Title: Lightweight and Responsive Youtube Embed Author: wpszaki Published: October 9, 2017 Last modified: August 27, 2018 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/lightweight-and-responsive-youtube-embed/assets/banner-772x250. png?rev=1743614) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/lightweight-and-responsive-youtube-embed/assets/icon-256x256. png?rev=1743607) # Lightweight and Responsive Youtube Embed By [wpszaki](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpszaki/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/lightweight-and-responsive-youtube-embed.zip) * [Details](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/lightweight-and-responsive-youtube-embed/#description) * [Reviews](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/lightweight-and-responsive-youtube-embed/#reviews) * [Installation](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/lightweight-and-responsive-youtube-embed/#installation) * [Development](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/lightweight-and-responsive-youtube-embed/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lightweight-and-responsive-youtube-embed/) ## Description If you are embedding Youtube video(s) into your site then you will need this plugin. As you may (or may not) know the default Youtube embed code is not responsive and in order to load the player itself your browser has to download more than 1MB of data from Youtube’s servers. That is way too much and this is the reason why we made this plugin. A video player has to be lightweight and responsive. Period. This plugin is replacing the default Youtube player with the video’s high quality thumbnail and a play button. The real player and the video won’t load until you click on the play button or the thumbnail itself. With this easy trick you will have a much lighter and faster website and the thumbnail + the actual player will be responsive too. Our plugin is only 60KB without any extra library or unnecessary function. If you are speed-optimizing your site or if you want to reduce the loading times of your pages then you are at the right place. ### This plugin will: * Make all of the embedded Youtube videos responsive automatically * Will reduce the size of your pages (where you have embedded videos) * Will make your site faster * Will improve the user experience ### You can also: * Manually insert a different thumbnail for each embedded video with the ‘thumb_url’ parameter. * [youtube_embed url=”video_url” thumb-url=”custom_thumb_url”] * Manually set a different width for each video with the ‘width’ parameter. * [youtube_embed url=”video_url” width=”50″] * Manually align each video to left, right or center with the ‘align’ parameter. * [youtube_embed url=”video_url” align=”center”] * Disable the related videos * Disable the video controls * Disable the fullscreen option * Align the videos globally or individually * Set the custom video width for all videos or to just a single video with a shortcode parameter ### Comparison Here’s a quick comparison with the built-in TwentySeventeen theme (without any other plugin). We placed a default Youtube video embed code in a new and empty page, ran the tests and then replaced it with our solution before running the tests again. Total page size with the traditional Youtube embed code: 2.18MB Total page size with our lightweight & responsive embedder: 472KB Page load time with the traditional Youtube embed code: 5.33s Page load time with our lightweight & responsive embedder: 2.52s ## Screenshots [⌊The code in action.⌉⌊The code in action.⌉[ The code in action. [⌊The options panel.⌉⌊The options panel.⌉[ The options panel. [⌊The basic shortcode.⌉⌊The basic shortcode.⌉[ The basic shortcode. ## Installation This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working. e.g. 1. Upload the plugin folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Place the [youtube_embed url=”https://youtube_video_url_comes_here”] shortcode in your post/page to embed a video ## FAQ Nothing at the moment. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e1e51a51bda0906bdd6bbfa3437b778d33f5c643cc95c008ae9eb521f935fd56? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Working perfectly!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/working-perfectly-60/)󠁿 [szepesif](https://profiles.wordpress.org/szepesif/) August 27, 2018 The plugin does it's job perfectly, it speeds up the sites and reducing load times by replacing the default Youtube player with a lightweight solution. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/64d392909285a200038b54bfdb05cb6338b513a350ca11f8296593266999da79? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Não Funciona!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nao-funciona-27/)󠁿 [albertcorbett](https://profiles.wordpress.org/albertcorbett/) March 18, 2018 Instalei, ativei, configurei e alterei o código de vários vídeos em meu blog, porém ele não aparece nada, fica apenas um quadrado preto no lugar do vídeo. É uma pena, pois precisava diminuir o uso de transferência de meu blog, e isso ajudaria muito. A ideia é excelente, mas não funcionou! [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lightweight-and-responsive-youtube-embed/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Lightweight and Responsive Youtube Embed” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ wpszaki ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpszaki/) [Translate “Lightweight and Responsive Youtube Embed” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/lightweight-and-responsive-youtube-embed) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lightweight-and-responsive-youtube-embed/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/lightweight-and-responsive-youtube-embed/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/lightweight-and-responsive-youtube-embed/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/lightweight-and-responsive-youtube-embed/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0 * Initial release of the plugin. ## Meta * Version **1.0.0** * Last updated: **8 years ago** * Active installations: **30+** * WordPress Version: ** 3.0.0 or higher ** * Tested up to: **4.9.34** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lightweight-and-responsive-youtube-embed/) * Tags: * [embed](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/embed/)[lightweight](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/lightweight/) [responsive](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/responsive/)[video](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/video/) [youtube](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/youtube/) * [Advanced View](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/lightweight-and-responsive-youtube-embed/advanced/) ## Ratings 3 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lightweight-and-responsive-youtube-embed/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lightweight-and-responsive-youtube-embed/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lightweight-and-responsive-youtube-embed/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lightweight-and-responsive-youtube-embed/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lightweight-and-responsive-youtube-embed/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lightweight-and-responsive-youtube-embed/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lightweight-and-responsive-youtube-embed/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ wpszaki ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpszaki/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lightweight-and-responsive-youtube-embed/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://wpszaki.hu)