Why so many limitations

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  duncanandnancie · Member · Jun 30, 2009 at 10:57 am

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  I just started using WordPress and it is great!

  However, I find it very limiting that you need to purchase a CSS upgrade. And how you can’t embed YouTube videos without doing a few extra steps.

  I know it’s free, and I think it’s very neat! But unfortunately, I think I may be looking for another blog..

  Can I suggest maybe make it easier for people to customize the appearance (fonts/sizes) and embed videos (i.e YouTube) easier?

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  duncanandnancie · Member · Jun 30, 2009 at 11:02 am

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  [EDIT] I found the easier way to embed YouTube videos (was previously disabling visual editor as per instructions I found in an outdated YouTube vid)

  Then I guess the fonts is not a big issue…I might be able to stick with WordPress now :)

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Jun 30, 2009 at 1:14 pm

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  duncanandnancie

  Here is an explanation about why we are “limited” to only approved code:
  “WordPress.com is a type of shared environment, where all users are running off of the same software…”

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jun 30, 2009 at 2:28 pm

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  If you have not found this in the support pages, wordpress.COM provides quite a number of “shortcodes” to use with various video sharing services: http://support.wordpress.com/?s=video .

  Also, the vodpod button will allow you to post virtually any video out there. See http://support.wordpress.com/videos/vodpod/ and http://vodpod.com/wordpress/ .