Arno Peck

Privacy Lite Video Embeds for YouTube replaces YouTube embeds with lightweight local placeholders.
Fast video embeds for YouTube. Nothing loads until click.
Trademark note: this is a third-party plugin and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube or Google.
Before the visitor clicks, the frontend loads only local resources from the site:
<ul>
<li>local HTML markup;</li>
<li>local CSS from the plugin;</li>
<li>local JavaScript from the plugin;</li>
<li>locally cached video thumbnail, when available.</li>
</ul>
The YouTube player is created only after user interaction and uses the privacy-enhanced <code>youtube-nocookie.com</code> embed domain.
This can help reduce external frontend requests, improve perceived loading performance, and provide a more privacy-friendly default behavior for embedded YouTube videos.
Important: this plugin is a technical privacy/performance aid. It does not constitute legal advice and does not by itself guarantee compliance with privacy laws. Site owners remain responsible for their own privacy notices, consent setup, and legal assessment.
<h4>Main features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Replaces Gutenberg YouTube embed blocks.</li>
<li>Optional replacement scope for all YouTube videos found in post content.</li>
<li>Replaces classic oEmbed output when scope is set to “All”.</li>
<li>Replaces manually pasted YouTube iframes when scope is set to “All”.</li>
<li>Downloads YouTube thumbnails server-side into the WordPress uploads directory.</li>
<li>Serves thumbnails locally from <code>/wp-content/uploads/privacy-lite-video-embeds/</code>.</li>
<li>Falls back to a local CSS placeholder when no thumbnail can be downloaded.</li>
<li>Loads YouTube only after click.</li>
<li>Uses <code>youtube-nocookie.com</code> for the iframe player.</li>
<li>Optional privacy/consent text in the placeholder.</li>
<li>Optional autoplay after click.</li>
<li>Customizable overlay play button color.</li>
<li>Accessible button markup with keyboard support.</li>
<li>Admin tool to scan content and generate missing thumbnails.</li>
<li>Admin tool to clear the local thumbnail cache.</li>
<li>Privacy policy helper text for the WordPress privacy tools.</li>
</ul>

Privacy Lite Video Embeds for YouTube

Fast video embeds for YouTube. Nothing loads until click.

Chris Baldelomar

This plugin was designed and tested to work with <a href="http://angiemakes.com/feminine-wordpress-blog-themes-women/" rel="nofollow ugc">Angie Makes WordPress themes</a>.
This plugin will automatically resize your videos inserted in your WordPress editor. The code is light and only uses CSS. No javascript is used so there is no delay in your iframes and/or embeded objects from being resized. This plugin will also try to correctly guess your aspect ratio so your videos always look great. And if the aspect ratio is not correctly identified, then you can easily apply the correct aspect ratio using CSS. Every video is assigned a unique class name.
It currently has been tested for the following providers:
<ul>
<li>YouTube</li>
<li>Vimeo</li>
<li>DailyMotion</li>
<li>WordPress TV</li>
<li>Embed</li>
<li>Object</li>
<li>Iframe</li>
</ul>
<a href="http://hallie.angiemakes.com/blog/" rel="nofollow ugc">Live Demo & Documentation</a>

Responsive Videos by Angie Makes

Works great! Don't need to set up things, just activate the plugin and enter the videos on posts and pages. Thanks a lot!

Works great!

Simple responsive video plugin. Automatically determine aspect ratio. CSS only. No Javascript.

Privacy Lite Video Embeds for YouTube vs Responsive Videos by Angie Makes