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January 02, 2009 03:51 PM

How do I add youtube videos to a fresh Wordpress 2.7 install. Whats the difference between 2.7 n wordpress.com

Just installed Wordpress 2.7 on a server but there seems to be some differences, like when adding videos via youtube, the "Add Video" screen doesn't have as much options on the fresh install. what does wordpress.com use.
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pvera pvera
 
 January 02, 2009 04:37 PM
The movie URL tool in Wordpress 2.7 seems to be broken, at least as far as Firefox cares. I was able to do it this way:

1. Copy the embed code from the youtube page for your video, I used one of mine at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxkZsrHKCNg


2. Paste it into the HTML view of a new Wordpress post.

3. Done.

Here's the end result: http://veraperez.com/?p=4132

That's Wordpress 2.7 without any plugins related to posting content, so if I can do it, so can you.


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twelliott twelliott
 
January 02, 2009 09:42 PM
I use a plug-in called Viper's Video Quicktags which added this functionality to Wordpress a couple years ago. Since I updated to WP 2.7, I've continued to use this plug-in to embed video into posts. It adds a button for all the major video sharing services in the visual editor to easily add videos without dealing with any HTML code.
Source(s):
http://www.viper007bond.com/wordpress-plugins/vipers-video-quicktags/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/vipers-video-quicktags/


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yoast yoast
 
January 02, 2009 11:08 PM
There's quite a few WordPress plugins to help you with that: http://cli.gs/4zPPbd (Resultpage from a Google custom search engine for the WordPress plugin repository, access it through this link: http://yoast.com/out/wpsearch/)

The best probably are Smart Youtube, found here:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/smart-youtube/

or the above mentioned Viper's Video Quicktags.

I prefer Smart Youtube myself, because it supports playback of high quality videos, works on iPhone, produces xHTML valid code (unlike YouTUbe embed code) and allows you to view videos in fullscreen.
Source(s):
http://cli.gs/4zPPbd
http://yoast.com/out/wpsearch/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/smart-youtube/


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