A multi-featured plugin to embed YouTube in WordPress. Embed a video, YouTube channel gallery, playlist, or Yo...
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Velocity
Improve website performance by lazy loading and customizing your YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch and SoundCloud media embeds.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.8★ from 6
- Active installs
- 300+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 4 Jan 2020
- Added
- Mar 2016
- Requires WP
- 4.0
- Tested up to
- WP 5.3.23
- Downloads
- 9,364
Our analysis
AI-assistedVelocity is a WordPress plugin designed for lazy loading media from platforms like YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, and Soundcloud. It improves website performance by loading media only when needed, rather than during the initial page load. You can create shortcodes to embed media with a preview image and various display options using a shortcode builder.
This plugin is suitable for users who want to enhance their site's loading speed and overall performance, particularly those managing gaming, video, or media-related content.
Best for: This plugin is best for websites focused on gaming and media content that require efficient loading of embedded videos.
What it does well
- ✓Decreases loading time for media
- ✓Supports multiple media types including YouTube and Vimeo
- ✓Easy shortcode creation with a builder
- ✓Allows customisation of display parameters
Where it falls short
- •Limited information on additional features
- •Last updated in January 2020
Verdict
Velocity offers a practical solution for lazy loading media, though its last update may raise concerns for some users.
From the developer
connekthq's own description of Velocity, lightly tidied.
Velocity is an alternative loading method to the standard to YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch and Soundcloud iframe embeds.
With Velocity you will decrease the loading time and increase overall performance of your website by lazy loading media on-demand instead of on initial page load.
To add Velocity to your site, simply create a Velocity shortcode by selecting a preview image and media type using the intuitive shortcode builder then add the generated snippet to your page.
Shortcode Parameters
- type – Choose a media type [youtube, vimeo, twitch, soundcloud].
- id – The ID of the media item.
- options – Add optional styling and display parameters for the embedded media – e.g. rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0.
- playlist – Is this a Soundcloud playlist [true/false].
- img – The path to the preview image.
- alt – The alternative text to be attached to the preview image.
- color – Play button arrow color.
- bkg_color – Play button background color.
Example Shortcode
[velocity type="youtube" id="239793212" img="http://yourwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image-1263626715.jpg" alt="Play Video"]
Tested Browsers
- Firefox (Mac, PC)
- Chrome (Mac, PC, iOS, Android)
- Safari (Mac, iOS)
- IE10+
- Android (Native)
- BB10 (Native)
Website
https://connekthq.com/plugins/velocity/
Tagged as
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