Lazy Load for YouTube
A free, GDPR-friendly YouTube block: a light placeholder image instead of the YouTube player, which only loads when someone clicks play.
Faster pages, fewer cookies
- The heavy YouTube player, its scripts and its cookies only load after the visitor clicks play.
- Until then the page shows a lightweight thumbnail.
- Thumbnails are fetched from YouTube; upload your own thumbnail if you want no request to YouTube at all before the click.
Convert existing embeds in one click
- Turn a regular YouTube embed into the lazy load block with a block transform.
Play button your way
- 6 play button presets, or upload your own SVG icon.
- Use your theme colors and set the icon size.
- Set it once in the global settings and it applies site-wide.
Thumbnail control
- Choose the YouTube thumbnail quality per block, or upload a custom thumbnail.
Need a custom block?
Build it with FanCoolo WP: native Gutenberg blocks written in PHP, with native sidebar fields, reusable symbols, SCSS partials and hot reload. No React, no npm, no build step.
How to install
- In WordPress, go to Plugins → Add New Plugin.
- Search for Lazy Load for YouTube.
- Click Install Now, then Activate.
Or download it from WordPress.org.
Free
Lazy Load for YouTube is free, with no premium upsells or locked features.
