WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Can't embed videos from YouTube - only get the URL displayed in the page http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-embed-videos-from-youtube-only-get-the-url-displayed-in-the-page WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Can't embed videos from YouTube - only get the URL displayed in the page en Sat, 25 May 2013 01:04:57 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 sjctraining on "Can't embed videos from YouTube - only get the URL displayed in the page" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-embed-videos-from-youtube-only-get-the-url-displayed-in-the-page#post-906728 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:44:13 +0000 sjctraining 906728@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I think the point isn't that the YT shortcode works for you every time. I did try that yesterday as I mentioned in my original post and it did not work for me. Considering that many people have been reporting issues adding YT videos to their posts over the last few months, I do suspect something is going on behind the scenes that is causing the inconsistent behavior. Works for now with shortcode so that is fine.

]]> timethief on "Can't embed videos from YouTube - only get the URL displayed in the page" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-embed-videos-from-youtube-only-get-the-url-displayed-in-the-page#post-906715 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:35:31 +0000 timethief 906715@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I always use the shortcode and it always works for me. I'm glad to hear it worked for you too. :) Will you be kind enough to enter the top of this thread and mark it "resolved" please?

]]> sjctraining on "Can't embed videos from YouTube - only get the URL displayed in the page" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-embed-videos-from-youtube-only-get-the-url-displayed-in-the-page#post-906713 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:33:33 +0000 sjctraining 906713@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks for the reply, timethief. I am finding the embedding of YT videos to be inconsistent. On one blog it works if I simply add the direct YT link on a line by itself, without using the shortcode. In another blog, that method does not work, but the shortcode does. I tried the shortcode again on the site where it did not work yesterday and it is working today. Go figure.

]]> timethief on "Can't embed videos from YouTube - only get the URL displayed in the page" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-embed-videos-from-youtube-only-get-the-url-displayed-in-the-page#post-906260 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 02:16:44 +0000 timethief 906260@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ That's good to hear. Best wishes for trouble-free blogging. :)

]]> enjoyingthejourneys on "Can't embed videos from YouTube - only get the URL displayed in the page" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-embed-videos-from-youtube-only-get-the-url-displayed-in-the-page#post-906256 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 02:13:22 +0000 enjoyingthejourneys 906256@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks for your reply. It worked for me after following the link you included above. I appreciate your support. ~ Kristi

]]> timethief on "Can't embed videos from YouTube - only get the URL displayed in the page" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-embed-videos-from-youtube-only-get-the-url-displayed-in-the-page#post-906228 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 01:27:51 +0000 timethief 906228@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you post the youtube link here and I will provide the shortcode for you.

]]> enjoyingthejourneys on "Can't embed videos from YouTube - only get the URL displayed in the page" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-embed-videos-from-youtube-only-get-the-url-displayed-in-the-page#post-906225 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 01:15:25 +0000 enjoyingthejourneys 906225@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am having the same issue.

]]> timethief on "Can't embed videos from YouTube - only get the URL displayed in the page" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-embed-videos-from-youtube-only-get-the-url-displayed-in-the-page#post-906151 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 23:07:51 +0000 timethief 906151@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ There is no known issue with using the youtube shortcode. Note: you cannot use this code for "channels" it's only for individual videos. http://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/youtube/#embedding-with-a-shortcode If you post the youtube link here and I will provide the shortcode for you.

]]> sjctraining on "Can't embed videos from YouTube - only get the URL displayed in the page" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-embed-videos-from-youtube-only-get-the-url-displayed-in-the-page#post-905967 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:13:17 +0000 sjctraining 905967@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi, I can't seem to embed videos from YouTube in multiple .com blogs anymore. I have tried pasting in the direct URL for the video, the YouTube short code, the WP [youtube=URL] version and all three just give me the link to the video in the blog post (link is not clickable either). This was working fine for many years, but perhaps is an issue today or recently?

I've tried clearing cache, etc. and putting a YT url into a new post seems to be an issue. Any thoughts or any known issue with this?

Thanks!
-Brian
Blog url: http://sjctrainingli01.wordpress.com/

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