Embed Privacy

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1. ★★★★★ Pineapple is DISGUSTING on Pizza

   1.2y ago

   Just what the doctor ordered! Absolute must-have plugin for GDPR-compliant embedding of external media (in my case YT Videos)

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2. ★★★★★ visualworker002

   1.5y ago

   Embed Privacy is an absolute game-changer for anyone who wants to embed vimeo videos without compromising user privacy!

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3. ★★★★★ wotography

   2.1y ago

   cool plugin, apreciate it!unfortunately on a page where I embed several videos from different video pattforms (eg. YouTube & Vimeo) once I click to accept one, it always load all the videos from all the plattforms. Even if I dont choose to accept all the YouTube ones it loads them anyway once I click on any video to be loaded. This topic was modified 1 year, 11 months ago by wotography.

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4. ★★★★★ Chris Lovie-Tyler

   2.1y ago

   It’s annoying that this plugin even has to exist (to prevent, for example, Google from tracking people before they’ve even viewed a YouTube video), but, in the world of GDPR, it’s necessary. And I’m thankful for it. There are just a couple of things I think could be improved: The default text “Click here to display content from X” isn’t as clear as it could be for an opt in. I think it should be something like, “Click here to accept X tracking and view content”. That’s what I’ve customised it to be. The “Disable X” checkbox that can be inserted into a privacy policy via a shortcode is pre-selected. To me, this is confusing. I wonder whether it would be better as a toggle–or, when you click it, to briefly show the checkbox selected and then change to “Enable X”. I also think the language could be clearer: “Opt out of X tracking on this site”, or something like that. Other than that, great, simple plugin. Thanks for making it! This topic was modified 2 years ago by Chris Lovie-Tyler.

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5. ★★★★★ rehatiere007

   2.2y ago

   Funktioniert super mit dem Einbettungscode von FB und Instagram.

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6. ★★★★★ bauble9303

   2.3y ago

   As far as I know it is not possible to use the nocookie adress for youtube videos with the default wordpress youtube embeds. This plugin solves this in the most perfect way. Thank you very much for this!

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7. ★★★★★ syrill

   2.5y ago

   Does what it is supposed to do and – from own experience – if you cant figure it out yourself (custom Regex or whatever) the support is splendid and fast (in my case the author replied in two minutes).

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8. ★★★★★ holgee

   2.6y ago

   Perfect plugin for a smooth include of a GDPR relevant topic

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.12.4 Fixed: Prevent deletion of non-thumbnails ( CVE-2026-57346 ) 1.12.4
2. — Version 1.12.3 Fixed: Saving embed fields for embed providers was not successful 1.12.3
3. — Version 1.12.2 Improved: Dynamic content is now handled more performant Fixed: The current focussed element is no more changed to the first active embed after page load 1.12.2
4. — Version 1.12.1 Fixed: Fatal error during activation and saving embed providers 1.12.1
5. — Version 1.12.0 Added: Allow handling dynamic content (in combination with the setting “Force script loading”) Improved: Performance for content with many blocks Improved: Overall performance through various caching mechanisms Changed: 1.12.0
6. — Version 1.13.0 Added: Support for cover block embed URLs Added: Support for Enfold’s Avia Builder Added: Support for Elementor’s Atomic 4.0 YouTube element Added: Notification for screen readers when embed is loaded Added: Information 1.13.0

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. High · 8.1 Embed Privacy <= 1.12.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Deletion ↗
   2026-06-29 CVE-2026-57346 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Affects <= 1.12.3 Patched in 1.12.4
2. Medium · 5.4 Embed Privacy <= 1.8.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2023-11-18 CVE-2023-48300 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.8.0 Patched in 1.8.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 13 languages, 5 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2023-07-13 9K+ → 10K+ up after 40 days in tier
2. 2023-06-03 8K+ → 9K+ up after 40 days in tier
3. 2023-04-24 7K+ → 8K+ up after 26 days in tier
4. 2023-03-29 6K+ → 7K+ up after 26 days in tier
5. 2023-03-03 5K+ → 6K+ up after 54 days in tier
6. 2023-01-08 4K+ → 5K+ up after 66 days in tier
7. 2022-11-03 3K+ → 4K+ up

Competes with

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Embed Privacy: 10K+ active installs, 4.9★ (26 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/embed-privacy