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Space Lightplay

Name: Space Lightplay
Author: Vlad Zelinskyi

Fast YouTube, Vimeo and self-hosted video blocks: click-to-play, lightbox and background video. Nothing heavy loads until it's needed.

Space Lightplay ranks #60,627 among WordPress.org plugins with 0+ active installations, is #5,822 of 6,651 in the Media category, and was last updated Sep 21, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v2.0.0 Current Version v2.0.0

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 21 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.0.0
Last Updated: Sep 21, 2026
Requires WP: 6.5+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Vlad Zelinskyi

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Space Lightplay

Only the poster image, served from your own site, plus about 7 KB of CSS and JS. With "Autoplay when in view" and in the Background block, the player loads when the block comes into view.

Yes. That's what the Space Lightplay Background block is for — YouTube, Vimeo or a video from your Media Library, with any blocks on top.

That's the largest thumbnail YouTube provides for any video, even 4K ones. For a razor-sharp full-width poster on Retina screens, upload your own image as the poster.

Browsers only allow sound without a click after the visitor has interacted with the page. Otherwise the video starts muted, with a "Turn sound on" button. Vimeo background videos still show controls. Vimeo hides its player controls in background mode only for videos on a paid Vimeo plan.

No. Existing blocks look the same, and the 1.x CSS classes (space-lightplay-btn, space-lightplay-icon, space-lightplay-iframe, space-lightplay-placeholder, is-playing) are still on the same elements, so theme customisations keep working. When you open a post in the editor, the old aspect ratio moves to the native control and the removed Minimal/Bold/Glass styles become regular button settings.

Yes, block themes and classic themes alike. The aspect ratio, border radius and width controls are enabled for these blocks even if your theme doesn't turn them on.

No options, tables or transients are created. Posters copied into the Media Library stay there as regular images; only the plugin's own bookkeeping data on them is removed.