Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Can video slow down your website? The answer is yes. brightonwestvideo.com/blog/tips/can-video-slow-down-your-website In this video, I show you how to do it so it doesn't slow down your site.
Adding video to your website is good in terms of SEO. People enjoy watching videos, so they spend more time on your site and have a better user experience.
I wanted to figure out how to improve my website page speed, so I did a little test. On my testimonials page I have a mix of Vimeo and YouTube videos. Mixing them up in one page, each one of them will have to load, thus slowing down your site. On Google pagespeed insights, it scored 62, which isn't too bad, but it can be better.
Removing the videos, I got 89 points. Then I did some tweaking to the videos so they load differently, and I got 90 points!
How to speed up wordpress page load when you have videos on it - how to optimize your wordpress website
Simply use a lightbox! I use WonderPlugin's WP Lightbox, which you can get here: wonderplugin.com
Using a lightbox will make all your videos look the same way on your page, and when you click play, it opens the video up in a box. So what it's doing is it's holding of on starting the YouTube player until you start the actual video, so it's not making your page load slow in the beginning.
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Playlists:
More Tutorials to create better YouTube videos:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDniYQhMu9z-zzOJNHg6q5VXiYJmGo5Y-
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Can video slow down your website? The answer is yes. brightonwestvideo.com/blog/tips/can-video-slow-down-your-website In this video, I show you how to do it so it doesn't slow down your site.
Adding video to your website is good in terms of SEO. People enjoy watching videos, so they spend more time on your site and have a better user experience.
I wanted to figure out how to improve my website page speed, so I did a little test. On my testimonials page I have a mix of Vimeo and YouTube videos. Mixing them up in one page, each one of them will have to load, thus slowing down your site. On Google pagespeed insights, it scored 62, which isn't too bad, but it can be better.
Removing the videos, I got 89 points. Then I did some tweaking to the videos so they load differently, and I got 90 points!
How to speed up wordpress page load when you have videos on it - how to optimize your wordpress website
Simply use a lightbox! I use WonderPlugin's WP Lightbox, which you can get here: wonderplugin.com
Using a lightbox will make all your videos look the same way on your page, and when you click play, it opens the video up in a box. So what it's doing is it's holding of on starting the YouTube player until you start the actual video, so it's not making your page load slow in the beginning.
Share this video: youtube.com/watch?v=rj-Dr7ZYfYc&index=1&list=PLDniYQhMu9z83qYf4e-cor2Qmuc4hFc_o
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Playlists:
More Tutorials to create better YouTube videos:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDniYQhMu9z-zzOJNHg6q5VXiYJmGo5Y-
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Do you have questions about creating video online? Leave a message in the comments sections below.
Subscribe to get weekly videos: youtube.com/user/BrightonWestVideo?sub_confirmation=1
Connect with me:
Twitter twitter.com/brightonwest
LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/brightonwest
Get a free download of tips for coaches using online video at BrightonWestVideo.com
#VideoMarketing #ContentMarketing #CoachMarketing
