Can't embed maps or videos

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  pepefernandezfernandez · Member · Oct 30, 2013 at 10:28 am

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  Hello!!!. I used to insert easily vimeo videos, You tube videos, google maps… but, now, since the last update on wordpress.com, I’t impossible to embed any of them.
  Am i doing something wrong? or just is something wrong with the theme i’m using (the blogum theme).

  My blog is: declickenclik.com

  Thanks in advance!!!

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  kraftbj · Staff · Oct 30, 2013 at 7:52 pm

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  Hi Pepe,

  How are you trying to embed the videos? Generally, you can copy and paste the video’s URL into your post (and ensure it is not linked) and it will work automatically. Alternatively, you can use the shortcodes as well: http://en.support.wordpress.com/shortcodes/

  Can you send me a link to a post that failed to embed as you’d expected?

  Thanks!

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  pepefernandezfernandez · Member · Oct 30, 2013 at 8:07 pm

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  Hi!!

  I’m trying to do it as usual; so for example, if i want to embed a Youtube video, i copy the code satrtoing in <iframe> (..) </iframe> and paste it in the HTML editing mode in the post. When I update it, the code has not being transformed into de shortcode.

  It happens the same with Vimeo or with maps.

  Yesterday a spent mor than an hour and a half trying to insert this map:

  <iframe width="540" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="https://www.google.es/maps?t=m&ie=UTF8&ll=42.239654,-8.721428&spn=0.00556,0.011587&z=16&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="https://www.google.es/maps?t=m&ie=UTF8&ll=42.239654,-8.721428&spn=0.00556,0.011587&z=16&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">Ver mapa más grande</a></small>

  in this page in my blog: http://declickenclick.com/algo-sobre-mi/le-club-gastronomique/gran-hotel-nagari-restaurante-vigo-5-octubre-de-2013/

  and I was unable to make it work.

  Any way I’ll try to use the shortcodes and I’ll tell you what happens.

  Thanks in advance!!!

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  kraftbj · Staff · Oct 30, 2013 at 9:57 pm

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  Can you try the Google Maps embed with google.com (instead of Google.es), so <iframe ... src="https://www.google.com/maps?...

  In my testing, that worked for me. If you can confirm that works for you, I’ll ask our developers to look into improving how we determine which code is safe to convert into a map.

  Thanks!

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  pepefernandezfernandez · Member · Oct 30, 2013 at 10:18 pm

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  Just did it and surprinsingly, it worked!!!!.
  Well, thats very well as a temporary solution, but I’m afraid that this is an issue that should be solved.

  Some previous posts and pages did’nt have this problem.

  You can check this link: http://declickenclick.com/algo-sobre-mi/le-club-gastronomique/the-yeatman-hotel-vila-nova-de-gaia-20-06-2012/

  Or this one: http://declickenclick.com/algo-sobre-mi/le-club-gastronomique/maruja-limon-vigo-17-11-2012/

  In both of them the URL is from the .es google map.

  Thanks!!!

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  kraftbj · Staff · Oct 30, 2013 at 10:35 pm

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  Oh yes, I didn’t mean to imply this as a permanent solution. I’d wanted to make sure you could still embed your maps while we investigate/resolve the core issue.

  Thanks!

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  pepefernandezfernandez · Member · Oct 30, 2013 at 10:45 pm

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  Thank you!.