Title: installing video.
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# installing video.

 *  [adamreeves](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adamreeves/)
 * (@adamreeves)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-video-1/)
 * How do I embed youtube video on my site? I have tried using the ‘add video’ function,
   but all I get is the url address displayed on the blog, without the video. Also,
   can anyone reccommend a good plug in for embedding video nicely?

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 *  [I Dont use this account Anymore why is it still here](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattyrasker/)
 * (@mattyrasker)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-video-1/#post-1858122)
 * Go to the YouTube video and get the “Embed” code. If you are putting it onto 
   a page or post, make sure you are in the HTML editor and paste that code into
   it.
 * If you are putting it into a widget, drag and drop a “Text” widget (arbitary 
   text or HTML) and paste the code into there and click save.
 * There may a plugin that streamlines this process, but I’ve come across one yet.
 * Hope that helps!
 *  Thread Starter [adamreeves](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adamreeves/)
 * (@adamreeves)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-video-1/#post-1858134)
 * Ok, thanks… I’m a bit confused, because in a magazine I have about wordpress 
   they recommend a plug in called Smartyoutube, which makes it easier to add video
   nicely. In order to make it work, you’re supposed to pre-fix http:// with a ‘
   v’,like this: htttpv: on the video url link. But if you’re not supposed to use
   the url link, then I don’t understand how the plug in works.
    Also, why then 
   does WP have a function for adding video that asks for a url?
 *  [I Dont use this account Anymore why is it still here](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattyrasker/)
 * (@mattyrasker)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-video-1/#post-1858183)
 * As far as I know…adding a media file via a URL only inserts a link, it doesnt
   actually embed the video itself. Embedding a video requires you to use <embed
   > tags in the HTML editor (not the Visual editor).
 * Reading about that plugin, that particular plugin uses the URL but in its own
   way, but how it does it I can’t be sure as I’ve not used it.
 *  tags.

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