Plugin / Lazy Load for Videos

Videos from the biggest video platform, Youtube (https://youtube.com), and Vimeo (https://vimeo.com) are supported.

“Jetpack” by WordPress.com offers some useful extensions. Only one of them makes Lazy Load for Videos break – the “Shortcode Embeds” extension. So simply disable the extension. (In order to see a “Deactivate” button for “Shortcode Embeds” on the Jetpack’s extension overview, you must click on “Learn More”.)

Yes. The plugin works on single posts and pages as well as on archive pages with several posts and videos.

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If you want to speed your site up, this plugin is for you. Especially on sites with many embedded videos this plugin is gold. There are manz reasons why you should make your site faster, see next question. The plugin is really lightweight, has no dependencies and does neither blow your performance nor your database up. By loading the videos only when the user clicks on the preview image, no unnecessary JavaScript is loaded. You may know this issue: (Defer) Parsing of JavaScript. “In order to load a page, the browser must parse the contents of all tags, which adds additional time to the page load. By minimizing the amount of JavaScript needed to render the page, and deferring parsing of unneeded JavaScript until it needs to be executed, you can reduce the initial load time of your page.” (Source: https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/best-practices/mobile#DeferParsingJS) Video preview and play button are scalable and optimized for mobile devices. Finally, Lazy Load for Videos is really easy to use. Simply upload and activate the plugin.

Search engines, especially Google, love speedy sites! So you will be higher ranked in search results. Consequently, you get more visitors. Fast sites lead to higher visitor engagement and returning visitors. Faster sites increase conversions. Potentially more $$ for your business!

PageSpeed Insights is a service by Google to help you optimize your site’s performance. You can analyse your site using a browser extension or online, more information: https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/

Easily insert the URL to your content (e.g. Youtube video) into a post or page. The URL must be on its own line and must not be hyperlinked. “WordPress will automatically turn [the URL] into a YouTube embed when the post is viewed.” (Source: https://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds) Inserting a Youtube