ekatarinal

Yes, I use Autoptimize as well. Thanks for all your hard work ??

By the way, Frank, have you ever thought about adding Vimeo support to this plugin? I’ve seen other plugins that try to embed Vimeo locally. Personally, I don’t need it, but I think it’s the logical next step.

Same with maps, where an embed is just a generic map image (that the webmaster defines) and when a user clicks on it, the actual embed loads up. This also prevents the embed from loading before it’s needed.

Cheers!

@HighKay In Chrome, if you hit F12, you can see under Sources -> Network that no external servers are called. This is no longer the case for me with the new version.
The URL you mentioned is just part of the image filename stored on your server.

Hey Frank,

It appears to be working now! Great work!

Now you can add “GDPR Ready” in your plugin bullet points ??

I get the same result as before on both sites, I’m afraid. One site loads externally, one shows a black preview (and no cache directory).

On the site where I have access,
PHP version: 5.4.45
cURL: 7.55.1

This is the site where the cache directory is not present.

Hi Frank,

I only have ftp access for one of the sites, and I can’t find the cache directory there.

I have some sites of my own where I have all access, so I’ll be testing the plugin there, too. Then I can tell you more about php error logs etc. ??

Hi Frank,

I’ve tested it on our 2 WordPress sites. On one site the image doesn’t show (black), and on the other the image is still loaded externally for some reason. The option to load it locally is switched on for both sites, and I’ve tried deactivating caching plugins etc. to see if one of them messes it up, but the result didn’t change.

Cool, thank you, Frank ??

Cookies are not part of the GDPR. It’s about the IP being transmitted to the Youtube servers when your browser requests the thumbnail.

But it’s connecting to Youtube and that means the user’s IP address (personal data) is transmitted. That is the same reason why we can’t just use Google Fonts externally anymore and have to host them ourselves. This is not about cookies, it’s about connecting to external servers.

Careful, this doesn’t solve the connection issue, HighKay.

Sadly, it isn’t, because the embed is still connecting to Youtube to download the thumbnail. So user data is transferred to Youtube.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by ekatarinal.

Hi Frank,

I’m not a developer myself, otherwise I’d offer my help. I optimize our company websites (SEO & Speed), and I’m knee-deep in the GDPR laws to make sure we’re compliant in time. Hence why I said that user choice matters, just like posting a comment or sending a mail via a contact form, which also transmit information. If the user actively clicks a video, it’s their choice and that means the website is compliant.

Your plugin already connects to i.ytimg.com to get a thumbnail. Can’t it do that behind the scenes and save it on the server, maybe in a sub-directory within the plugin directory? Then you just show that image instead of having the user download it from i.ytimg.com?

Yes, but the user actively clicks on it and that changes everything ?? ?? ??

Now it’s the user’s choice and the user is not getting tracked upon loading the page.