Can t embed videos in posts

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• Started 1 year ago by Monsoon
• Latest reply from Dude
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   Monsoon
   Member

   Not sure why but I just tried to add a youtube video to a post and it only show a link and does not embed the video. So I installed a plugin to do that and it worked.

   Not sure why...any idea why?
   I am adding the video by clicking the media little icon and choosing from url

   and then the only thing it shows for youtube is the watch=? linking to youtube

   Posted 1 year ago #
2. 

   Chris Beard
   

   Hi,

   you can simply paste the link in the post, WordPress will automatically embed it.

   Posted 1 year ago #
3. 

   Monsoon
   Member

   Sorry but it does not work. I tried that before submitting :) and it only lists the URL
   Hence why I have to use Smartyoutube plugin to embed videos...weird

   Posted 1 year ago #
4. 

   Dude
   Dude

   Basically you can use the embed shortcode: http://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds to embed youtube, vimeo, etc. videos. Try to embed your video with the shortcode like:
   

   [embed]http://vimeo.com/27786807[/embed]

   Please make sure that your server supports socket connections - otherwise the oembed protocol will not work.

   Posted 1 year ago #
5. 

   Monsoon
   Member

   nope...doesn t work, only using a plugin works.
   I know its weird and I don t remember modifying any files related to this. I may do an install on another test machine and try to hunt down the culprit.

   Posted 1 year ago #
6. 

   Dude
   Dude

   Strange... I'd try to upload all wp core files again. Maybe one is corrupt.

   Posted 1 year ago #

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