Showcasing YouTube videos and images on websites is a great way to draw visitor's attention, however doing so can easily add several seconds to a website's load time. This is bad for user experience, scares away potential customers, and hurts search rankings.
This plugin allows users to upload YouTube videos and images while having zero impact on page load time, easily cutting load time by several seconds.
- Most recent update: December 30, 2018.
- Version 2.5.2
December 30, 2018:
- Fixed issue with improper inline CSS rule
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Confirmed compatibility with WP 5.0
April 7, 2018:
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improved cross browser compatibility (YouTube does not support iframe's for IE8 and below. Images work for all browsers)
- updated YouTube video play button arrow.
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fixed bugs on admin side involving inserting the shortcodes into the media editor.
April 3, 2018:
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vastly improved quality of code and architecture of plugin.
- removed jquery as a dependency
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minimized amount of CSS needed.
Nov 16, 2017:
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tested compat with WP 4.9.
June 11: 1) tested compat with wp 4.8
March 26: 1) cleaned up video modal window;
2) increased security
Dec 9: 1) improved YouTube ID validation
2) improved exception handling
3) updated example YouTube video URL to be more appropriate with current events.
Nov 22: 1) updated jquery check.
2) added github icon to point to this repo.
Oct 25: Improved check for jQuery script.
Sept 27: 1) Added a check to include jQuery if it hasn't already been included.
2) improved security on video modal window.
Sept 19: 1) added admin modal box to allow users to input video info.
Aug 30: Fixed problem with image upload.
Aug 27: 1) fixed problem with youtube button showing even if no url given. 2) added dashicons to media buttons.
Aug 10: Updated jQuery to load after document is ready.
July 27: Updated screenshots.
July 26: 1) Improved video loading code to reduce page size. 2) Added mobile responsiveness by default. 3) Removed widgets because they are no longer needed. Use shortcodes in text widgets instead.
July 10: Added shortcode functionality for videos.
July 4: Fixed problem with video playing script.
June 23: Added shortcode functionality for images. This makes it much easier to upload your images onto posts or pages without having to rely on a widget area.