/privacy-policy For Canada: https://www.perfectportalcanada.ca/privacy-policy For New Zealand: https://www.perfectportal.co.nz/privacy-policy For United Kingdom: https://www.perfectportal.co.uk/privacy-policy For United States of America: https://www.perfectportal.com/privacy-policy Intake Form The intake form widget requires loading external scripts from the Perfect Portal CDN where the region can be any of the following au, ca, nz, uk, us. Therefore the possible external links/services required for the intake form widget are: For Australia: https://cdn.perfectportal.co.uk/widgets/intake/production/au/index.js For Canada: https://cdn.perfectportal.co.uk/widgets/intake/production/ca/index.js For New Zealand: https://cdn.perfectportal.co.uk/widgets/intake/production/nz/index.js For United Kingdom: https://cdn.perfectportal.co.uk/widgets/intake/production/uk/index.js For United States of America: https://cdn.perfectportal.co.uk/widgets/intake/production/us/index.js Quote Calculator The quote calculator requires loading external scripts from the Perfect Portal CDN based on the region configured, the identifier of the quote calculator requested and the display type of form to render (this can either be embedded directly on the page or a floating button to be clicked). For Australia: https://webcalc.perfectportal.com.au/apps/webcalc/v2.0/ For Canada: https://webcalc.perfectportalcanada.ca/apps/webcalc/v2.0/ For New Zealand: https://webcalc.perfectportal.co.nz/apps/webcalc/v2.0/ For United Kingdom: https://webcalc.perfectportal.co.uk/apps/webcalc/v2.0/ For United States of America: https://webcalc.perfectportal.com/apps/webcalc/v2.0/ Display Types: Embedded: this appends ’embed.’ to the region base url Floating: this appends ‘float.’ to the region base url Quote Calculator Identifier: This is a GUID of the particular form to display on a specific page that the web administrator will receive from their Perfect Portal account manager: XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX Therefore the url can be any combination of the above. E.g. UK example: https://webcalc.perfectportal.co.uk/apps/webcalc/v2.0/embed.XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX.js https://webcalc.perfectportal.co.uk/apps/webcalc/v2.0/float.XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX.js Australia example: https://webcalc.perfectportal.com.au/apps/webcalc/v2.0/embed.XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX.js https://webcalc.perfectportal.com.au/apps/webcalc/v2.0/float.XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX.js Review Widget The review widget requires loading externally hosted scripts from the Perfect Portal CDN based on the region configured and the company identifier (provided to the web administrator by their Perfect Portal account manager). For Australia: https://widgets.perfectportal.com.au/apps/reviews/v0.1/ For Canada: https://widgets.perfectportalcanada.ca/apps/reviews/v0.1/ For New Zealand: https://widgets.perfectportal.co.nz/apps/reviews/v0.1/ For United Kingdom: https://widgets.perfectportal.co.uk/apps/reviews/v0.1/ For United States of America: https://widgets.perfectportal.com/apps/reviews/v0.1/ E.g. UK Example: https://widgets.perfectportal.co.uk/apps/reviews/v0.1/reviews.XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX.js