ikanaweb

Activate this plugin and reduce you page weight by nearly 1mo !
Because embed videos can dramatically increase your page weight and loading time, Embed Video Thumbnail 
automatically replace them by their corresponding thumbnail. Videos will then only be loaded after click on thumbnails.
This plugin fixes part of the following “defer parsing of javascript” error in GTmetrix :
<blockquote>
xxxx MiB of JavaScript is parsed during initial page load. Defer parsing JavaScript to reduce blocking of page rendering.
</blockquote>
Currently supported video hosting services :
<ul>
<li>Youtube</li>
<li>Vimeo</li>
<li>Dailymotion</li>
<li>Facebook</li>
</ul>
Optional settings :
<ul>
<li>Toggle activation on each hosting services</li>
<li>Toggle activation by device (desktop, tablet, mobile)</li>
<li>Copy thumbnail on local server for performance improvements</li>
<li>Display video title over the thumbnail</li>
<li>Toggle video loop on Vimeo and Youtube</li>
<li>Import/export settings</li>
</ul>
Widget :
You can use our Embed Video Thumbnail widget to transform your videos in sidebars.
Custom hosting services can be added with the <code>ikevt_extension_providers</code> hook. 
Each hosting service extension must implement <code>Ikana\EmbedVideoThumbnail\Provider\ProviderInterface</code>
Requirements :
<ul>
<li>php 5.6+</li>
</ul>

Embed Video Thumbnail

Automatically replace embed videos everywhere with their thumbnail to reduce page load time and improve your GTmetrix score.

Dave Kiss

videogallery

<h4>100+ 5-star Reviews! Vimeography is the Best and Most Powerful Video Gallery Plugin for Membership and Course Sites. ★★★★★</h4>
<iframe loading="lazy" title="Intro to Vimeography" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/44555634?dnt=1&app_id=122963" width="750" height="422" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write"></iframe>
More than 10,000 websites use Vimeography to show their Vimeo videos on their own WordPress website.
Vimeography is a free WordPress plugin that allows you to create your own Netflix style website with beautiful, custom Vimeo video galleries in 30 seconds, tops!
Our video gallery plugin is used to power over 10,000 video membership, course, and portfolio websites.
For more information, check out <a href="https://vimeography.com/?utm_source=wpdotorg&utm_medium=description" title="vimeography.com" rel="nofollow ugc">vimeography.com</a>
Some amazing features:
<ul>
<li>Automatically add videos uploaded to a Vimeo user account, channel, or showcase to your video gallery</li>
<li>Easily insert video galleries on a page, post or template with one click</li>
<li>Set a featured video to appear as the first video in your Vimeo video gallery</li>
<li>Change your Vimeo video gallery’s appearance with custom themes</li>
<li>Tweak your video gallery theme’s look with the appearance editor</li>
<li>Control the video gallery width using pixels or percentages</li>
<li>Built-in caching for quick page loads</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<h4>Vimeography Themes</h4>
Make your gallery stand out with our custom video gallery themes! All themes come with one year of updates and support.
Check our all of our video gallery designs at <a href="https://vimeography.com/themes?utm_source=wpdotorg&utm_medium=description" title="vimeography.com/themes" rel="nofollow ugc">https://vimeography.com/themes</a>
</blockquote>
<h4>Want more features?</h4>
<a href="https://vimeography.com/pro?utm_source=wpdotorg&utm_medium=repo" title="Vimeography Pro" rel="nofollow ugc">Check out Vimeography Pro</a> for additional features:
<ul>
<li>Create searchable galleries</li>
<li>Create shareable links to videos in your collection</li>
<li>Show unlimited videos</li>
<li>Enable download links for your videos</li>
<li>Show hidden videos, create auto-playing playlists, custom sorting and more!</li>
<li>Supports Vimeo video interaction tools (end screens, cards, email capture)</li>
</ul>

Vimeography: Vimeo Video Gallery WordPress Plugin

The easiest way to create beautiful Vimeo video galleries on your WordPress site.

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