Title: Youtube Shortcode not working
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Youtube Shortcode not working

 *  Resolved [Topher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/topher1kenobe/)
 * (@topher1kenobe)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-shortcode-not-working-3/)
 * I used the Columns tool, made a single column, and am putting a Youtube video
   in there.
 * Simply putting in the URL does the oEmbed thing fine, but I’d like to add some
   parameters, so I tried using the shortcode as per [http://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/youtube/](http://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/youtube/)
 * Like this [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcz4vrC7uM8&list=PL0F4EAE74C95BF2A5]
 * And it doesn’t render. Is that expected behavior?

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 *  [Corey – The Theme Foundry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coreymckrill4ttf/)
 * (@coreymckrill4ttf)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-shortcode-not-working-3/#post-5793284)
 * Hi Topher!
 * The [youtube] shortcode isn’t native in self-hosted WordPress. The documentation
   you link to above is for WordPress.com. I believe you can use this shortcode 
   if you install the Jetpack plugin. You could also try using the generic [embed]
   shortcode: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds#In_A_Nutshell](http://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds#In_A_Nutshell)
 *  Thread Starter [Topher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/topher1kenobe/)
 * (@topher1kenobe)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-shortcode-not-working-3/#post-5793311)
 * Hey Corey, thanks for the input. That doesn’t seem to be working for me either.
   Here’s what I have:
 * [embed width="480" height="360"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-yuY78nLsg[/embed]
 * My video still fills all available space. I noticed it has a class of fitvids,
   is JS perhaps over-riding that stuff?
 * You can see my dev site here: [http://dev.codeventure.net/](http://dev.codeventure.net/)
 *  Thread Starter [Topher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/topher1kenobe/)
 * (@topher1kenobe)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-shortcode-not-working-3/#post-5793312)
 * I just tried putting the frame html from youtube with the same effect. I think
   fitvids is stepping all over it. Is there a way to set a max width with fitvids?
 *  Thread Starter [Topher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/topher1kenobe/)
 * (@topher1kenobe)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-shortcode-not-working-3/#post-5793319)
 * I resolved this by putting a div around the video:
 * .bs-video { /* fitvids */
    margin: 0 auto 40px auto; max-width: 480px; /* prevent
   videos from stretching too wide */ }

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 * Last reply from: [Topher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/topher1kenobe/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-shortcode-not-working-3/#post-5793319)
 * Status: resolved