by kevinweber 4.4 (105 reviews)

Lazy Load for Videos

Name: Lazy Load for Videos
Rating: 4.4 (105 reviews)
Author: kevinweber

Boost page speed by replacing embedded YouTube and Vimeo videos with a clickable preview image. Video scripts only load on click.

Lazy Load for Videos ranks #2,249 among WordPress.org plugins with 9,000+ active installations, is #283 of 6,303 in the Media category, a 4.4/5 rating from 105 reviews, and was last updated May 19, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.9 (Current: 7.1)

v2.18.11 Current Version v2.18.11

Updated 3 months ago Last Update on 19 May, 2026

Refreshed 9 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#283 of 6,303 in Media Top 5% by installs Downloads -21.5% this week

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#2,249

+3 this week

Active Installs

9K+

-6%

KW Avg Position

68.6

0.6 better

Downloads

447.5K

+14 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

88%

Review 4.4 out of 5

4.4 (105 reviews)

Next Milestone 10K

Total Progress 62.5%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

2 known vulnerabilities on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 2 days ago

Aug 26, 2025

Lazy Load for Videos [lazy-load-for-videos] < 2.18.8

CVE-2025-7732 · Fixed in v2.18.8
Oct 12, 2023

Lazy Load for Videos [lazy-load-for-videos] < 2.18.3

CVE-2023-45656 · Fixed in v2.18.3

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.18.11
Last Updated: May 19, 2026
Requires WP: 5.6+
Tested Up To: 6.9
PHP Version: 7.2 or higher
Author: kevinweber

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.4
Reviews: 105
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who embed YouTube or Vimeo videos on their pages. It replaces embedded videos with clickable preview images so video scripts only load on click, improving page load time and PageSpeed scores.

Privacy-enhanced YouTube embeds
Display video titles on previews
Display privacy disclaimer overlay
Pre-roll and post-roll ads
Hide video annotations
Custom CSS via admin panel
Custom Vimeo player colour
Multisite support

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Lazy Load for Videos

For example, on www.kweber.com/lazy-load-videos/.

Videos from the biggest video platform, Youtube (https://youtube.com), and Vimeo (https://vimeo.com) are supported. The plugin isn't working with Jetpack... "Jetpack" by WordPress.com offers some useful extensions. Only one of them makes Lazy Load for Videos break – the "Shortcode Embeds" extension. So simply disable the extension. (In order to see a "Deactivate" button for "Shortcode Embeds" on the Jetpack's extension overview, you must click on "Learn More".)

Yes. The plugin works on single posts and pages as well as on archive pages with several posts and videos.

Yes!

If you want to speed your site up, this plugin is for you. Especially on sites with many embedded videos this plugin is gold. There are manz reasons why you should make your site faster, see next question. The plugin is really lightweight, has no dependencies and does neither blow your performance nor your database up. By loading the videos only when the user clicks on the preview image, no unnecessary JavaScript is loaded. You may know this issue: (Defer) Parsing of JavaScript. "In order to load a page, the browser must parse the contents of all tags, which adds additional time to the page load. By minimizing the amount of JavaScript needed to render the page, and deferring parsing of unneeded JavaScript until it needs to be executed, you can reduce the initial load time of your page." (Source: https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/best-practices/mobile#DeferParsingJS) Video preview and play button are scalable and optimized for mobile devices. Finally, Lazy Load for Videos is really easy to use. Simply upload and activate the plugin.

Search engines, especially Google, love speedy sites! So you will be higher ranked in search results. Consequently, you get more visitors. Fast sites lead to higher visitor engagement and returning visitors. Faster sites increase conversions. Potentially more $$ for your business!

PageSpeed Insights is a service by Google to help you optimize your site's performance. You can analyse your site using a browser extension or online, more information: https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/

Easily insert the URL to your content (e.g. Youtube video) into a post or page. The URL must be on its own line and must not be hyperlinked. "WordPress will automatically turn [the URL] into a YouTube embed when the post is viewed." (Source: https://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds) Inserting a Youtube <iframe> (instead of the plain URL) is deprecated and not supported by Lazy Load for Videos.

Append &lazyload=0 to the video URL.

UPDATE: Since plugin version 2.1.2, every custom post type is supported automatically. So you can ignore the following instructions. They will be removed with one of the next updates. You can use a filter to add support for a custom post type (since version 2.0.4). Replace 'post_type_label' with the name/label of your custom post type. /** * Set post types that shall support Lazy Load for Videos */ function lazyload_videos_set_post_types( $post_types ) { $post_types[] = 'post_type_label'; return $post_types; } add_action( 'lazyload_videos_post_types', 'lazyload_videos_set_post_types' );