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Using F13 Youtube Shortcode you can simply embed a Youtube video into your WordPress powered website using shortcode.
Features include:
<ul>
<li>Simply install and add the shortcode</li>
<li>All you need is the Youtube video id (the last section of the URL)</li>
<li>Optionally set the autoplay attribute to true for the video to play when the page loads</li>
</ul>
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F13 Youtube Shortcode

Do you want to embed a youtube video into a page on your blog without having to find the embed code, just use shortcode.

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.

F13 Youtube Shortcode vs Embed Video Thumbnail