Inserting a Youtube Video into a post – Size Issue:

• 

  stimulisolutions · Member · Dec 13, 2016 at 10:40 pm

  • Copy link
  • Add topic to favorites

  Hi,

  I am currently trying to insert a Youtube video into my post, but when I try to do this am unable to resize the video and a blue box appears which seems to encompass the whole width of the page but the video itself barely covers half the width of the page. Any advice is appreciated. Thank you!

• 

  timethief · Member · Dec 13, 2016 at 10:45 pm

  • Copy link

  What is the URL of the site you refer to?
  Post it now because without you providing it this thread will remain dead in the water.

• 

  stimulisolutions · Member · Dec 13, 2016 at 10:53 pm

  • Copy link

  Hi timethief and thank you for your response. Please excuse my ignorance as I am only a beginner here :)

  The link to the Youtube video in question is here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CLn9SDTyHw

  Thanks again!

• 

  timethief · Member · Dec 13, 2016 at 10:55 pm

  • Copy link

  I don’t need the YouTube link.
  I need the site link starting with http:// of the exact site you want to embed the YouTube on.

• 

  stimulisolutions · Member · Dec 13, 2016 at 10:59 pm

  • Copy link

  The site that I am trying to add the video into is http://truth4free.com/

  I am clicking on “Add Media” and then “Insert from URL” and then it lods it but it loads it too small and doesn’t seem to give me any resizing options. The video takes up half the screen but if I click on the video to edit it I can see that it’s blue box takes up the whole page but the video itself only fills up not even half the box size for some reason.

• 

  timethief · Member · Dec 13, 2016 at 11:16 pm

  • Copy link

  truth4free.com is a wordpress.ORG software install on paid hosting, hosted by Bluehost. not by wordpress.COM.

  That site is not on our servers and we cannot help you.

  This is wordpress.com support. We provide support only for wordpress.COM hosted sites. Our support docs do not apply to
  (1) local installs of wordpress.ORG software on your own server or
  (2) wordpress.ORG software installs on paid hosting, and we do not provide support for them at wordpress.COM.

  Also, note that we do not provide Jetpack support https://jetpack.com/support/ for sites linked to wordpress.COM accounts with the Jetpack plugin so they display on the My Sites wordpress.com account page.

  Some Jetpack solutions are here http://jetpack.com/support/

  Others are in the Jetpack support forum at WordPress.org
  http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jetpack

  However, if help cannot be found at either one then they can file a Jetpack support ticket here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/?jetpack=needs-service

  WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different username accounts, logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support documentation and separate support forums. Read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  As you are referring to a site that is not hosted here, if you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG account, then click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right-hand corner of the page that opens, https://wordpress.org/support/register.php so you can post to the support forums there.
  Resetting your WordPress.ORG password http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password
  WordPress.org support docs are at https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
  See also https://apps.wordpress.org/support/