Vimeo/YouTube Videos Not Embedding

louithefish · Member · Sep 19, 2011 at 9:12 pm
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I’m trying to embed Vimeo and YouTube videos into a blog post and I’m following all of the instructions to make this work (simply copying and pasting the URL). I do this regularly and it ALWAYS works. I’ve looked at past posts and they’re done exactly the same way but I can’t get this one to work for some reason. Any ideas?

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airodyssey · Member · Sep 19, 2011 at 10:08 pm
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Hi. What are the exact addresses you are copying and pasting on your post?

Are you using the visual editor or the HTML editor?
timethief · Member · Sep 19, 2011 at 10:09 pm
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I use the shortcode. Have you tried using it?
vimeo > http://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/vimeo/#embedding-with-a-shortcode
youtube > http://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/youtube/#embedding-with-a-shortcode
louithefish · Member · Sep 19, 2011 at 10:19 pm
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Thanks for your responses. I’m using the visual editor. Here are the links:

http://vimeo.com/29091629

The short codes have never worked for me unfortunately.
airodyssey · Member · Sep 19, 2011 at 10:24 pm
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The shortcodes “never” worked for you? They always have for me :-) Please try these.
```
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/29044678]
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/29091629]
[youtube url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aai-rhC3UMk]
```
raincoaster · Member · Sep 19, 2011 at 10:25 pm
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Try them anyway. They are the one method that never seems to fail, as long as you remember to click the Unlink icon to render the URL link inactive. You must do that or it won’t work at all.

Is http://theamericanclassic.org/ your blog? IT’s giving my computer fits trying to open it; have you considered reducing the number of posts on the front page? Staff recommends 5 to maximize readership. You simply have too much stuff there, so maybe reducing the number of posts will help with your video problem.
airodyssey · Member · Sep 19, 2011 at 10:25 pm
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For some reason, the closing bracket does not show in the Vimeo codes above. Please remember to close them with a closing bracket like this one… ]
timethief · Member · Sep 19, 2011 at 10:29 pm
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I have these running on my test blog using the shortcodes.

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/29044678%5D
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/29091629%5D
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aai-rhC3UMk%5D
timethief · Member · Sep 19, 2011 at 10:30 pm
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@airodyssey
I just noticed that too. The final ] bracket is missing here. But all 3 videos are up and running on my test blog – no problem.
louithefish · Member · Sep 19, 2011 at 11:29 pm
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Dear everyone, thanks very much for your help! Clearly I was doing short codes incorrectly although the fact that embedding without using short codes in the past has worked and currently doesn’t is slightly concerning.

@raincoaster I’ve reduced the number of posts down to 5 on the page, thanks for the suggestion. I don’t think this had anything to do with the video problem but it’s good to get feedback when people have issues loading the site.
timethief · Member · Sep 19, 2011 at 11:47 pm
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You’re welcome from me. :)

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