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',
 '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> – This plugin turns the Block Editor into a powerful page builder by allowing you to create blocks, variations, and patterns directly in the Block Editor without needing a code editor.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-a-meta-field-as-block" rel="ugc">Meta Field Block</a> – A block to display custom fields as blocks on the front end. It supports custom fields for posts, terms, users, and setting fields. It can also be used in the Query Loop block.</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.

Better YouTube Block – A better way to embed YouTube videos, shorts, playlists

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

Iulia Cazan

The “Latest Post Shortcode” helps you display a list or grid of the posts or pages in a page/sidebar, without having to code or know PHP. The output parameters are extremely flexible, allowing you to choose the way your selected content will be displayed. You can embed as many shortcodes in a page as you need, each shortcode configured differently. The shortcode for displaying the latest posts is <code>[latest-selected-content]</code> and can be generated very easily, the plugin will add a block or a shortcode button in the editor area.
You can write your own “read more” replacement, choose whether to show/hide featured images, you can even sort the items by several options, and paginate the output (also AJAX pagination). This plugin works with any modern theme. When used with WordPress >= 5.0 + Gutenberg, the plugin shortcode can be configured from the LPS block or any Classic block, using the plugin button. The plugin can be used with Elementor page builder.
<h3>Demo</h3>
<iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/er5wnGolfw8?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>
<h4>Usage example</h4>
Example of a simple grid with 4 cards per row, with AJAX pagination: 
 [latest-selected-content ver=”2″ perpage=”4″ showpages=”4″ display=”title,date,excerpt-small” titletag=”h3″ chrlimit=”120″ more=”…” url=”yes” linktext=”Read more” image=”thumbnail” image_placeholder=”auto” elements=”25″ image_opacity=”0.3″ css=”four-columns as-overlay content-end pagination-space-between light tall” type=”post” status=”publish” orderby=”dateD” show_extra=”ajax_pagination,pagination_all,trim,date_diff,category,hide_uncategorized_category,oneterm_category,light_spinner”]
Example of a simple grid with 4 cards (2 per row), filtered by a category (sample term): 
 [latest-selected-content ver=”2″ limit=”4″ display=”title,content-small” titletag=”h3″ chrlimit=”50″ image=”full” image_placeholder=”auto” elements=”0″ css=”two-columns as-column has-shadow content-center” type=”post” taxonomy=”category” term=”sample” orderby=”dateA”]
Starting with version 8.0.0, the plugin has a new UI and some new cool features. With this version, the output of the shortcode can be configured also as a slider, with responsive and different modes options. In this way, if you previously used the Latest Post Shortcode Extension, this is no longer needed, the plugin handles it all by itself.
Starting with version 7.0.0, the plugin implements new hooks that allow for defining and managing your custom output, through your theme or your plugins. Check more hook details and code samples at https://iuliacazan.ro/latest-post-shortcode/.
<h3>Hooks</h3>
<ul>
<li>
Custom cards output filters: <code>lps/override_card_patterns</code>, <code>lps/override_card</code>, <code>lps/override_card_terms</code>, <code>lps/override_post_class</code>, <code>lps/override_card_display</code>, <code>lps/override_section_start</code>, <code>lps/override_section_end</code>
</li>
<li>
Pagination filters: <code>lps/override_pagination_display/first</code>, <code>lps/override_pagination_display/first_icon</code>, <code>lps/override_pagination_display/prev</code>, <code>lps/override_pagination_display/prev_icon</code>, <code>lps/override_pagination_display/next</code>, <code>lps/override_pagination_display/next_icon</code>, <code>lps/override_pagination_display/last</code>, <code>lps/override_pagination_display/last_icon</code>
</li>
<li>
Additional filters: <code>lps/filter_sites_list</code>, <code>lps/filter_statuses</code>, <code>lps/filter_front_end_statuses</code>, <code>lps/filter_types</code>, <code>lps/filter_taxonomies</code>, <code>lps/usable_taxonomies</code>, <code>lps/card_output_types</code>, <code>lps/remove_donate_info</code>, <code>lps/load_assets_on_page</code>, <code>lps/exclude_ids</code>, <code>lps/shortcode_arguments</code>, <code>lps/query_arguments</code>, <code>lps/before_check_posts</code>, <code>lps/remove_update_info</code>
</li>
<li>
Marked as deprecated: <code>lps_filter_tile_patterns</code>, <code>lps_filter_display_posts_list</code>, <code>lps_filter_remove_update_info</code>, <code>lps_filter_use_custom_section_markup_end</code>, <code>lps_filter_use_custom_section_markup_start</code>, <code>lps_filter_use_custom_tile_markup</code>, <code>lps_filter_exclude_previous_content_ids</code>, <code>lps_filter_use_custom_shortcode_arguments</code>, <code>lps_filter_use_custom_query_arguments</code>
</li>
</ul>

Latest Post Shortcode

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The "Latest Post Shortcode" allows you to create a dynamic content selection from your posts by combining, limiting, and filtering what you need.

Better YouTube Block – A better way to embed YouTube videos, shorts, playlists vs Latest Post Shortcode