Youtube URL embed

  • joaosacramento

    (@joaosacramento)


    10 years, 10 months ago

    Hi
    Wordpress is supposed to automatically embed url videos right?
    In all my sites using wordpress and hosted in my host this doesn’t happen.

    I have to use a plug in in order to embed youtube videos.

    Does someone knows why this is happening?

    And does someone knows someway to set the video as “featured image” of the article? I had a plugin but after it turn 10 videos into “featured image” I had to pay for it.
    The other plugins I tried didn’t work.

    Thanks

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  • schulte

    (@schulte)

    10 years, 10 months ago

    Hey joaosacramento,

    Correct. My local 4.2.2 development environment with no plugins installed allowed me to embed a YouTube video using the Visual and Text Editors without any problems.

    Have you tried it without any plugins installed?

    LyleChamney

    (@lylechamney)

    10 years, 10 months ago

    As schutte says, WP 4.2.2 embeds video urls.

    From the editor, click Add Media > Insert from URL (bottom of left sidebar) > paste the video URL (e.g. from a YouTube URL, the one displayed in the browser address bar)> Insert into post. There it is 🙂

    For using a video as a featured image, have a look at this plugin; no limit on the amount used:

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-video-plus/

    Note the authors notice that it may not work with all themes depending upon how the theme treats and handles featured images; some do this their ‘own way’ which may or may not work. I successfully tested it on TwentyFifteen and Dynamik Website Builder + Genesis.

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