Title: Shortcodes not working
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Shortcodes not working

 *  Resolved [louiseruffle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/louiseruffle/)
 * (@louiseruffle)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-not-working-79/)
 * Hello
 * I am very new to WordPress and Jetpack. I have just installed Jetpack in order
   to be able to embed youtube content and specify the size.
 * However, despite activating shortcode embeds, they do not work. I just get a 
   line of grey where the embedded video should be.
 * I have followed the suggestions for debugging Jetpack (disabling plugins, changing
   theme etc) and none of these makes any difference.
 * I have searched the web for answers, but they all relate to much older versions
   of WordPress/Jetpack.
 * Help??!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [csonnek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csonnek/)
 * (@csonnek)
 * Happiness Rocketeer 🚀
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-not-working-79/#post-6514213)
 * Hi there!
 * You don’t need to use Jetpack to embed YouTube videos – it works automatically
   without a shortcode and it’s built into WordPress itself. You can read more about
   this here:
    [https://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds](https://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds)
 * Simply copy the YouTube URL and paste it into your post and WordPress will take
   care of the embed.
 * I hope that clarifies things! Marking as resolved.
 *  Thread Starter [louiseruffle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/louiseruffle/)
 * (@louiseruffle)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-not-working-79/#post-6514214)
 * Hi
 * Thanks but this doesn’t help as I wanted to specify the size of the YouTube video.
   That was the reason I installed Jetpack.
 * I really don’t understand why the shortcode doesn’t work, this seems very basic
   and yet no one else seems to have mentioned it recently. Perhaps I have missed
   something obvious?
 *  Plugin Contributor [csonnek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csonnek/)
 * (@csonnek)
 * Happiness Rocketeer 🚀
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-not-working-79/#post-6514216)
 * You can specify the size on YouTube. On the page where your video is, click share,
   select the custom size of the video, then copy and paste the `<iframe>` code 
   they generate right into your post: [http://d.pr/i/Spmf](http://d.pr/i/Spmf)
 * If you still want to use Jetpack’s shortcode and you still have trouble, can 
   you let me know what site you’re having this problem? Once I have that information,
   I’ll be better able to help.
 * If you want it to remain private, you can also contact us via this contact form:
   
   [http://jetpack.me/contact-support/](http://jetpack.me/contact-support/)
 * Thanks!

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 * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/)
 * [Youtube](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/youtube/)

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 * Last reply from: [csonnek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csonnek/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-not-working-79/#post-6514216)
 * Status: resolved