Keep getting “try again” when trying to embed Facebook video

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  leschats13 · Member · Feb 2, 2023 at 6:31 am

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  I’ve copied the URL in FB, opened an Embed/Facbook block (also tried just the Embed block), copied the URL into the block, clicked ‘Embed’, and get ‘try again’ every time

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · Feb 2, 2023 at 4:50 pm

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  Hi there!

  You’re correct that the Embed Block is what you should use for the Facebook embed. Could you share the Facebook URL you’re trying to add so we can better advise and try to replicate the problem?

  Thanks!

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  leschats13 · Member · Feb 3, 2023 at 4:45 am

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  Thank you for your quick response! The URL is https://www.facebook.com/tascraftfair/videos/661072155718042

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  aisajib · Member · Feb 3, 2023 at 6:06 am

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  Hi there!

  Some embeds can’t be previewed in the editor. Despite the error message, can you check if the video is actually embedded when you preview the post/page?

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  leschats13 · Member · Feb 3, 2023 at 7:33 am

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  Well, this is embarrassing. I didn’t want to save the page as it’s published and would be a mess if it didn’t work. Look at the preview without saving, of course it didn’t show. So I tried it on a draft test page, saved and previewed…worked perfectly! Thank you!!

  However, it’s really big. I would preferably like it to be one side of a media & text block but seems I can’t embed in this. Any ideas?

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  staartmees · Member · Feb 3, 2023 at 8:00 am

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  You can realise the same using the Columns Block: one column with text and the other column with the video

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  leschats13 · Member · Feb 3, 2023 at 8:11 am

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  Fantastic! Thank you so much to all three replies…so helpful to a newbie!