Embed Video Thumbnail
Automatically replace embed videos everywhere with their thumbnail to reduce page load time and improve your GTmetrix score.
4(13 reviews)
·300 active installs·Updated 5 years agoAs of April 2026, Embed Video Thumbnail is a WordPress embed plugin with 300 active installations and a 4/5 rating from 13 reviews. It has been downloaded 27K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 5 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed….
4/513 reviews
300active installs
27K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017
Overview
Activate this plugin and reduce you page weight by nearly 1mo !
Because embed videos can dramatically increase your page weight and loading time, Embed Video Thumbnail
automatically replace them by their corresponding thumbnail. Videos will then only be loaded after click on thumbnails.
This plugin fixes part of the following “defer parsing of javascript” error in GTmetrix :
xxxx MiB of JavaScript is parsed during initial page load. Defer parsing JavaScript to reduce blocking of page rendering.
Currently supported video hosting services :
- Youtube
- Vimeo
- Dailymotion
Optional settings :
- Toggle activation on each hosting services
- Toggle activation by device (desktop, tablet, mobile)
- Copy thumbnail on local server for performance improvements
- Display video title over…
Ratings & Reviews
413 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.5+ requiredTested up to 5.4.19 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.0.3
- Fix filter output
Contributors
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