Embed YouTube and Other Videos Without Plugins
Really its as simple as hitting the button with the film strip icon in the “Visual” editor (not the “HTML” one), selecting “Flash” and pasting the YouTube link.
OK, “where’s the film strip button?” you say, if you can’t see it then you need to press the following button to reveal a second row of buttons that offer more advanced editing.
Clicking this button reveals a second row of buttons
Click the filmstrip button to embed video
Copy and Paste
Copy the video’s URL (not the “embed” code”) and paste in next to “File/URL” then click the Insert button. The video should now be inserted in your post. It will appear as a pale yellow box that can be resized.
It Still Won’t Work!
Your role must be at least “Editor” to be able to embed videos! If you are an “Author” WordPress doesn’t currently allow you to embed. However there is no warning, it will seem to have embeded the video but when you try to save it will just dissappear!
Other Methods
Of course there are many other ways to do this you can:
- Paste code in to the HTML editor or
- use one of the many plugins
This tip apples to versions of WordPress versions 2.5 and above.