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Author: David Artiss

As you probably know if you put code directly into your post or page, it is often simply displayed as written rather than actually actioned. So, if you put the embed code of a YouTube video in a post it won't display the video.

This plugin makes use of the Custom Fields facility when creating/editing posts and pages.

Add a custom field named CODEx, where x is a number between 1 and 5 (this allows you to have up to 5 pieces of embedded code per page or post). In the value field place your embedded code - this can be HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, etc. Server side languages, such as PHP, doesn't work.

Now, in your post or page simply add a reference to %CODEx% (again where x is the number that you used before).

Here's an example. I create a custom field named CODE1 with a value of...

<object width="425" height="344">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oHg5SJYRHA0&hl=en&fs=1"></param>
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param>
<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oHg5SJYRHA0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed>
</object>

Then, where I wish the video to appear in my post I simply add %CODE1%. Simple!