How do I enable youtube autoplay on a wordpress blog?

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  nx05 · Member · Mar 29, 2015 at 11:34 am

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  I read in the support page that I can edit a number of features of a youtube video before uploading my post. However, I seem to be unable to identify how to enable the autoplay command.
  I have tried embedding the “autoplay=1” command in the video URL, but that doesn’t work.

  Can you please advise?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  thatrobyn · Member · Mar 29, 2015 at 11:52 pm

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  Hey there!

  We don’t allow the autoplay of YouTube videos on WordPress.com sites. This tends to lower the visitors’ experience when browsing websites…also, autoplay isn’t accessibility-friendly, so it isn’t a possible setting for your video embed.

  I hope this helps! If you have any other concerns, drop me a note. Thanks much!

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  nx05 · Member · Apr 2, 2015 at 4:40 pm

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  Ok, even though I disagree with your company policy I guess I have no other option than comply with them.

  The last question I have is:
  if I were to upgrade my membership to premium, would I be able to upload a video and set this to autoplay?

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  thatrobyn · Member · Apr 2, 2015 at 5:06 pm

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  Hey there!

  A Premium will not allow for autoplay of video either.

  If this is very important to you, you may consider switching your hosting from WordPress.com to a self-hosted WordPress.org site. If you’re not aware of the differences between the two types of WordPress hosting, this may help:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/.

  Please let us know if you have any other questions. Thanks much!