Unable to embed a video in a post

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  fruitandgroovescollective · Member · Jan 28, 2018 at 12:01 pm

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  Hello.

  I recently scheduled a post for 11am GMT this morning. When I initially made the post I embedded a video from music site NPR which showed as intended in the post preview. However when I clicked on the post at 11am this morning for a final proof read the embedded video was showing as a clickable link. I have tried re-embedding the video to the post via HTML and it is still not showing correctly.

  The post I am referring to is: https://fruitandgroovescollective.wordpress.com/2018/01/28/watch-george-clinton-bring-p-funk-to-nprs-tiny-desk/

  and the video that I wished to embed is: https://www.npr.org/templates/event/embeddedVideo.php?storyId=579982124&mediaId=

  Would you be able to provide a solution or some further insight in to where the problem lies please?

  Thanks in advance,
  Sam.

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  gemmacevans · Member · Jan 28, 2018 at 3:24 pm

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  Hi Sam,

  iframes aren’t supported on WordPress.com for security reasons so it won’t be possible to add the video to the post using that method:

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  If you wish to continue using the Free plan, the video can be uploaded to another service (like Youtube) and embedded on your site. There is a list of supported services here:

  Working With Video

  Please let me know if you have any questions.