Velocity – Video Lazy Loading for YouTube, Twitch and Vimeo
Velocity is an alternative loading method to the standard to YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch and Soundcloud iframe embeds. With Velocity you will decrease the loading time and increase overall performance of your website by lazy loading media on-demand instead of on initial page load. To add Velocity to your site, simply create a Velocity shortcode by selecting a preview image and media type using the intuitive shortcode builder then add the generated snippet to your page. Get More Information Shortcode Parameters type – Choose a media type [youtube, vimeo, twitch, soundcloud]. id – The ID of the media item. options – Add optional styling and display parameters for the embedded media – e.g. rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0. playlist – Is this a Soundcloud playlist [true/false]. img – The path to the preview image. alt – The alternative text to be attached to the preview image. color – Play button arrow color. bkg_color – Play button background color. Example Shortcode [velocity type="youtube" id="239793212" img="http://yourwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image-1263626715.jpg" alt="Play Video"] Tested Browsers Firefox (Mac, PC) Chrome (Mac, PC, iOS, Android) Safari (Mac, iOS) IE10+ Android (Native) BB10 (Native) Website https://connekthq.com/plugins/velocity/
WP Meteor Website Speed Optimization Addon
WP Meteor offers an original way to further optimize your website speed. With this plugin you can increase your PageSpeed score by up to 5x. The plugin is 100% free, it is compatible and works well with most popular caching plugins like: * Autoptimize * WP Rocket * WP Total Cache * WP Super Cache * Phastpress * LiteSpeed * Hummingbird * WP Fastest Cache * SiteGround Optimizer It also works well with website builders like Elementor or with image optimizers like ShortPixel. The few known incompatibilities are listed in the FAQ. BENEFITS WP Meteor can improve your Pagespeed results and the actual loading time of your website by up to 5x! After changing performance settings, use Watchero to capture and compare pages before and after optimization. And since the plugin is designed to leave no traces on your hard drive or database when deactivated and removed, there is no risk for you. HOW IT WORKS If the user does not interact with the page immediately, WP Meteor defers loading and firing scripts until the page is rendered, which increases the pagespeed metric, on average, by 2-5x. This delay in loading scripts greatly improves perceived load times for your visitors. It also significantly improves the following important SEO metrics: Page Speed Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) Time To Interactive (TTI) Total Blocking Time (TBT) VERIFY SITE CHANGES AFTER OPTIMIZATION Performance changes, WordPress core updates, and plugin or theme updates can affect pages you do not manually check. Watchero helps capture and compare screenshots across entire sites, so agencies, freelancers, and managed hosting providers can spot visual breakages before customers do.
