by epiphyt 4.9 (26 reviews)

Embed Privacy

Name: Embed Privacy
Rating: 4.9 (26 reviews)
Author: epiphyt

Embed Privacy prevents the loading of embedded external content and allows your site visitors to opt-in.

Embed Privacy ranks #2,130 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000+ active installations, is #152 of 4,518 in the Security category, a 4.9/5 rating from 26 reviews, and was last updated Aug 12, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.14.0 Current Version v1.14.0

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 12 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 11 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#152 of 4,518 in Security Top 5% by installs Downloads -23.3% this week

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#2,130

+1 this week

Active Installs

10K+

-7.2%

KW Avg Position

59.4

0.4 better

Downloads

532.5K

+94 today

Support Resolved

100%

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Rating

98%

Review 4.9 out of 5

4.9 (26 reviews)

Next Milestone 20K

Total Progress 11.5%

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Reviews & Ratings

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26 reviews

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

3 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Feb 1, 2024

Embed Privacy [embed-privacy] < 1.8.1

CVE-2023-51694 · Fixed in v1.8.1
Nov 18, 2023

Embed Privacy [embed-privacy] < 1.8.1

CVE-2023-48300 · Fixed in v1.8.1
Nov 18, 2023

Embed Privacy [embed-privacy] < 1.12.4

CVE-2026-57346 · Fixed in v1.12.4

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.14.0
Last Updated: Aug 12, 2026
Requires WP: 5.9+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 5.6 or higher
Author: epiphyt

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9
Reviews: 26
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 100%

Keywords

gutenberg iframes oembed performance privacy

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who embed external content like YouTube or Twitter on their sites. It prevents embedded content from loading automatically until visitors opt in, protecting visitor privacy and improving page load speed.

Blocks external embeds until opt-in
Replaces embeds with placeholders
Customizable placeholder styling via CSS
Click-to-load embedded content
Requires PHP DOM extension

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Embed Privacy

Yes. As long as you don't opt in to load external content, you/your visitors can't be tracked by these services.

The embedding process itself will be privacy-friendly with Embed Privacy. That means, that no third-party embed provider can track users without their explicit consent by clicking on the overlay to allow the embed to be loaded. However, to make sure everything is fine you need to expand your privacy policy for each embed provider you’re using or you want to use because you need to specify, where data will be sent to and what happens to them.

If you use the opt-out functionality with the shortcode or the functionality to allow the user to always display content of certain embed providers, Embed Privacy creates a single cookie called embed-privacy with an expiration of 1 year to store the user’s choice.

Sure thing! We enjoy playing with the block editor and developed Embed Privacy with Gutenberg in mind, the plugin will work no matter the editor you use.

We currently support all oEmbed providers known to WordPress core by default. Want to know about them? Here you go: Amazon Kindle Anghami Animoto Bluesky

Cloudup DailyMotion Facebook Flickr Funny Or Die Imgur Instagram

Kickstarter Meetup Mixcloud Photobucket Pocket Casts Polldaddy.com Reddit ReverbNation Scribd Sketchfab SlideShare SmugMug SoundCloud Speaker Deck Spotify TikTok TED Tumblr Twitter VideoPress Vimeo WordPress.org WordPress.tv YouTube We also support Google Maps via iframe and Divi and the following plugins: BuddyPress activity stream Jetpack (Facebook posts) Maps Marker (Pro) Shortcodes Ultimate wpForo (with the plugin wpForo Embeds) Additionally, we support the following custom content: Local Fediverse content Local X posts Facebook embed code (HTML) Instagram embed code (HTML) Since version 1.2.0, you can also add custom embed providers by going to Settings > Embed Privacy > Manage embeds. Here you can also modify any existing embed provider, change its logo, add a background image, change the text displaying on the embed or disable the embed provider entirely.

Yes! Since version 1.5.0, Embed Privacy supports downloading and displaying thumbnails in posts for SlideShare, Vimeo and YouTube as background of Embed Privacy’s overlay.

Yes! You can use the shortcode [embed_privacy_opt_out] to add a list of embed providers anywhere you want (recommendation: add it to your privacy policy) to allow your users to opt-out.

The shortcode [embed_privacy_opt_out] can be used to let users opt-out of embed providers that have been set to be always active by the user. It can have the following attributes: headline – Add a custom headline (default: Embed providers) [embed_privacy_opt_out headline="My custom headline"] headline_level – Set the heading level of the headline, from 1 to 6 (default: 3) [embed_privacy_opt_out headline_level="2"] subline – Add a custom subline (default: Enable or disable embed providers globally. By enabling a provider, its embedded content will be displayed directly on every page without asking you anymore.) [embed_privacy_opt_out subline="My custom subline"] show_all – Whether to show all available embed providers or just the ones the user opted in (default: false) [embed_privacy_opt_out show_all="1"] You can also combine all of these attributes: [embed_privacy_opt_out headline="My custom headline" subline="My custom subline" show_all="1"]