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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.
The facts
- Rating
- 4★ from 13
- Active installs
- 200+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 2 May 2020
- Added
- Feb 2017
- Requires WP
- 4.5
- Tested up to
- WP 5.4.21
- Downloads
- 27,865
Our analysis
AI-assistedEmbed Video Thumbnail is a WordPress plugin designed to reduce page weight by replacing embedded videos with their thumbnails. This helps improve loading times by only loading the videos when the thumbnails are clicked.
The plugin supports various video hosting services, including YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, and Facebook. It offers optional settings for activation by device type and allows for the import and export of settings.
Best for: This plugin is suitable for websites that use embedded videos and want to improve loading times.
What it does well
- ✓Reduces page weight by replacing videos with thumbnails
- ✓Supports multiple video hosting services
- ✓Offers optional settings for device-specific activation
- ✓Includes a widget for sidebars
- ✓Can copy thumbnails to local server for performance improvements
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in May 2020
- •Limited to specific video hosting services
- •Directory score of 46/100 indicates potential issues
Verdict
Embed Video Thumbnail can be useful for optimising page performance, but its age and limited support may be a concern for some users.
From the developer
ikanaweb's own description of Embed Video Thumbnail, lightly tidied.
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 :
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
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+
Tagged as
purpose
Import & Export
quality
Speed & Performance
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