How to Easily Embed Videos in WordPress Blog Posts

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How to Easily Embed Videos in WordPress Blog Posts

If you want to add a video to your WordPress blog post, you don’t need to worry about complicated code or converting video files. You can easily embed videos from popular video sites like YouTube, Vimeo, and others.

In this article, we’ll show you how to easily embed videos in WordPress blog posts.

Websites like YouTube, Vimeo, and Wistia make it easy to embed videos in WordPress. All you need is the URL of the video you want to embed.

To get started, open the WordPress post editor and switch to the Text mode. Then, paste the URL of the video you want to embed on its own line.

Make sure that the URL is on its own line and not linked to another website.

Once you add the URL, WordPress will automatically embed the video in your post. You can preview the post to see how it will look on your website.

If you’re embedding a video from YouTube, you can also use the oEmbed feature to embed the video. First, you need to get the URL of the video you want to embed.

To get the URL, go to the YouTube video page and click on the Share button. Then, click on the Copy link option.

Next, open the WordPress post editor and paste the URL into the post. WordPress will automatically fetch the video and embed it in your post.

If you want more control over how the video appears in your post, you can use the WP video shortcode.

To use the WP video shortcode, first, you need to get the URL of the video you want to embed. Then, add the following shortcode to your post:

[wp-video src=”URL”]

Replace URL with the video URL.

You can also add the following parameters to the shortcode to customize the video player.

height – The height of the video player in pixels.

width – The width of the video player in pixels.

align – The alignment of the video player. Possible values are “left”, “center”, and “right”.

class – An additional CSS class to add to the video player.

id – An additional CSS ID to add to the video player.

Here’s an example of how you would use the WP video shortcode to embed a video:

[wp-video src=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ” height=”360″ width=”640″ align=”center”]

You can also use a plugin to embed videos in WordPress. We recommend using the Video Embed & Thumbnail Generator plugin.

The plugin allows you to embed videos from popular video sites like YouTube, Vimeo, and others. It also gives you the option to upload your own video files.

Once you install and activate the plugin, you can embed a video in WordPress by going to the post editor and clicking on the Add Video button.

Then, select the video you want to embed and click on the Insert into post button.

The video will be added to your post and you can preview it to see how it will look on your website.

If you want more control over how the video appears in your post, you can click on the Edit button. This will open a popup where you can add a title, description, and other options.

You can also choose to autoplay the video, loop the video, and more.

Once you’re done, click on the Insert into