Embedding Vimeo Video

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  joannadunis · Member · Feb 19, 2016 at 5:43 pm

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  Hello –
  I am trying to embed a video from vimeo on a page. WordPress is not automatically turning the URL into a Vimeo embed: there is no preview in the visual editor and the page simply contains a hyperlink to the URL, which is not what I am looking for. The URL is not hyperlinked and is on its own line. Any suggestions?

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  mgalbritton · Member · Feb 19, 2016 at 8:26 pm

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  Hi there!

  Make sure the Vimeo link is not hyperlinked. If you can see the URL in your visual editor and it is shown in your theme’s link color, then it is hyperlinked. Simply select the whole URL and click the “Unlink” icon on your Visual Editor toolbar. Once the URL is unlinked, you will be able to see a playable preview of the video.

  Here are the support docs for Vimeo: https://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/vimeo/

  I hope this helps! Have a great day.

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  joannadunis · Member · Feb 20, 2016 at 4:31 pm

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  Hello and thank you for your message : as mentioned in my initial post, I have followed the guidelines, the URL is NOT hyperlinked and is DOES stand on its own line. Any other ideas?
  Thank you<

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  timethief · Member · Feb 21, 2016 at 12:49 am

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  What is the exact URL of the vimeo video please?

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  mgalbritton · Member · Feb 21, 2016 at 2:53 am

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  Thanks for following up @Timethief. Just checked my email to find the update on this thread.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 22, 2016 at 10:58 pm

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  @mgalbritton
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  timethief · Member · Feb 22, 2016 at 11:21 pm

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