Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades

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233 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 149 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 81% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 2.6 years ago; the previous band took 6.6 years to cross, which places it about 61% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ greentreefrog

   3mo ago

   I have used this plugin for years on several different websites, largely without problems. I love the way you can short-circuit YouTube’s usual behavior at the end of a video and just end the video there without displaying other YouTube videos. However, once in a while I have embedded a YouTube video that will not load on the front end. The solution was to turn off Facade Mode under the Performance tab in the plugin’s settings. What motivated me to leave this review today was I just wasted almost an hour troubleshooting (with Claude.ai’s very helpful help) and when we narrowed it down to a problem with the embedding plugin itself, I looked at the settings. Sure enough, Facade Mode had gotten turned on again, presumably with a recent update. SOME videos will not load when they need to with this setting turned on. Thought I’d fixed that problem months ago… NOT helpful! But the fix was simple – once I knew what the problem was.

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2. ★★★★★ pumpkinhorn

   5mo ago

   What a workflow saver and viewer experience enhancer. This topic was modified 1 month, 3 weeks ago by pumpkinhorn.

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3. ★★★★★ fff654

   11mo ago

   I use it for years, both the free and the paid version, depending on project. It works good. The only missing feature (that some other video plugin have) is that it can *not* overide all Youtube links already in your site. So if you have 100s of posts/pages … go look elsewhere, this one will not replace all in one click (and if you update any setting, it will not be applied to all neither).This one is with their shortcode only. So fits great small projects only in my opinion.

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4. ★★★★★ Serena Zehlius

   12mo ago

   I’ve tried a bunch of YouTube embed plugins. For one, this plugin doesn’t cause the Error 153 issue on my videos and it works for single videos and channels/playlists so I was able to go from two plugins to one. It does both very well and has a ton of options. Love it!

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5. ★★★★★ BestRanger

   1.1y ago

   Best plugin for YouTube playlists.

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6. ★★★★★ extoljasonwp

   1.5y ago

   I’ve used EmbedPlus for some 5-6 years now and have used them on multiple sites. I had one service question recently and they responded within 24 hours, so all around WONDERUFL PLUGIN, highly recommend.

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7. ★★★★★ emgraphics

   1.5y ago

   Elementor recommended this plugin, but the only thing I need it for – adding a youtube channel – is a paid feature. Useless.

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8. ★★★★★ mark ball

   2.0y ago

   I haven’t checked site using this plugin in some time, when i logged in a noticed notifications which appeared to be warnings of a needed update and to get the update I should install Pro version. Is that TRUE or a marketing plow.I also see support has not been responding lately to customer requests, a customer is a customer, whether free or Pro. For a plugin with 100,000+ install this is Not Acceptable support effort, this does not bode well for this project and may mean there is an opportunity here for competition

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 14.2.6 This version improves compatibility with WordPress 7.0 and PHP 8.4. 14.2.6
2. — Version 14.2.5 This version improves AJAX security hardening. 14.2.5
3. — Version 14.2.4 This version fixes a lightbox gallery issue for pro users, and allows you to disable keyboard controls for both free and pro users. 14.2.4
4. — Version 14.2.3.3 This version fixes a referrer policy issue that occurs in galleries for some users. 14.2.3.3
5. — Version 14.2.3.2 This version fixes a referrer policy issue for some users in certain browsers. 14.2.3.2
6. — Version 14.2.3 This version removes the modest branding option which has been deprecated by Google. Also, pro users can experiment with the beta feature for filtering out YouTube Shorts from galleries. 14.2.3

All 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (14.2.6.1). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 4.3 Youtube Embed Plus <= 14.2.4 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2026-03-06 CVE-2026-39485 Missing Authorization Affects <= 14.2.4 Patched in 14.2.5
2. Patched Medium · 6.5 Embed Plus Plugin for YouTube <= 11.8.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2017-07-25 CVE-2017-1000224 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 11.8.1 Patched in 11.8.2

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

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2024-04-06 200K+ → 100K+ down after 2417 days in tier
2. 2017-08-24 100K+ → 200K+ up

Competes with

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Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades: 100K+ active installs, 4.6★ (572 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/youtube-embed-plus