bulk replace part of url of featured YouTube video

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  kareloverlaet · Member · Nov 12, 2025 at 9:26 pm

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  Hi

  Once YouTube was allright when using urls with /embed/. Lately, it doesn’t work anymore. I have 2000+ posts.

  I want to replace in all these “embed/” with “watch?v=”
  Example:
  https://www.youtube.com/embed/UzC8ayyEEQQ
  into
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzC8ayyEEQQ

  Anyone know how to do this?

  Thank you
  Karel

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  justjennifer · Member · Nov 13, 2025 at 6:22 am

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  Hi there, The only way I know to do this here on WordPress.com is to export your site’s XML file and then use the search and replace function in a plain text editor and then import the updated XML file.

  Since it appears that your above site is using the open source WordPress software, you may have other options available using a plugin. For that I’d suggest posting to the community forums on ORG at https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/