Embed YouTube Videos in WordPress
June 19th, 2006
Written By: Adam Sussman
For a while now I’ve been wanting to share videos in my Blog but every time I went to copy the Embed code from YouTube my entire Blog displayed craziness.
Today I wanted to embed another video and finally took a few minutes to figure out what to do.
There are dozens of posts around the web with all these ideas on how to make it work and I found a real simple solution.
In SiteAdmin go to Users and turn off “Use the visual rich editor when writing” then go back to your post and past the Embed code provided by YouTube.
That should do it.
Update: March 24, 2007
I am now using version 2.1.2. Putting the videos is as easy as clicking on the Code tab while writing the post and pasting the YouTube or Google embed code. Although there are times when this is not 100%. Try clicking on the Users tab, find your user name and click on Edit. There is a “Your Profile Tab” and a box that say’s “Use the visual editor when writing”. Check this, and click “Update Profile”. This will allow you to turn off the Editor when typing writing posts. Only problem is you have to format your text in HTML, which becomes a pain. Like I mentioned, embed code in the code tab seems to work most of the time.
Update: September 01, 2007
If you followed everything on this page and your still having issues, I think I found a bug with certain browsers and WordPress Admin. I wrote a post about it here: Certain Things In Wordpress Admin Not Working? It Could Be Your Browser!
June 28th, 2006 10:21
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June 28th, 2006 10:22
Thanks, I was messing round with this last night and couldn’t get it to work. The one thing that nowhere mentioned was to turn off the rich-text editor. Fianlly got it!
July 21st, 2006 20:05
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July 31st, 2006 22:36
This works! A very simple solution. Thanks.
August 12th, 2006 05:11
I didn’t know it was that simple. I tried to post video on my blog before. I will again try to post with this method.
August 13th, 2006 10:01
This didn’t work for me, seems to have worked for everyone else though. I just switch off the visual rich editor then paste the embed code into the text entry area right? No tricks?
October 5th, 2006 03:54
i’v finaly manage to embed youtube vids in my blog thanks to you.. thank you very much.. and it was simple..
October 23rd, 2006 10:00
Good tip! Something else to note: for Firefox, remove the “wmode” parameter or you won’t be able to click the play controls.
It appears twice, once as a block and once in the block:
I’ve been doing a bunch of tests on WordPress plug-ins to simplify video embedding. I’ve looked at three so far. If anyone’s interested, this will get ya started: Publish YouTube Video on Your Blog.
I’ll be adding more reviews and tips I discover in the next few days.
October 23rd, 2006 10:04
Oops, you’ve got tags turned off, here’s the stuff that was stripped:
The code to look for (space added to the left of the tag)
URL to my site: http://www.vibetechnology.com/vt/2006/09/13/publish-youtube-video-on-your-blog/.
November 1st, 2006 00:19
Well, that didn’t work
November 3rd, 2006 13:01
Phew! That was simple! Thanks a ton!
November 5th, 2006 20:35
whew! cool… i’ve been searching for that for a long time… and i didn’t expected… it’s easy… ehehe… thanks a lot… ShandyKing… you’re the one!!!
November 10th, 2006 22:34
Excellent. I spent a couple of hours searching and luckily landed on your site. Your solution is so much easier than a plugin! Thank you!
November 14th, 2006 07:32
Sweet! Thanks for the help. Ive now uploaded my first video to my blog thanks to your help!
http://www.pixelfactor.org
I would like to also re-publish your post, as i feel it may help others….hope this is ok ?
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November 22nd, 2006 20:01
Thank you so much!
November 30th, 2006 09:32
Nice! Thanks for sharing I’ve been trying to figure that out for a while now.
December 4th, 2006 23:45
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January 9th, 2007 14:24
Great tip. There’s also a plugin that some have had success with–
http://www.skarcha.com/wp-plugins/wpvideo/
January 24th, 2007 09:07
Thanks, this is just what I was looking for.
January 31st, 2007 08:57
What you *actually* want is probably http://www.viper007bond.com/wordpress-plugins/vipers-video-quicktags/
This plugin works great in WP 2, contrary to other methods. I managed to get the embeds shown on the first try, but after the first change to the post, everything went south. With the plugin, it’s just a click.
February 22nd, 2007 08:10
for those technically challenged, “Site Admin” for my version of WP means going to Options, Writing and then unticking the box “Users should use the visual rich editor by default.”
February 22nd, 2007 18:52
OK, gurus. I was able to turn off the visual rich editor one time, but now i cannot get it to turn off. WTF? Any clues?
February 22nd, 2007 20:09
What version of WP are you using?
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February 28th, 2007 04:29
Hi cool tips…but embed code is decrepated to try to avoid it..then it’ll give u full results…
March 13th, 2007 03:18
Im using WP2 and copied the “embed” code straigh into my post and it displays without errors.
I have edited the page a few times and it displays without errors.
March 13th, 2007 07:01
Thanks!
I was looking how to do this easily…for a while
Regards
Fabio
March 15th, 2007 23:22
Wow! It finally worked!
I’ve almost given up trying for the 10th time,
when my friend Lala sent me the link to this entry. Thank you for sharing the tip
March 22nd, 2007 23:03
I’m using WP 2.1.2 and I can’t find the Visual editor option. Am i stupid?
March 24th, 2007 09:00
I’ve updated this post with new instructions.
April 1st, 2007 16:26
This works only if you are admin, is there any way to allow this on simple users?
April 7th, 2007 18:25
You SO rock!! I have been bashing my head into a wall trying to figure this out…thank you thank you thank you!
April 13th, 2007 00:01
I have been working on this for hours and no matter what I do, I have followed your instructions and it doesnt work…
I turned it off, turned it on, deactived the advanced Html editor, turned in on…turned off the rich editor..surfed the net looking for answers..
3 hours later..still no video..
April 21st, 2007 22:41
Thanks so much! For this information..
If I not find this post I have no idea to make my video work.
April 30th, 2007 22:54
Thanks! One problem though…I can view the embedded video on my blog when I’m using Firefox, but users trying to view it with IE are unable to. Has anyone else run into this issue?
Is there anything I can do? I’ve done everything according to your post (
IMBEDCODE).Thanks again - http://deadissue.com
May 1st, 2007 12:39
Nice, thanks! I had solved this problem before by manually editing the database entry for the post in question, a total pain in the @$$…this is much better!
May 15th, 2007 22:35
Thank you!!! I almost started downloading a plug-in but glad I found your post….
May 16th, 2007 01:15
You deserve a medal for this. I have been pulling my hair out trying to get a slideshow video from One True Media embedded into my wife’s blog. I was rolling my eyes at the countless search reults for embedding YouTube video. So I said, “Screw it,” got a YouTube account, uploaded the video to it (One True Media offers this option through their site) and did a search specifically for embedding YouTube video. Something in the summary that led me to your site caught my attention. When I saw you were simply making an alteration to the user options in WordPress and pasting the YouTube embed code, I thought that logically, it would work for me to do the same with the embed code for OTM. And it did!!!!! Now, at 3:14am, I can get back to the work I put aside to get this crazy thing working. If I’m lucky, I can get an hour;s sleep before dragging myself back up and to my computer. Thanks a million; give yourself a hearty pat on the back!!!!!
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June 19th, 2007 07:38
how about free hosting? Can i embed the video?
e.g http://xxxx.wordpress.com
June 19th, 2007 20:58
thanks much! i finally posted a video in my blog…
June 25th, 2007 11:17
Thank you so much for this post. It helped me to finally get this right!
July 7th, 2007 00:24
Thanks so much! Very helpful!
July 15th, 2007 01:47
Dude You Rock. I guess this forcess me to brush up on my html. Thanks I Digg You !
July 22nd, 2007 00:54
lemme try this
July 24th, 2007 01:02
Dude you are a legend! It worked see:
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July 29th, 2007 00:01
Wonderful, your tip works for my blog! It’s my first attempt at embedding a YouTube video on my WordPress blog and with your tip, I got it to work . Thanks!!!
August 3rd, 2007 08:23
Great it makes my job easy. I can easily embed youtube videos on to my blog
August 5th, 2007 09:21
Thanks, it did worked smoothly. Results obtained.!!!
August 12th, 2007 14:08
Wow, a simple and elegant solution. Thanks a million. And thanks to Joe, too, for the Firefox tip.
August 17th, 2007 20:45
Hi, I am a beginner here. I would greatly appreciated it if you could help to advise through a step by step instruction. :o)
I am using wordpress and recently started two blog.
Thanks!
Patrick
August 17th, 2007 20:59
When your in WP Admin, click on Write. Create your title and write your post.
Then when your ready, copy the embed code from YouTube or Google.
Then back in your post and click on the CODE tab (assuming you were using the VISUAL editor). Paste your Embed coded below all the HTML in the editor.
That should do it. Note that if you save your post and go back later to edit it, it will create nonsense code and you will have to Embed the code all over again.
Hope this helps!
September 1st, 2007 10:21
STILL I cannot get it to work.
Crap.
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September 8th, 2007 10:57
Thanks for this! I’m not really a video blogger but when someone asked me how to put videos in Wordpress, I had to do little research before I run into trouble. Luckily, I stumbled upon your site.
I gave you credit in my post at my site.
Thanks again!
September 11th, 2007 22:04
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September 19th, 2007 17:42
oh i can’t believe what i’m seeing with my eye. Liana Merete.
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October 1st, 2007 06:25
Hey, thanks a lot! Man I spent hours wondering how the heck this damn thing works. I did as you said above and it works fine. Good and USEFULL post!
October 14th, 2007 12:17
This is a great help. I just tried pasting the code into wordpress and it went crazy like you said. Google brought your site straight up and it was sorted in seconds.
October 27th, 2007 06:03
Damn I couldn’t find that option, thanks for the useful hint
November 4th, 2007 17:04
Thanks for that tip, it was doing my head in. Most helpful to a new user of WP. I am not dissing WP, but this info is pretty crucial. Works fine on the 2.3.1 update to.
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December 5th, 2007 14:14
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December 29th, 2007 04:09
There’s one more thing that I only discovered by trial and error. Havent seen it mentioned anywhere else.
That is…
Dont copy the code from Youtube to a text file and then copy from that text file to your Wordpress blog.
Instead, copy directly from Youtube to your blog. (Yes, with the rich text editing thing in WP unticked.)
The website link takes you to my video. It’s my first shot at producing a video so please be kind.
Cheers.
January 12th, 2008 23:49
Thx Adam. This solution solved two of my problems:
1) I’ve managed to embed a youtube video.
2) I’m now able to update my HTML tags with target=”_blank” -> this was not possible earlier?!
January 23rd, 2008 17:52
Thanks Adam! This saved my bacon.
-Paul
January 30th, 2008 00:55
That doesn’t do it for me.
January 31st, 2008 17:14
Wow, brilliant. Thanks very much.
Still a few problems but this was helpful.
February 11th, 2008 01:21
trying to get this to work… I feel like I’m missing something because I am still unable to get it working.
February 17th, 2008 06:07
I don’t why but i’m unable to embed any type of video. I tried all the above methods.
May 12th, 2008 12:09
I have tried to get this to work and still having problems.
May 19th, 2008 19:42
I can’t believe how easy this is! Thanks!
May 24th, 2008 03:53
I tried your methods and it didn’t work. Then I changed to Firefox and it worked… Then I used Firefox to edit the original post, and it messed up again…
It seems that it works only if there is nothing but a vedio in the post. If I wrote something and add a vedio, it just acts crazy
May 24th, 2008 06:14
Btw, you wrote ‘There is a “Your Profile Tab” and a box that say’s “Use the visual editor when writing”. Check this, and click “Update Profile”.’
I think it should be “uncheck the box”.
May 30th, 2008 10:32
As long as you follow the steps you should be able to get it to work.I dont really understand why it doesent work in IE though.
July 5th, 2008 09:30
Thank you.. and HELLO /DUH moment! Could not figure out why the YouTube vid was only showing code, and took me all of 10 seconds on your page to get it working. I feel a bit foolish, but perhaps it’s too early and my caffeine intake too low.
Thanks again for takin the time & posting this info!