WP YouTube Lyte
High performance YouTube video, playlist and audio-only embeds which don't slow down your blog and offer optimal accessibility.
4.8(206 reviews)
·30K+ active installs·Updated 3 weeks agoAs of April 2026, WP YouTube Lyte is a WordPress GDPR plugin with 30K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 206 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.0M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 26% this week. Support resolution rate: 67%. Top alternative: CookieYes – Cookie Banner for Cookie….
4.8/5206 reviews
30K+active installs
67%resolved
16 yearssince 2010
Overview
WP YouTube Lyte allows you to “lazy load” your video’s, by inserting responsive “Lite YouTube Embeds”. These look and feel like normal embedded YouTube, but only call the “fat” YouTube-player when clicked on, thereby reducing download size & rendering time substantially when embedding YouTube occasionally and improving page performance dramatically when you’ve got multiple YouTube video’s on one and the same page. The plugin can be configured to cache YouTube thumbnails locally, improving both performance and privacy. As such LYTE embedded YouTube videos do not require requests to the YouTube servers, probably (I am not a lawyer) allowing for better GDPR-compliance.
The plugin picks up on normal YouTube links, taking over from Word…
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Recent Reviews
Excellent!
by nichu42·1 month ago·1 reply
Exactly what I needed: Shield visitors from Google’s hungry eyes and only open a connection after getting consent.
Great plugin and support
by Makabe·11 months ago·1 reply
The best plugin for loading YouTube image previews, which significantly speeds up the page loading time.
Way too complicated – terrible documentation
by LunaGraphica·1 year ago·1 reply
Use YouTube Playlist Player instead
Works – no bugs :)
by Bike Gremlin·1 year ago
Easy to use, stable, fast, and does what it says it does.
I’ve been using it for about two years now if memory serves me.
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Works great, no effort
by hmijail·2 years ago·1 reply
It’s cool how it does a lot but hides all the complexity. Just great.
Download Trends
Today: 172Yesterday: 229This week: 2KPeriod total: 112K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.0+ requiredTested up to 7.0 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.7
98.9%
Other
1.1%
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Changelog
1.7.30
- avoid error logging when both description and title are not set
- improve shortcode output sanitization to prevent possible Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting as reported by Muhammad Yudha
- tested with WordPress 7.0 (beta)
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