Comparison · generated on request
Lazy Load for Videos vs Video Lightbox for YouTube/Vimeo
Both plugins as this registry currently observes them. Figures come from the same daily snapshot, so they are directly comparable, which two separate wordpress.org pages, read minutes apart, are not.
| Lazy Load for Videos | Video Lightbox for YouTube/Vimeo | |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | Boost page speed by replacing embedded YouTube and Vimeo videos with a clickable preview image. Video scripts only load on click. | Display YouTube and Vimeo videos in a responsive lightbox using block editor controls or shortcodes, with official AMP support. |
| Active installs | 9,000+ | 100+ |
| Rating | 4.4★ (105) | 3.3★ (7) |
| Last release | 4 months ago | 6 days ago |
| Current owner | kevinweber | Milind More |
| Added to directory | 11 Mar 2013 | 04 Feb 2014 |
| Tested up to | WP 6.9.7 | WP 7.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 8.1 |
Install figures are rounded by WordPress.org to one significant digit, so a gap smaller than a band step is not a difference. Nothing here ranks the two plugins or recommends either, and no link on this page earns anything.
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Records: Lazy Load for Videos · Video Lightbox for YouTube/Vimeo