YouTube videos will not show up on MyBlog

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  lishacauthen · Member · Mar 21, 2011 at 7:01 pm

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  What the heck is going on?

  I love WordPress with a passion that knows no bounds, but I have a post that I can’t post because the video posting hinky-do isn’t working. I am doing the usual thing of inserting the url from YouTube. The magic isn’t happening.

  What gives, Mighty WordPress?

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

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  timethief · Member · Mar 21, 2011 at 7:44 pm

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  We require a link to the blog in question starting with http://
  We also require a link to the blog post in question as well.

  What do you mean by “the usual thing”? Are you following these instructions for the youtube shortcode or not?
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/youtube/

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  lishacauthen · Member · Mar 21, 2011 at 9:26 pm

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  Yes, timethief, it’s the url from youtube. For instance:

  http://www.youtube.com/user/mermensing#p/u/7/loSX-ZFmnNo

  copy-pasted like I’ve always done.

  I feel like I’m in the Twilight Zone. I realize I’m barely computer-literate, but I thought I knew the WordPress process. Has something changed that I’m not aware of?

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  dlager · Member · Mar 21, 2011 at 9:34 pm

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  The URL you are giving is of a profile page, not the video page.

  [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loSX-ZFmnNo]

  is the shortcode.

  please post your blog URL for further assistance if needed.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 21, 2011 at 9:34 pm

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  Please use the shortcode.
  [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/user/mermensing#p/u/7/loSX-ZFmnNo]

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  dlager · Member · Mar 21, 2011 at 9:35 pm

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  sorry! posted at the same time!

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  timethief · Member · Mar 21, 2011 at 9:36 pm

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  no problem :)

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  lishacauthen · Member · Mar 21, 2011 at 11:07 pm

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  Stink! Thanks for pointing out my mistake! I don’t know how long it would have taken me to figure that out!

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  timethief · Member · Mar 21, 2011 at 11:09 pm

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  You’re welcome and happy blogging. :)

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  g9md · Member · Apr 3, 2011 at 4:51 pm

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  Thanks but same thing is happening to me. I must be pasting profile page, not video page but don’t know how to find video page code. Where is it? Thanks to everyone.

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  g9md · Member · Apr 3, 2011 at 5:17 pm

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  http://www.youtube.com/user/G9MD#p/a/u/2/StVfOYTsqBY

  This is the url that appears in youtube when the video is playing

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  airodyssey · Member · Apr 3, 2011 at 5:28 pm

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  @g9md: When the video you want is playing, click on “View comments, related videos and more”. That should get you out of the YouTube channel and into the YouTube video itself. From there, you should be able to get the exact URL. It should look like youtube.com/watch?v=abc123…

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  g9md · Member · Apr 3, 2011 at 6:52 pm

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  worked like a charm. Thanks.

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  airodyssey · Member · Apr 3, 2011 at 6:56 pm

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  You’re welcome :-)