Title: Embedding Vimeo with embed code does not work
Last modified: August 20, 2016

---

# Embedding Vimeo with embed code does not work

 *  [rvdkaaij](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvdkaaij/)
 * (@rvdkaaij)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embedding-vimeo-with-embed-code-does-not-work/)
 * I have been trying this all morning now and tried to find the solution on the
   forums, but without real succes. Hope that some can help.
 * I want to embed a Vimeo video. Using the straight URL works fine, but actually
   i want to chance the setting (video width and customized appearance.
 * Using this code to chance the width does not work, it only shows the plain text:
   [
   vimeo [http://vimeo.com/37748636](http://vimeo.com/37748636) w=480&h=270]
 * Using the embed code (old as well as the new iframe code) does not work at all.
 * I’ve installed this plugin ([http://sct.temple.edu/blogs/it/2011/10/13/vimeo-embeds-issue-resolved/](http://sct.temple.edu/blogs/it/2011/10/13/vimeo-embeds-issue-resolved/))
   and it actually worked once, but after I edited the post, I had the same problem
   as before.
 * Really need help here…

Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total)

 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embedding-vimeo-with-embed-code-does-not-work/#post-2685248)
 * Unless you have a plugin that explicitly handles the `[vimeo]` shortcode, that
   will not work on a self-hosted WordPress.ORG installation.
 * Try using [Viper’s Video Quicktags](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/vipers-video-quicktags/).
 * In addition to supporting lots of video providers, that plugin has many options
   for controlling the size and placement of the embedded videos, such as Vimeo.
 * [JetPack](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jetpack/) is another plugin that
   handles that shortcode too but I think you’ll be better off with Viper’s plugin.
 * JetPack is the whole kitchen sink, Viper’s is more targeted to just videos. 😉

Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total)

The topic ‘Embedding Vimeo with embed code does not work’ is closed to new replies.

## Tags

 * [code](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/code/)
 * [embed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/embed/)
 * [problem](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/problem/)
 * [vimeo](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/vimeo/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embedding-vimeo-with-embed-code-does-not-work/#post-2685248)
 * Status: not resolved

## Topics

### Topics with no replies

### Non-support topics

### Resolved topics

### Unresolved topics

### All topics