Вот такой хак замены ифрейм плеера на картинку и при клики меняем назад на ифрейм с видео.
jQuery:
function changeiframe() {
objs = document.querySelectorAll('iframe[src*="youtube"]');
if (!objs[0]){return false;};
if (objs[0]) {
vidid = objs[0].src.split('/')[4].split('?')[0];
linkurl = 'http://www.youtube.com/embed/'+vidid;
imgurl = 'http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/'+vidid+'/hqdefault.jpg';
link = document.createElement('a');
link.setAttribute('class','youtube_vid');
link.setAttribute('href',linkurl);
//link.setAttribute('target','_blank');
img = document.createElement('div');
img.setAttribute('class','youtube-box');
img.setAttribute('style','background:url('+imgurl+')');
play_btn = document.createElement('span');
play_btn.setAttribute('class','youtube-play');
img.appendChild(play_btn);
link.appendChild(img);
objs[0].outerHTML = link.outerHTML;
}
changeiframe();
}
changeiframe();
jQuery(document).ready(function(){
jQuery('.youtube_vid').click(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var url = jQuery(this).attr('href');
jQuery(this).replaceWith('<iframe style="width: 100%;margin:0 auto;" width="420" height="315" src="' + url + '?autoplay=1"></iframe>');
});
});
и CSS:
.youtube-box {
background-attachment: scroll !important;
background-position: 0 -15px !important;
background-repeat: no-repeat !important;
background-size: cover !important;
border: 2px solid #c01c0f;
border-radius: 2px;
box-sizing: border-box;
cursor: pointer;
display: inline-block;
height: 200px;
position: relative;
width: 300px;
}
.youtube-box .youtube-play {
background: url("https://coding.dp.ua/wp-content/uploads/other/play.png") no-repeat scroll left top transparent;
cursor: pointer;
height: 56px;
left: 50%;
margin: -28px 0 0 -42px;
top: 50%;
width: 83px;
position: absolute;
}
.youtube-box .youtube-play:hover {
background-position: left bottom;
}

