Title: Does work Last modified: February 21, 2021 --- # Does work * [cloudcreatr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cloudcreatr/) * (@cloudcreatr) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-work-6/) * I have activated your plugin, it sounds great * But I don’t know if it’s working * I am using elementor , does it supports elementor * Please check and tell if it’s working * Also after activating the plugin I don’t see any improve in score in Google score * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fdoes-work-6%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/) * (@optimizingmatters) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-work-6/#post-14080087) * Elementor radically changed the way YouTube videos are embedded in one of their last releases, resulting in LYTE (and many other similar solutions) don’t work any more. If you want you can try/ use the code snippet I created to force Elementor back in line; [https://blog.futtta.be/2021/02/13/fix-for-elementor-3-1-youtube-not-lyte-anymore/](https://blog.futtta.be/2021/02/13/fix-for-elementor-3-1-youtube-not-lyte-anymore/) * hope this helps, frank * Thread Starter [cloudcreatr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cloudcreatr/) * (@cloudcreatr) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-work-6/#post-14080248) * The story starts with a issue called as ‘reduce the impact of third-party code in page Speed insight * This occurred when I embedded the YouTube video on my page with elementor video widget * This drastically reduced my speed and score in page Speed insight * Screenshot of the error [https://drive.google.com/file/d/17d8NYnJ06G9VRcLZpvtr_ojqjs7Cbav5/view?usp=drivesdk](https://drive.google.com/file/d/17d8NYnJ06G9VRcLZpvtr_ojqjs7Cbav5/view?usp=drivesdk) * After researching I came across some plugin like wp youtube lyte and wp rocket 🚀 * I use wp rocket * There’s a option in wp rocket to replace the YouTube iframe with preview image, which I turned on * But unfortunately it didn’t worked for me, * I even used wp youtube lyte but no change in speed and score it was still worse * There’s was no change in speed after I turned the video optimization in respectively plugins * The page was build with elementor * Then I started to test * In test 1 * (Wp rocket ‘YouTube iframe with preview image’ was turned on) * I made a page (blank canvas) with the native wordpress editor and only embedded the YouTube video(only pasted the link in Gutenberg block editor and published), * then I saw that the Google page insight score were amazing and there were no issues about the third party code impact * After that * I removed the option/turn off the option in wp rocket about replace the YouTube iframe with preview image. * The score went worse and it showed the issue of third-party impact * Still I am using the blank canvas build in test 1 * Then I again turned the option on and Page speed insight score improved * Screenshot [https://drive.google.com/file/d/17YpQ_j8IhFd3OhYgayUGqPa-Cm3vnNyd/view?usp=drivesdk](https://drive.google.com/file/d/17YpQ_j8IhFd3OhYgayUGqPa-Cm3vnNyd/view?usp=drivesdk) * This tells that the wp rocket and wp YouTube lyte was working properly * Test 2 * This time I created a blank page with elementor and I embedded only the YouTube video using the video widget in elementor and this time the wp rocket ‘replace the YouTube iframe with preview image’ was turned on * I checked the scores and I found the score and speed were still worse and showed the error * Reduce the impact of third-party code * Screenshot of the error [https://drive.google.com/file/d/17d8NYnJ06G9VRcLZpvtr_ojqjs7Cbav5/view?usp=drivesdk](https://drive.google.com/file/d/17d8NYnJ06G9VRcLZpvtr_ojqjs7Cbav5/view?usp=drivesdk) * This show that there’s something bug in the elementor video widget that doesn’t allow wp rocket and wp YouTube lyte to optimise the YouTube video for speed or replace the iframe * Hope you understand * Please 🙏 anybody fix this issue * I embedd a lot of video and I use elementor * Inspite of turning on the optimization options (replace YouTube iframe with preview image) in wp rocket * elementor video widget slow down the website And shows the error in page Speed insight * There’s is a way around for this issue/alternative * Use text editor widget in elementor Place the link of YouTube video directly in the text editor Then YouTube video will be embedded Then it will be optimised by wp rocket * But there’s no much styling option It’s not well optimised in terms of design You can use the features you get in video widget elementor * Please fix this issue as soon as possible Eagerly waiting for your reply Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) The topic ‘Does work’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-youtube-lyte/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev=1836005) * [WP YouTube Lyte](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-youtube-lyte/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-youtube-lyte/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-youtube-lyte/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-youtube-lyte/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-youtube-lyte/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-youtube-lyte/reviews/) * 2 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [cloudcreatr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cloudcreatr/) * Last activity: [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-work-6/#post-14080248) * Status: not resolved