Can't embed facebook video

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  jyht · Member · May 20, 2019 at 7:14 am

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  Hi,

  I can embed YouTube videos fine but not Facebook videos.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  jyht · Member · May 20, 2019 at 7:16 am

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  Hi, I can’t seem to attach screenshots but basically when the post is published/previewed, only the Facebook Embed Caption shows, but not the video.

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  jnr4u2 · Member · May 20, 2019 at 7:23 am

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  Hi there,

  If you’re talking about wordsthoughtsdreams.wordpress.com then please visit https://en.support.wordpress.com/facebook-integration/facebook-embeds/

  The guide above explains the whole process

  Thanks

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  jyht · Member · May 20, 2019 at 7:28 am

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  Hi,

  I spent about two hours trying everything in the guide you linked before posting this topic. Currently I can embed YouTube videos fine just by pasting in the YouTube URL.

  But for Facebook video:
  1) Pasting the URL https://www.facebook.com/InterUniLGBTNetwork/videos/400136377240732/ into a text block or a classic editor block doesn’t work. When the page is published, the caption shows up but not the video. I ensured that the url was NOT hyperlinked in the editor. Again I wish I could show screenshots. :)

  2) Using the shortcode [facebook url="https://www.facebook.com/InterUniLGBTNetwork/videos/400136377240732/"] gives the same issue. It simply doesn’t show.

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  jnr4u2 · Member · May 20, 2019 at 7:32 am

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  Hi,

  Can you give a link to the post?

  Thanks

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  jyht · Member · May 20, 2019 at 7:34 am

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  Hi jnr4u2,

  Sure: Link: https://wordsthoughtsdreams.wordpress.com/2019/05/17/growing-up-lgbtq-in-singapore-idahot2019/

  At the very top of the post under the title, I have used a shortcode,
  [facebook url="https://www.facebook.com/InterUniLGBTNetwork/videos/400136377240732/"]
  but it isn’t showing up.

  In tests when I used a Facebook Embed block, and include a caption, the caption shows but not the video.

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  jnr4u2 · Member · May 20, 2019 at 7:45 am

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  Hello,

  I’m seeing this link https://www.facebook.com/InterUniLGBTNetwork/videos/400136377240732/?v=400136377240732 when i visited your site.

  Kindly check again

  Thanks

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  jyht · Member · May 20, 2019 at 7:52 am

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  Hi jnr4u2,

  Wow, thank you! It didn’t occur to me to check in another browser. It loads fine on Chrome and Edge, but surprisingly not Firefox (which was what I was using). Turns out I had done things right after all, and it was just Firefix.

  Thank you so much for your time and effort! :)

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  jnr4u2 · Member · May 20, 2019 at 7:54 am

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  Glad you could fix it :)