Before i updated to 3.1 videos would be automatically embedded if i put the link to a youtube video in a post or page. I also use a plugin called external videos on my site which worked fine.
External videos isnt really an embed plugin. It creates video galleries from youtube authors that you specify.
I mentioned it because how it works is it simply posts a link to a youtube video in a new post. This DID embed the video automatically, but now all i get is the url to the page on youtube rather than it being embedded.
Try disabling plugins. If something else is horking up embeds, that could cause this.
It’s also possible that your site can’t contact YouTube for some reason. The way embeds work is that your site goes and connects to YouTube to get the embed code from them to use. If that fails for whatever reason, you get the link.
Ok I have de-activated EVERY plugin on my site and the problem is still the same.
So i guess its on to the “my site cannot contact youtube” question…
Any suggestions on where to look first?? I have checked server error logs and nothing stands out. I tried reloading the page a few times noting the time and there is definately nothing logged at those times.
Sorry for the double post, but i have discovered something else which is a little strange.
If i put the youtube url on the first line of a post it will not work. However if I press the enter key first, and put the link on the second line and post it, it works.
