Title: Displaying a clickable video
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Displaying a clickable video

 *  [ajavajedi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajavajedi/)
 * (@ajavajedi)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/displaying-a-clickable-video/)
 * Sorry, but I am not sure exactly what version I am am on. The top of my admin
   screen says to upgrade to 4.1. I wanted to come here first and ask about doing
   that before I did it, because from what little I have gleaned about themes, they
   are not compatible with every update of WordPress. If you tell me how to find
   the version, I will report it here.
    My real question, however, relates to displaying
   a clickable video. This is the page I am having a problem with:
 * [http://www.prayingwithdavidjesusandpaul.com/](http://www.prayingwithdavidjesusandpaul.com/)
 * I never see video boxes like this without seeing the start of the video that 
   I am going to click on. Why doesn’t my media show the start of the video?
    The
   code for it is
 *     ```
       [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="http://www.prayingwithdavidjesusandpaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/PrayingwithDavidJesusandPaul-Promov2.mp4"][/video]
       ```
   
 * Also, while I hate web sites that have only tiny fonts–I don’t even bother with
   those because I can’ read them readily–I don’t know how I got such a ginormous
   font.
    Thanks for your help.
 * Is there anything like a WordPress cookbook or a book that is like a programming
   book, which would walk me through all the things I can or might want to do? (
   Nothing very advanced.) Thanks.
 * Ken

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 *  [bdbrown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdbrown/)
 * (@bdbrown)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/displaying-a-clickable-video/#post-5757712)
 *  information in the Codex.
    There are a great number of free WordPress tutorials
   online; just do a search for “wordpress tutorial”. There are also a number of“
   WordPress for Dummies” books available. I haven’t read any of them but might 
   be a good place to start. Hope that helps.
 *  [wldwil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wldwil/)
 * (@wldwil)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/displaying-a-clickable-video/#post-5757717)
 * Hi AJavaJedi,
 * I would like to suggest you consider using YouTube as your video host for a number
   of reasons.
    • They get to do the heavy lifting with holding running the content•
   They are owned by Google, so Google likes to shows its stuff • One more way for
   you to be found in another search area • Use an HTTP:// to create a hyper link
   back to your website for both an incoming link as well as driving visitors • 
   It may be easier to then just bring YouTube into your site.
 * Just my two cents

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