Why can’t I add Embed Videos?

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  theaboveone · Member · Dec 6, 2010 at 2:57 pm

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  Why can’t I add Embed Videos? I can only add YouTube & Vimeo.

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  airodyssey · Member · Dec 6, 2010 at 3:34 pm

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  The HTML tag <embed> is not allowed on WordPress.com for security reasons, but there are workarounds for this.

  Other than YouTube and Vimeo, you can insert videos from other websites through shortcodes:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/ (under “Related” on the right)

  If the website is not listed in the link above, try converting the Embed into a Gigya shortcode:

  The gigya shortcode 1 – inserting videos

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  timethief · Member · Dec 6, 2010 at 6:51 pm

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  You can post just about any video to your WordPress.com blog using VodPod’s “Post to WordPress” button. The “Post to WordPress” button will work on just about any site that offers Flash video with an embed code. http://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/vodpod/