screencast not working

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  annabellerincon · Member · May 24, 2022 at 2:06 pm

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  good afternoon,
  I have successfully created my screen recording using screencast. But I cannot embedded it into my blog in wordpress using the embedded plugin nor the screencast plugin.
  The video is public. What I am missing ?
  https://screencast-o-matic.com/u/xbZY/
  Thank you for your support
  Annabelle

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · May 24, 2022 at 6:50 pm

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  Hi,

  Just so I’m clear, are you trying to embed it into http://rativiz.wordpress.com/ or into another WordPress website?

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  annabellerincon · Member · May 24, 2022 at 8:19 pm

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  Yes into my blog rativiz

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · May 24, 2022 at 9:39 pm

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  Hi there, to use plugins here, you’ll need a paid Pro plan: https://wordpress.com/support/plugins/

  And it looks like their embed code uses iframes, which would also require a paid Pro plan: https://wordpress.com/support/code/#flash-and-other-embeds

  Under both the Free and Pro plans, you can use the Embed block instead https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/embed-block/ though it only supports the services listed here: https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/embed-block/#supported-services

  Please let us know if you have any more questions!

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  annabellerincon · Member · May 25, 2022 at 2:44 pm

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  Thank you for your answer. Why is the screencast not working? Is it a free plugin and should work with an url from screencast?

  Annabelle

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · May 25, 2022 at 5:43 pm

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  The WordPress software does have thousands of free plugins on its plugins page, however, to use any plugins here at WordPress.com (free or paid), you must have a Pro plan.

  WordPress.com is a managed hosting provider of the WordPress software and we limit what you can do on a free site like yours – the primary one being that you cannot install plugins. Therefore you would not be able to embed your screencast video (since it is not one of our supported formats in the Embed Block) unless you upgrade to Pro.

  Let us know if anything is unclear.

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  annabellerincon · Member · May 25, 2022 at 5:52 pm

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  Sorry I express myself badly, “screencast” is not a plugin but a block. And it is for free. I am well aware that if I want to use certain block as the video block, I need to upgrade. But the screencast block is free and should work with an URL, according to the documentation

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  themagicrobot · Member · May 25, 2022 at 6:06 pm

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  I see the option of a screencast block on my site but don’t see screencast in this list which is supposed to show all that are currently available?
  https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · May 25, 2022 at 6:19 pm

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  @annabellerincon – thanks for clarifying!

  The Screencast Block is to allow you to embed videos created using Screencast. The video you created was from a site named “Screencast-O-Matic,” which would not be compatible with that block. To use the embed from that site – which uses iframe to embed the video – you would need to upgrade to Pro, allowing you to use that type of embed code.

  Hope that helps.

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · May 25, 2022 at 6:19 pm

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  @themagicrobot

  I see the option of a screencast block on my site but don’t see screencast in this list which is supposed to show all that are currently available?
  https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/

  Thanks for letting us know! We’ll get that doc updated.