Velocity – WordPress Lazy Load for Video and Audio

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Velocity is a WordPress plugin for lazy loading video and audio embedded media – it’s an alternative loading method to the standard YouTube, Vimeo and SoundCloud iframe embeds. With Velocity, you will decrease the loading time and increase overall performance of your website by lazy loading media on-demand instead of on initial page load. Get More Information How Velocity Works for Lazy Loading Video and Audio Velocity works by replacing the default iframe provided by YouTube, Vimeo and SoundCloud with a custom media preview image. When a user clicks on the preview image the requested iframe is loaded onto the page and automatically begins to play for the user. To add Velocity to your site, simply create a shortcode by selecting a preview image and media type using the shortcode builder then add the generated snippet to your page – with Velocity enabled you can begin lazy loading all you embedded media. Shortcode Parameters type – Choose a media type [youtube, vimeo, soundcloud]. id – The ID of the media item. options – Add optional styling and display parameters for the embedded media – e.g. rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0. playlist – Is this a Soundcloud playlist [true/false]. img – The path to the preview image. alt – The alternative text to be attached to the preview image. color – Play button arrow color. bkg_color – Play button background color. Example Shortcode [velocity type="youtube" id="239793212" img="http://yourwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image-1263626715.jpg" alt="Play Video"] Tested Browsers Firefox (Mac, PC) Chrome (Mac, PC, iOS, Android) Safari (Mac, iOS) IE10+ Android (Native) Website Website