My youtube video won't embed

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  treehustler · Member · Jan 25, 2014 at 2:59 pm

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  I copied my youtube video’s URL and pasted it into my post but it appears as a hyperlink.

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  a1jesin · Member · Jan 25, 2014 at 4:24 pm

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  The YouTube link must be on a newline of its own.

  http://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds

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  treehustler · Member · Jan 25, 2014 at 5:06 pm

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  It is on it’s own line. It looks like this:

  Steve “Tree Hustler” Leroux

  *Definition of grafting: To unite (a shoot or bud) with a growing plant by insertion or by placing in close contact.
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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 25, 2014 at 5:16 pm

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  Don’t do that. Use the shortcode. In this case that would be

  [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvLT-OAAPPs]

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  treehustler · Member · Jan 25, 2014 at 6:08 pm

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  That works! Thank you so much!

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  a1jesin · Member · Jan 25, 2014 at 6:12 pm

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  You can also use just http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvLT-OAAPPs without any shortcode. It didn’t work previously as you used YouTube’s shortlink youtu.be