Widget for videos not working

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  lilbitscc · Member · Nov 23, 2019 at 11:50 pm

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  On both the link listed and this one:
  https://maddyshouseofgeek.wordpress.com/

  The video embed widget is not working. I am choosing the option which SHOULD allow me to post a link from YouTube in it, but it keeps giving me an error. Can this be fixed, please?
  Thank you!

  I picture of the problem I am facing can be found here.

  Dear @wordpressdotcom,
  Could you please fix this? If you removed this feature, can you please remove the widget? I am trying to put a YT video on my blog's video widget, but, as you can see, it's not working. pic.twitter.com/lZHdJPp3Hx

  — Anissa Maddy Walker (@MaddysHoG) November 23, 2019

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  kokkieh · Staff · Nov 24, 2019 at 8:03 am

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  Hi there,

  URL embeds are not currently working in the video widget. Please past the URL in a text widget instead, and it should embed normally.

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  lilbitscc · Member · Nov 24, 2019 at 2:46 pm

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  IS there further coding I need to do? I followed your instructions and the video doesn’t fit.
  https://maddyshouseofgeek.wordpress.com/

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  lilbitscc · Member · Nov 24, 2019 at 2:52 pm

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  I found it.
  When do you think you will have the widget fixed?

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  kokkieh · Staff · Nov 24, 2019 at 4:59 pm

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  Where exactly did you add the video? I don’t see any text widgets with a Youtube link added to your sidebar.

  All you need to do is take the Youtube link and paste it on its own line inside a text widget.

  I’m not able to give an estimate for when this bug might be fixed.