Azim Hikmatov

“Renders faster than a sneeze.” This plugin is based on <a href="https://github.com/paulirish/lite-youtube-embed" rel="nofollow ugc">Paul Irish’s script</a> for embedding YouTube videos. Provide videos with a supercharged focus on visual performance. This custom element renders just like the real thing but approximately 224X faster.

Lite YouTube Embed

"Renders faster than a sneeze." This plugin is based on Paul Irish's script for embedding YouTube videos. Provide videos with a superch …

Mark Wilkinson

Highrise Digital

This plugin provides page optimisations for pages and posts which have embedded Youtube, Vimeo or Daily Motion videos which have been added using the core embed block.
Without this plugin, when using the core embed block, when your page loads, lots of external scripts and styles are loaded from the embed service, regardless of whether a visitor actually interacts with the embedded video.
This plugin prevents these scripts and styles from loading until the user actually interacts with the video. It does this by replacing the video embed, on page load with the video thumbnail image (added on Youtube, Vimeo or Daily Motion). When a user clicks the thumbnail the embedded video, along with associated scripts and styles are loaded.
<iframe loading="lazy" title="Better core video embeds for WordPress" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/k7A2kZWUb9Q?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Better Core Video Embeds


This is an example of an excellent plugin. Just activate and get immediate enhancement when using the embed blocks from WordPress. If deactivated, everything still works as before, but then without the enhancement. No "lock in":


Does what it says without any fuzz. Very good!

A plugin which enhances the core embed block for Youtube, Daily Motion and Vimeo videos by not loading unnecessary scripts until they are needed.

Lite YouTube Embed vs Better Core Video Embeds