Embedding youtube video (unlinking) and still not working

occupiedwithchrist · Member · Oct 17, 2011 at 3:01 pm
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I’m trying to embed a youtube video into a post, when I preview the post it’s only showing the link, not the video itself. I’ve tried unlinking it and it doesn’t work. PLEASE HELP! Thanks!!

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airodyssey · Member · Oct 17, 2011 at 11:25 pm
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Hi. Have you tried using the [youtube…] shortcode instead?
http://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/youtube/

If it doesn’t work, please show us exactly what code/URL you are trying to add.
occupiedwithchrist · Member · Oct 25, 2011 at 1:14 am
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Hey, my bad….seriously! I didn’t get an e-mail response and out of sight, out of mind until I tried to do it again today.

That was exactly what I’ve been doing.

This link will take you to my most recent post and the link I added, but wouldn’t show up as video…….

http://inspireincourageinhim.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/a-spiritual-illustration-from-gene-simmons/

And this link was the first one I had trouble with….

http://inspireincourageinhim.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/the-runner/
timethief · Member · Oct 25, 2011 at 1:25 am
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xwzItqYmII]
timethief · Member · Oct 25, 2011 at 1:26 am
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz05WW8abX0]
occupiedwithchrist · Member · Oct 25, 2011 at 1:36 am
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what is the response for?
timethief · Member · Oct 25, 2011 at 1:42 am
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This link will take you to my most recent post and the link I added, but wouldn’t show up as video…….
http://inspireincourageinhim.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/a-spiritual-illustration-from-gene-simmons/
I Can Only Imagine (with lyrics) – MercyMe

This is the youtube shortcode for the video:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xwzItqYmII]

And this link was the first one I had trouble with….

http://inspireincourageinhim.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/the-runner/
Derek Redmond Weak leg, Strong Father

This is the youtube shortcode for the video:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz05WW8abX0]
grubbyseismic · Member · Oct 25, 2011 at 1:47 am
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I think they’re intended to be your example code. Paste each into the Visual version of the editor (make sure the word “Visual” has a blue background when you’re editing the Post, at the top-right corner of the box you type into).

Sorry if I seem to be using laymen’s terms: just making sure you get it!
timethief · Member · Oct 25, 2011 at 1:51 am
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~~airodyssey
posted the link to the instructions above:

Hi. Have you tried using the [youtube…] shortcode instead?
http://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/youtube/
occupiedwithchrist · Member · Oct 25, 2011 at 2:19 am
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I’ve done this. It shows up as the link itself. It doesn’t transpose, or embed to the video. I don’t want the link to be shown as a link in my post, I want it to look like the video. I’m using laymen’s terms because I’m a layman :)
theyellowcottage · Member · Nov 3, 2011 at 9:33 pm
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I’ve been having YouTube embed issues too. It’s odd because I embedded a YouTube video just a few weeks ago with no problem, using the Insert Video button. So today I chose the “Insert a Video” button, selected “from a url”, pasted in the youtube shortcode given by the “share” button, and then clicked Insert into Post. Nothing happened. No text, no nothing, just a blinking cursor right where I left it.

I tried the url for that video, and it displayed the text of the url in my post. I looked up an html code for embedding a youtube video, stuck my link into the code, and that just gave me a hyperlink. I was in the HTML mode when I did it.

Why would I be able to do it so easily just a few weeks ago with the WordPress tools, and now nothing is working?
airodyssey · Member · Nov 4, 2011 at 12:04 am
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@graceandgiggles and @theyellowcottage: What is the exact YouTube URL you tried?

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