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Embed Video Thumbnail

Automatically replace embed videos everywhere with their thumbnail to reduce page load time and improve your GTmetrix score.

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Tested up to WordPress 5.4
Current version2.0.3
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 5.4
Minimum stackWP 4.5 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update2 May 20206y ago
Active installations200Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.0 / 5 from 13 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Embed Video Thumbnail version 2.0.3 as active, updated 6y ago and tested up to WordPress 5.4.

Overview

About this plugin

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:

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xxxx MiB of JavaScript is parsed during initial page load. Defer parsing JavaScript to reduce blocking of page rendering.

Currently supported video hosting services:

  • Youtube
  • Vimeo
  • Dailymotion
  • Facebook

Optional settings:

  • Toggle activation on each hosting services
  • Toggle activation by device (desktop, tablet, mobile)
  • Copy thumbnail on local server for performance improvements
  • Display video title over the thumbnail
  • Toggle video loop on Vimeo and Youtube
  • Import/export settings

Widget:

You can use our Embed Video Thumbnail widget to transform your videos in sidebars.

Custom hosting services can be added with the ikevt_extension_providers hook.

Each hosting service extension must implement Ikana\EmbedVideoThumbnail\Provider\ProviderInterface

Requirements:

  • php 5.6+
WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • embed
  • thumbnail
  • video
  • vimeo
  • youtube
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 5.4

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 5.4.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to5.4
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.5 · PHP not listed
Update activity2 May 20206y ago

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