Title: YouTube slow down (third party javascript) Last modified: February 21, 2021 --- # YouTube slow down (third party javascript) * Resolved [cloudcreatr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cloudcreatr/) * (@cloudcreatr) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-slow-down-third-party-javascript/) * I just embedded a single YouTube video which has slowed down the page tremendously * I am using the elementor and wp rocket šŸš€ * And tried the wp rocket lazy load the iframe and but didnā€™t work amd also tried to place a image overlay in elementor * Didnā€™t work what to do * Please help * Thanks * (Please check the page Speed insight results for this page ) * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fyoutube-slow-down-third-party-javascript%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-slow-down-third-party-javascript/#post-14078906) * What youā€™ve just described is normal. A YouTube embed is not just a video, but itā€™s also all of the javascript and trackers from YouTube as well. * Thatā€™s the trade-off. * The good news is, it wasnā€™t that big of an impact, since the page loads in 1.9 seconds: [https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.cloudcreatr.com/3aMgqqyL/](https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.cloudcreatr.com/3aMgqqyL/) * Thread Starter [cloudcreatr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cloudcreatr/) * (@cloudcreatr) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-slow-down-third-party-javascript/#post-14079540) * But if I could reduce YouTube it would be a drastic change * It shows in Google page Speed insight * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-slow-down-third-party-javascript/#post-14080158) * The only way to ā€œreduce YouTubeā€ is to not embed YouTube. * Thread Starter [cloudcreatr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cloudcreatr/) * (@cloudcreatr) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-slow-down-third-party-javascript/#post-14080245) * The story starts with a issue called as ā€˜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 šŸš€ * I use wp rocket * Thereā€™s a option in wp rocket to replace the YouTube iframe with preview image, which I turned on * But unfortunately it didnā€™t worked for me, * I even used wp youtube lyte but no change in speed and score it was still worse * Thereā€™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 ā€˜YouTube iframe with preview imageā€™ 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 ā€˜replace the YouTube iframe with preview imageā€™ 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 thereā€™s something bug in the elementor video widget that doesnā€™t allow wp rocket and wp YouTube lyte to optimise the YouTube video for speed or replace the iframe * Hope you understand * Please šŸ™ 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 * Thereā€™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 thereā€™s no much styling option Itā€™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 * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-slow-down-third-party-javascript/#post-14081406) * > The story starts with a issue called as ā€˜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 * Thatā€™s because YouTubeā€™s embed includes its own cookies from youtube.com, which now run on your site, and are therefore third-party cookies. * ā€” * Anyway, I recommend taking a step back. I read everything you wrote, but at the end of the day itā€™s a lot to say that you did indeed embed a YouTube video, and you got all of the junk that YouTube includes with their embeds. * This is _not_ an issue, this is how YouTube works. * If you want to embed a video without all of YouTubeā€™s junk, upload the video to your site instead, then it will be just the video and WordPressā€™s light built- in player: [https://wordpress.org/support/article/video-block/](https://wordpress.org/support/article/video-block/) * If you embed a YouTube video though, youā€™re going to get everything that YouTube sends with it. * Thread Starter [cloudcreatr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cloudcreatr/) * (@cloudcreatr) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-slow-down-third-party-javascript/#post-14081704) * If I donā€™t embedd the YouTube videos on my site then I will not be able to drive site traffic to YouTube * Also a lot of bandwidth will be consumed * I used the way around mentioned above and it solved the issue Temperly * But elementor needs to fix the video widget * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-slow-down-third-party-javascript/#post-14081774) * Ok, topic continues at [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-player-slow-down-the-website/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-player-slow-down-the-website/) Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ā€˜YouTube slow down (third party javascript)ā€™ is closed to new replies. * In: [Developing with WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/wp-advanced/) * 7 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * Last activity: [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-slow-down-third-party-javascript/#post-14081774) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics