Phi Phan

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:
<ul>
<li>Instead of loading the entire iframe, only the video thumbnail is loaded, resulting in significant performance improvements</li>
<li>Ability to play multiple different videos as a custom playlist or input a playlist ID to play the whole playlist</li>
<li>Ability to use a custom image as the video thumbnail</li>
<li>Ability to set a custom aspect ratio value for displaying any kind of YouTube videos</li>
<li>Ability to loop continuously once it finishes playing</li>
<li>Ability to show related videos from the same channel as the initial video</li>
<li>Automatically load the video title as the caption</li>
<li>The same UI as the default core/embed, and you can use the video title as the caption of the block with one click</li>
<li>It can be transformed from/to the core embed block.</li>
<li>Automatically convert all default core embed YouTube blocks to this block with one line of code.</li>
</ul>
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:
<pre><code> better_youtube_embed_block_render_block( ['url' => 'https://youtu.be/paSXmpHU9K4'] );
</code></pre>
The example with all the parameters is:
<pre><code> 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,
 ]
 );
</code></pre>
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:
<pre><code> define('BYEB_SPEED_UP_YOUTUBE_VIDEOS', true);
</code></pre>
or
<pre><code> add_filter( 'byeb_speed_up_youtube_videos', '__return_true' );
</code></pre>
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:
<pre><code> define('BYEB_FORCE_IFRAME_ON_UNSUPPORTED_BROWSERS', true);
</code></pre>
Please check out this <a href="https://contentblocksbuilder.com/video-tutorials/?utm_source=wp.org&utm_campaign=readme&utm_medium=link&utm_content=BYEB" rel="nofollow ugc">page</a> 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 <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-youtube-embed-block/reviews/#new-post" rel="ugc">rate it</a> 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:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/content-blocks-builder" rel="ugc">Content Blocks Builder</a> – Build custom layouts and blocks visually in the Block Editor without needing a code editor, using only core blocks and native Gutenberg features.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-a-meta-field-as-block" rel="ugc">Meta Field Block</a> – 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.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/svg-block" rel="ugc">SVG Block</a> – 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.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/icon-separator" rel="ugc">Icon separator</a> – A tiny block just like the core/separator block but with the ability to add an icon.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/breadcrumb-block" rel="ugc">Breadcrumb Block</a> – A simple breadcrumb trail block that supports JSON-LD structured data and is compatible with WooCommerce.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/block-enhancements" rel="ugc">Block Enhancements</a> – Adds practical features to blocks like icons, box shadows, transforms, etc.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/counting-number-block" rel="ugc">Counting Number Block</a> – A block to display numbers with a counting effect</li>
</ul>
The plugin is developed using @wordpress/create-block.

Embed YouTube Block – Fast Loading Videos, Shorts & Playlists

Embed YouTube videos without slowing down your site. Easily embed one or multiple videos, shorts, and playlists.

Damian Góra

Mateusz Czardybon

This simple plugin brings the WordPress gallery to a higher level by adding a nice justified image grid and a pretty lightbox. 
Just install and activate the plugin. That’s all.
Create galleries as before, but enjoy the responsive layout, beautiful justified image grid and handy lightbox.
I love the native WordPress gallery. It’s easy to use and as intuitive as possible. Everything would be perfect if it were not for the column layout and lack of lightbox. Many themes display the WordPress gallery in an ugly and “no eye-catching” way. This was my inspiration to write this simple plugin.
<h4>Demo</h4>
See how it works on the <a href="https://justifiedgallery.com/?utm_source=wordpress_org&utm_medium=webpage&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">DEMO</a> site.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Easy to use. You can use the native WordPress gallery just as you did before</li>
<li>Compatibility with Gutenberg. You can use block called Justified Gallery</li>
<li>Beautiful, justified layout thanks to <a href="http://miromannino.github.io/Justified-Gallery" rel="nofollow ugc">Justified Gallery by Miro</a></li>
<li>Support of image descriptions. Descriptions can also be turned off on a settings page</li>
<li>Lightbox. The gallery can be viewed with popular <a href="http://photoswipe.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">PhotoSwipe</a> by Dmitry Semenov</li>
<li>Responsiveness. The gallery adapts to various screen width options. It works perfectly on mobile devices</li>
<li>High quality images. The URL of images is tailored to the needs in an intelligent way. Smaller images will be download on smaller screens, larger images on larger screens</li>
<li>Justify your images without cropping them</li>
<li>Configurable. You can set up a width of the gap between images and height of rows.</li>
</ul>
<h4>How to use?</h4>
If you are using the block-editor on your site, simply insert the Justified Gallery block and add images. You can also transform Gallery block to Justified Gallery block.
If you are still using the Classic Editor, Justified Gallery is based on native WordPress galleries (<code>[gallery]</code> shortcode) and works out of the box. Create galleries as before. Read more about <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/article/the-wordpress-gallery/" rel="ugc">The WordPress Gallery</a>
<h4>Feedback</h4>
Any suggestions or comments are welcome. Feel free to contact me using this <a href="https://justifiedgallery.com/#contact" rel="nofollow ugc">contact form</a>.
<h4>Credits</h4>
Justified Gallery plugin was originally created by Damian Góra. It is now owned and maintained by Mateusz Czardybon.
<h3>Justified Gallery PRO</h3>
<a href="https://justifiedgallery.com/?utm_source=wordpress_org&utm_medium=webpage&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Upgrade now!</a>
If you are eg a photographer and publish large galleries (+50 photos per page), you may be interested in the optimizing the loading time of galleries. With <a href="https://justifiedgallery.com/?utm_source=wordpress_org&utm_medium=webpage&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">the premium version</a>, inter alia, you speed up galleries load time even up to 20 times.
Highlighted Premium Features
<ul>
<li>All Free Features</li>
<li>Speed up galleries load time even 20x faster!</li>
<li>Lightboxes customization</li>
<li>Tiles style customization</li>
<li>All future Pro features at current price</li>
</ul>

Justified Gallery

WordPress gallery plugin. Display WordPress galleries in a responsive justified image grid and a pretty lightbox.

Embed YouTube Block – Fast Loading Videos, Shorts & Playlists vs Justified Gallery