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A WordPress mu-plugin that replaces standard YouTube oEmbed iframes with the lightweight <lite-youtube> custom element for faster page loads.

Requirements

• PHP 8.2+
• WordPress 6.5+

Installation

Install via Composer:

composer require puredazzle/wp-lite-youtube-embed

Development

pnpm install
pnpm dev     # Vite dev server on localhost:5174
pnpm build   # Production build to /build

Settings

Navigate to Settings > Lite YouTube Embed in the WordPress admin to clear the oEmbed cache. This forces WordPress to re-fetch all embeds so existing posts pick up the lite player.

Credits

This plugin uses lite-youtube-embed by Paul Irish.

License

MIT