Title: Trouble adding video
Last modified: August 21, 2016
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# Trouble adding video
* [Green-Shoot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/green-shoot/)
* (@green-shoot)
* [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-adding-video/)
* My website is [http://www.drinkspodcast.com](http://www.drinkspodcast.com). I
have included a couple of videos in previous posts by simply typing in the Vimeo
link and they just appeared in the post and played fine.
Now, each time I type
in the vimeo link, that’s what appears on screen. The previous vidoes are still
visible and fine but the new ones are just link text. Can anyone help me include
videos in my new posts, please?
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* [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/)
* (@1nexus)
* [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-adding-video/#post-4402212)
* You can embed from Vimeo by simply embedding the link. Review:
[http://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds](http://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds)
* However, if you have problems, please post a link to the post where you have
problems with the video link.
* Thread Starter [Green-Shoot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/green-shoot/)
* (@green-shoot)
* [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-adding-video/#post-4402213)
* To clarify – what appears on screen is just the text of the link, not the video(
see “Discover Blaufrankisch …” post – second along). I’ve tried “Add Media /
Insert from URL” but that does the same, only it’s a link, not a video and I’ve
tried putting in the embed code from Vimeo but, again, all I get is text.
I
can’t upload to the server because the maximum file-size is 8Mb and my videos
are in the hundreds of Mb in size.
* Thread Starter [Green-Shoot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/green-shoot/)
* (@green-shoot)
* [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-adding-video/#post-4402219)
* Yup, [@krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krishna/) or Krishna (I don’t
know how to bring this to your attention), that’s exactly what I’m doing. The
link is on its own line as defined in the codex. When you go to [http://www.drinkspodcast.com](http://www.drinkspodcast.com)
and look at the second post “Discover Blaufrankish with Jancis Robinson”, under“
Occasionally, we get to create videos of our adventures. Here’s the latest:”
do you see video or a really dark line of text of the Vimeo link?
* Thread Starter [Green-Shoot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/green-shoot/)
* (@green-shoot)
* [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-adding-video/#post-4402228)
* OK – Krishna failed to help – anyone else got any ideas?
* Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
* (@jdembowski)
* Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
* [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-adding-video/#post-4402235)
* It’s been only 21 minutes since you’ve posted to these free 100% staffed by volunteer
support forums. If you need more support than that consider hiring someone.
* [http://jobs.wordpress.net/](http://jobs.wordpress.net/)
* In the meanwhile how far did you get reading that link Krishna provided?
* [http://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds](http://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds)
* Have you tried wrapping the Vimeo URL in `[embed]...[/embed]`?
* Thread Starter [Green-Shoot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/green-shoot/)
* (@green-shoot)
* [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-adding-video/#post-4402248)
* Sorry – only he replied so fast I thought he might stick around. My apologies
to everyone concerned.
I tried the [Embed] … [/embed] and what is then displayed
is the text of the link as a hyperlink to the video and the words [/embed] in
the same highlighted colour.
* Thread Starter [Green-Shoot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/green-shoot/)
* (@green-shoot)
* [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-adding-video/#post-4402249)
* Jan – what do you see when you go to the site?
* [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/)
* (@1nexus)
* [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-adding-video/#post-4402251)
* This is the code you posted at your post:
* ```
http://vimeo.com/79473933
[/embed
]
```
* Delete that and try posting as Jan suggested above:
`[embed]http://vimeo.com/
79473933[/embed]`
* If that does not work, try posting only this:
`http://vimeo.com/79473933`
* Thread Starter [Green-Shoot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/green-shoot/)
* (@green-shoot)
* [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-adding-video/#post-4402254)
* Honestly – I really did only write [http://vimeo.com/79473933](http://vimeo.com/79473933)
I’ve no idea where all that other stuff came from.
* Thread Starter [Green-Shoot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/green-shoot/)
* (@green-shoot)
* [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-adding-video/#post-4402258)
* OK – I switched to text editor and removed all that other stuff. Now, all I get
is the text of the link as before.
* Thread Starter [Green-Shoot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/green-shoot/)
* (@green-shoot)
* [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-adding-video/#post-4402407)
* I’m sorry I was rude, I see that I misunderstood the way this works. I’m genuinely
sorry I offended you all.
The thing is that the video embed does not work and
I would really like to make it work so I’m hoping someone can help me do that.
Please can someone advise me on how to make this work. Johnny
* Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
* (@ipstenu)
* 🏳️🌈 Advisor and Activist
* [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-adding-video/#post-4402409)
* Green-Shoot – Please stop posting multiple times. It’s really annoying and hard
for anyone to help you (and uninspiring to make anyone WANT to help you because
you’re behaving in a very impatient way). The forum is staffed by volunteers.
If we can’t help you fast enough, hire someone.
* [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/)
* (@1nexus)
* [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-adding-video/#post-4402431)
* Can you revert to Twenty Thirteen theme and try posting only the video link and
see if it works (it works for me)? If it works, the problem is with your theme.
Where did you download it from?
* Thread Starter [Green-Shoot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/green-shoot/)
* (@green-shoot)
* [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-adding-video/#post-4402433)
* Krishna, I nearly cried with relief when I saw your reply – I thought I’d been
dumped 😉
So, I have tried Twenty Ten, Twenty Twelve, Twenty Thirteen and, just
for fun, Twenty Fourteen but it’s all the same – text only. The Theme I was using
is called “Visual” and it’s one of the themes available through WP’s standard“
Select A Theme” link. Did it work for you with THAT video (I’m wondering whether
the video is the problem – maybe to big or to high bit-rate or something)?
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