If I remember correctly, the autoplay function only works for some, but not all browsers. I'm not sure why, but only some have the functionality.

For anyone looking, I found how to do the Facade Method and SIGNIFICANTLY improve page load time, while still allowing for the YouTube embed.Here's how to do it: https://community.shopify.com/c/Technical-Q-A/How-To-Implement-the-Facade-Method-for-You...

I found an even better solution than just lazy loading. It is called the Facade Method and it SIGNIFICANTLY improves page load time, while still allowing for the YouTube embed.Here's how to do it: https://community.shopify.com/c/Technical-Q-A/How-To-...

After hours of searching and testing, I found the solution.Example Page - https://strengthworld.store/products/squat-bench-press-deadlift-powerlifting-programsHere it is: Step 1 - Ad the standard YouTube Embed code<iframe width="560" height="315" src...

Facade Method: Adding a picture that when clicked loads the YouTube video you link too. This GREATLY decreases page load time.Can anyone give me a step-by-step on how to implement the Facade Method for YouTube embedded videos?

I found a solution/work-around to lazy load the embeds on most popular browsers (Google Chrome, Firefox and soon to be Safari) without needed to add any JavaScript.Just add loading="lazy" after <iframe and it works without any other coding needed.Exa...

Never mind my last comment...I definitely didn't understand.But YOU WERE RIGHT!My videos are all in the product description (so below the fold) and all I had to do was add loading="lazy" after <iframe and it works without any other coding needed! Tha...

Let me see if I understand...You are saying that I should put an image there with a play icon, then put the entire <iframe>...</iframe> code as the link for that image?

Unfortunately, I already tried adding the code through this tutorial (https://www.annacantrell.com/how-to/how-to-defer-loading-iframe-content/) to defer the <iframe> from loading until later, but every time I save my product description with the new ...

Hi, I have a YouTube embeded video on some of my product pages and it increased my page load time by 4-7 seconds. I know that I can add the media through Shopify instead, but I do not want to go that route and I read that it doesn't help much.So, doe...

Hi, I have a YouTube embeded video on some of my product pages and it increased my page load time by 4-7 seconds. I know that I can add the media through Shopify instead, but I do not want to go that route and I read that it doesn't help much.So, doe...