Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades
A multi-featured plugin to embed YouTube in WordPress. Embed a video, YouTube channel gallery, playlist, or YouTube livestream. Defer JavaScript too!
4.6(570 reviews)
·100K+ active installs·Updated 1 month agoAs of April 2026, Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades is a WordPress youtube plugin with 100K+ active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 570 reviews. It has been downloaded 8.5M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are down 7% this week. Support resolution rate: 33%. Top alternative: The Ultimate Video Player For WordPress….
4.6/5570 reviews
100K+active installs
33%resolved
14 yearssince 2012
Overview
A multi-featured plugin to embed YouTube in WordPress. Use this plugin to embed and customize a YouTube gallery (channel or playlist), YouTube livestream (and premiere), YouTube short, or standard YouTube video. This plugin for YouTube can be customized in a wide variety of ways. The plugin also focuses on performance with the ability to lazy load with a facade and defer JavaScript while serving minified CSS and JavaScript. Here are a few recently added features to all versions (free and Pro) of this plugin:
- YouTube gallery embeds and standard videos now support Facade Mode which improves plugin performance by loading a lighter version of the player, until it is clicked. The plugin then loads the real YouTube embed after clicking (note: for live streams, the real player is always loaded…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
great but a big a feature is missing
by fff654·3 months ago
I use it for years, both the free and the paid version, depending on project.
It works good. The only missing feature (that some other video plugin have) is that it can *not* overide all Youtube links already in your site. So if you have 100s of posts/pages … go look elsewhere, this one will not replace all in one click (and if you update any setting, it will not be applied to all neither).
This one is with their shortcode only. So fits great small projects only in my opinion.
Best for YouTube
by Serena Zehlius·4 months ago
I’ve tried a bunch of YouTube embed plugins. For one, this plugin doesn’t cause the Error 153 issue on my videos and it works for single videos and channels/playlists so I was able to go from two plugins to one. It does both very well and has a ton of options. Love it!
Perfect plugin
by BestRanger·6 months ago
Best plugin for YouTube playlists.
Great YouTube Plugin with service reply within 24 hours.
by extoljasonwp·10 months ago
I’ve used EmbedPlus for some 5-6 years now and have used them on multiple sites. I had one service question recently and they responded within 24 hours, so all around WONDERUFL PLUGIN, highly recommend.
need a pro version for youtube channels
by emgraphics·10 months ago
Elementor recommended this plugin, but the only thing I need it for – adding a youtube channel – is a paid feature. Useless.
Download Trends
Today: 801Yesterday: 638This week: 5KPeriod total: 606K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.5+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v14.2
78.3%
Other
14.2%
v14.1
7.5%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
Embed Plus for YouTube Plugin 14.2.5
- This version improves AJAX security hardening.
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