Lazy Load for YouTube – GDPR Friendly YouTube Embed Block by DBlocks
The GDPR friendly way to embed YouTube videos in WordPress. This block replaces heavy YouTube iframes with a lightweight placeholder image and only loads the YouTube player when your visitor clicks play. No YouTube scripts or cookies are loaded until the user interacts — making your site faster and
The GDPR friendly way to embed YouTube videos in WordPress. This block replaces heavy YouTube iframes with a lightweight placeholder image and only loads the YouTube player when your visitor clicks play.
No YouTube scripts or cookies are loaded until the user interacts — making your site faster and privacy compliant.
Key Features:
- GDPR & Privacy Friendly : Zero YouTube scripts loaded until the user clicks play
- Faster Page Speed : Replaces heavy YouTube embeds with a lightweight image placeholder
- 6 Play Button Styles : Choose from 6 icon presets and apply them globally
- Custom Play Icon : Upload your own SVG play icon
- Theme Color Support : Use your WordPress theme colors on the play button
- Adjustable Icon Size : Control the size of the play button
- Thumbnail Quality : Choose the YouTube thumbnail quality per block
- Custom Thumbnail : Upload your own thumbnail image for extra privacy
- Global Settings : Set icon style, colors, and size once — applies across your entire site
- Free : No premium upsells or locked features
Third-Party Services
This plugin integrates with YouTube’s services in the following ways: – Fetches video thumbnail images from YouTube servers when displaying video previews – Loads the YouTube video player and related scripts when a user clicks to play a video – Communicates with YouTube’s servers to stream video content
For more information about YouTube’s services: – YouTube Service Homepage – YouTube Terms of Service – Google Privacy Policy (YouTube is owned by Google)
Embeds
For more information about embeds: – Embed guide
