Title: Embed site content error
Last modified: December 18, 2019

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# Embed site content error

 *  [muyosan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/muyosan/)
 * (@muyosan)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-site-content-error/)
 * Hello, I am trying to embed a post on my site but it doesn’t work. As with embedding
   a Facebook or Twitter post, all I’m supposed to do it paste the URL of the site
   content to embed. But for some reason, it displays properly in the post editor
   but renders as a hyperlink on the front-end. This is the only feature with an
   issue, others like YouTube z Twitter and Facebook work perfectly. I have tried
   disabling plugins, nothing seems to work. Any ideas what’s going on? See link
   provided for example
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
      Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Everything else WordPress
      topic
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fembed-site-content-error%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-site-content-error/#post-12252402)
 * What specifically is the URL you’re trying to embed?
 *  [SJW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whitsey/)
 * (@whitsey)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-site-content-error/#post-12252540)
 * I was of the understanding that the “embed” option only worked on popular URLs
   like facebook, twitter, youtube, etc… – not just any URL from the web.
 * [https://en.support.wordpress.com/category/embedding-content/](https://en.support.wordpress.com/category/embedding-content/)
 *  Thread Starter [muyosan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/muyosan/)
 * (@muyosan)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-site-content-error/#post-12253183)
 * [@macmanx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) not sure it should matter
   what URL I am trying to embed. It’s the same issue with all WordPress posts URL.
   But here is the URL [https://techpoint.africa/2019/12/18/vodacom-tanzania-worldremit/](https://techpoint.africa/2019/12/18/vodacom-tanzania-worldremit/)
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-site-content-error/#post-12253249)
 * I have no trouble embedding posts from other WordPress sites, but you’re right
   that I cannot embed that specific post.
 * So, two questions:
 * 1. What version of WordPress is the embedded site running? Both sites need to
   be WordPress 4.4 or higher.
 * 2. Is the site you’re trying to embed running a plugin that blocks its REST API?
   No API = no embed.
 *  Thread Starter [muyosan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/muyosan/)
 * (@muyosan)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-site-content-error/#post-12253371)
 * Thanks for your prompt reply James. I failed to clarify that I am trying to embed
   my own site content in my own site. So both the article like and embed subject
   are from the same source. And it runs on WordPress 5.3.
 * I have also tried to embed links from other WordPress sites and I get the same
   result.
 * About 2, indeed there is a plugin that blocks REST API (apparently for security
   reasons) but disabling it doesn’t seem to do the trick.
 * Could it be my theme?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-site-content-error/#post-12255591)
 * I also have no trouble embedding posts from/on the same site, so it must definitely
   be something on your end.
 * This may be a plugin or theme conflict. Please attempt to disable all plugins,
   and switch to the default Twenty Twenty theme. If the problem goes away, enable
   them one by one to identify the source of the problem.
 * If you can install plugins, install [Health Check](https://wordpress.org/plugins/health-check/).
   On the troubleshooting tab, you can click the button to disable all plugins and
   change the theme for you, while you’re still logged in, **without affecting normal
   visitors to your site**.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-site-content-error/#post-12255591)
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