Title: Video Url in shortcode return..
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Video Url in shortcode return..

 *  Resolved [andy_moyle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andy_moyle/)
 * (@andy_moyle)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/video-url-in-shortcode-return/)
 * I’ve got a shortcode that successfully returns a bunch of html.
    I want any video
   urls in that html to get “embedded” – but can only get the url to disappear if
   I try `$out=do_shortcode($out);` I’ve tried wrapping [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ)
   in embed tags and made sure it’s on it’s own line too.
 * How do I get $out to have the embed magic happen please?

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 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/video-url-in-shortcode-return/#post-5352779)
 * The “magic” embedding happens when content is being set up for the page/post/
   etc, but anything output by a shortcode isn’t included in this so you need to
   do it yourself.
 * Without testing, I think that this should work…
 * `$out = apply_filters ( 'the_content', $out );`
 * That applies the ‘the_content’ filter to your video URL, which should do the 
   correct embedding. As I said, I haven’t tested this, but I think it should work
   for you.
 *  Thread Starter [andy_moyle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andy_moyle/)
 * (@andy_moyle)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/video-url-in-shortcode-return/#post-5352818)
 * Super it worked thanks!

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