How do I embed videos?

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  iheartpolrbears · Member · Oct 8, 2012 at 2:56 pm

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  How do I embed a video from YouTube on a blog post?

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  absurdoldbird · Member · Oct 8, 2012 at 3:03 pm

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

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  dunkdad · Member · Oct 8, 2012 at 3:03 pm

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  This is very easy. First copy the link for the YouTube video.

  Next, Just go in any post and paste the link and voila! WordPress does the rest.

  Example: http://www.youtube.com(video link) – then you would paste that into your post.

  REMEMBER: Don’t hyperlink the video, just paste and publish.

  If you want more customization however, you can use a shortcode.

  Here is how you do that:

  1. You copy the link of the video:
  2. [youtube=Youtube video link goes here]
  3. You paste the youtube link where I’ve written Youtube Link Goes Here”
  4. Your video should play when you publish your post!

  Example: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaNH56Vpg-A]

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  absurdoldbird · Member · Oct 8, 2012 at 3:37 pm

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  @dunkdad. I appreciate you want to help, but I just have.