Lazy Embed

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1. ★★★★★ dyneezinha

   2.3y ago

   It works perfectly. The best plugin I found. I recommend! Sorry for any errors in writing, I’m originally from Brazil and I only write in Portuguese. I’m using google translator. This topic was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by Steven Stern (sterndata). This topic was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by dyneezinha.

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2. ★★★★★ Bjarne Oldrup

   2.5y ago

   Lazy Embed is a no fuss, super simple and robust way to improve on performance, privacy and sustainability of video embeds using the block editor. Some highlights include: Works with existing and new video embeds. Accessibility-friendly; video can be triggered with keyboard. No settings or custom code needed; activate and be done. Leave no trace behind; deactivate if you don’t like it. Valid HTML output; quality code. Much improved Google Lighthouse scores. If you mostly embed YouTube, Vimeo or Daily Motion videos, and you don’t need custom overlays with, say, link to privacy polices (hint: you can link to these in the captions), Lazy Embed is definitely worth a try. Tested with WordPress 6.5 beta 3 and PHP 8.3; no issues encountered. There are similar plugins out there, which allow for more customizations and support for more embed types. These might give you more flexibility, but it’s also more work. Lazy Embed definitely has my recommendation. Bjarne

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.3

Translated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2024-11-20 90+ → 100+ up after 40 days in tier
2. 2024-10-11 80+ → 90+ up after 4 days in tier
3. 2024-10-07 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2024-10-06 80+ → 90+ up after 22 days in tier
5. 2024-09-14 70+ → 80+ up after 6 days in tier
6. 2024-09-08 80+ → 70+ down after 9 days in tier
7. 2024-08-30 70+ → 80+ up after 23 days in tier
8. 2024-08-07 60+ → 70+ up after 19 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• I iframe 60K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
• Lazy Load for Videos 9K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
• Presto Player 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• All-in-One Video Gallery – Video Player & Galleries for YouTube, Vimeo & Self-Hosted Videos 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• WP YouTube Lyte 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• Embeds for YouTube 9K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C

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Lazy Embed: 100+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/lazy-embed