YouTube Shortcode from WordPress.COM

  • Resolved ollie526

    (@ollie526)


    10 years, 7 months ago

    I am moving a site over from .COM to .ORG. My old site has hundreds of [youtube=URL] shortcodes. I can’t find a plugin that uses that same shortcode on .ORG so all of these videos are just displaying the shortcode instead of the video.

    It was recommended that I pull the shortcode from functions.php but I don’t have access to the .COM php file.

    Any ideas?

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  • leejosepho

    (@leejosepho)

    10 years, 7 months ago

    After having once moved a site from .com and having my own suspicions about things not being identical to .org, today I would likely set up a sandbox site with the same theme (same functions.php) at the new self-hosted server and get things working, then move the .com site on out and either keep or drop the sandbox sitting beside it.

    Thread Starter ollie526

    (@ollie526)

    10 years, 7 months ago

    Thanks. That actually got me thinking that the .COM is on 2011 theme so I pulled down that functions file but [youtube] isnt in there. I wonder if that is part of .COM core…

    leejosepho

    (@leejosepho)

    10 years, 7 months ago

    Just a guess here, but that is certainly possible. I do not recall what differences I had sensed or seen after the move, but the theme was 2011 and the site was so new that I just nuked its new location and started over with a fresh .org installation.

    Keith Driscoll

    (@keithdriscoll)

    10 years, 7 months ago

    I’m not very familiar with WP.com but I think you have to enable ‘Shortcode Embeds’ in the JetPack plugin 🙂

    Thread Starter ollie526

    (@ollie526)

    10 years, 7 months ago

    Jetpack! The one plugin I always deactivate immediately. I installed Slim Jetpack and this worked perfectly! Thanks

    leejosepho

    (@leejosepho)

    10 years, 7 months ago

    Jetpack! The one plugin I always deactivate immediately. I installed Slim Jetpack and this worked perfectly!

    I thank you so very much for bringing that possibility to my attention!

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