How to Embed Video in your Blog Posts

Something somewhere somehow got a kink in it when WordPress updated again and all of a sudden, all of the plugins and tricks we were using to embed videos STOPPED working. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

But wait! There is a way to fix that! The problem comes in two places:

1. When you paste the URL for your video into your blog post editor and make sure it is not a hyperlink, “<p style=……” code is inserted around the URL. This stops WordPress from auto-embedding the video when you publish your post.
2. YouTube has checked a box to share your video as part of a playlist. That URL, copied from the SHARE tab under your video doesn't get embedded like a direct URL to your video would be embedded.

In this video, I share with you HOW to combat this. And I used these techniques in fact to embed this video, too!

I hope you enjoyed today's post! Do you think you might try this recipe?

Author: Jennifer Priest

It started with jewelry, beading, sewing, home decor, painting, basket weaving, pottery, and cross-stitch. Marry that to an entrepreneurial spirit & at 9 years old a girl is selling her wares at craft fairs as far as her parents and grandparents would drive her. These days, Jennifer enjoys crafts of all genres from sewing to scrapbooking to jewelry with a little dabbling in the mixed media world. Her style is approachable and she wants everyone who sees her work to feel that they too can embrace creativity and make their home and life beautiful.