embedding youtube

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  carlos111 · Member · Jan 4, 2012 at 5:19 am

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  I am Carlos (machimon.wordpress.com). I’m trying to embed a youtube video. I see there are two ways:
  1. video embedder (1.7.1). I downloaded it, created folder in C:/wp-content/plugins/video-embedder but can’t find WordPress Plugin page to activate it.
  2. I also see “Press This” and have copied the highlighted code into the URL field of the shortcut bar. I go to the url where the video is and click on the new shortcut to capture the video element but just get javascript code when I paste to my blog.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 4, 2012 at 5:29 am

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  1 does not work for WordPress.COM blogs. It only works fro WordPress.ORG blogs.

  2 Same.

  Here are the instructions for putting a YouTube into a WP.com blog. Note that WP.COM has security restrictions which mean some code is stripped out here. Consult the Support documents if you have trouble; often, there is a shortcode.

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/youtube/