Title: Youtube URL embed
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Youtube URL embed

 *  [joaosacramento](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joaosacramento/)
 * (@joaosacramento)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-url-embed/)
 * Hi
    Wordpress is supposed to automatically embed url videos right? In all my 
   sites using wordpress and hosted in my host this doesn’t happen.
 * I have to use a plug in in order to embed youtube videos.
 * Does someone knows why this is happening?
 * And does someone knows someway to set the video as “featured image” of the article?
   I had a plugin but after it turn 10 videos into “featured image” I had to pay
   for it.
    The other plugins I tried didn’t work.
 * Thanks

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 *  [schulte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schulte/)
 * (@schulte)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-url-embed/#post-6249684)
 * Hey joaosacramento,
 * Correct. My local 4.2.2 development environment with no plugins installed allowed
   me to embed a YouTube video using the Visual and Text Editors without any problems.
 * Have you tried it without any plugins installed?
 *  [LyleChamney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lylechamney/)
 * (@lylechamney)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-url-embed/#post-6249685)
 * As schutte says, WP 4.2.2 embeds video urls.
 * From the editor, click Add Media > Insert from URL (bottom of left sidebar) >
   paste the video URL (e.g. from a YouTube URL, the one displayed in the browser
   address bar)> Insert into post. There it is 🙂
 * For using a video as a featured image, have a look at this plugin; no limit on
   the amount used:
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-video-plus/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-video-plus/)
 * Note the authors notice that it may not work with all themes depending upon how
   the theme treats and handles featured images; some do this their ‘own way’ which
   may or may not work. I successfully tested it on TwentyFifteen and Dynamik Website
   Builder + Genesis.

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 * [embed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/embed/)
 * [featured image](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/featured-image/)
 * [url](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/url/)
 * [video](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/video/)
 * [Youtube](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/youtube/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [LyleChamney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lylechamney/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-url-embed/#post-6249685)
 * Status: not resolved

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