Videos add value to the pages, but they make page heavy especially, youtube or other embedded videos. When you optimize the speed of the website, youtube videos are challenging to speed up the webpage and for better Pagespeed Insight score and core web vitals. In this article, We will show you how to add lazy loading for videos in WordPress easily.
Why do we need to add lazy load to videos?
When we embed a video on the webpage, that video inserted many scripts on our webpage. These scripts are essential to run the youtube or Vimeo embedded video.
Lazy load replaces the youtube or Vimeo embedded video with the placeholder video preview image. When someone clicks on that image, video scripts load to run the video. By this technique, we can reduce the overall page size and increase the page speed score.
How to Add Lazy Loading for Videos in WordPress
For lazy load the embedded video, first, you have to install the Lazy Load for Videos plugin and activate it. This plugin comes with a predefined setting for the lazy loading of your video. After activating, just check the webpage that contains the video. You find that the video is replaced with the preview image of the video with the click button.
