{"id":2041,"date":"2021-09-21T07:23:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T07:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/?p=2041"},"modified":"2021-09-21T07:28:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T07:28:49","slug":"2041","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/2041\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Embed a Youtube Video in a WordPress Post?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nowadays users are a lot of interested in watching a brief video instead of reading a long web blog post. As video offers detailed information concerning the topic, that is simple to understand. Also, adding a video in your web blog post helps in up user engagement. however once it involves embedding a video in WordPress several users notice it difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Thus here we are sharing a step by step guide to embed video in a WordPress web blog post.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1: Log into WordPress with login details<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2050\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/video-wp-1-300x297.png\" alt=\"video-wp-1\" width=\"460\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/video-wp-1-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/video-wp-1.png 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2: Go to your posts section from left side menu bar and add a post or you can edit one<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2045\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/video-wp-2-300x46.png\" alt=\"video-wp-2\" width=\"742\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/video-wp-2-300x46.png 300w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/video-wp-2.png 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3: You will get text editor on which click on the text version of Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2046\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/video-wp-3-300x131.png\" alt=\"video-wp-3\" width=\"864\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/video-wp-3-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/video-wp-3-768x334.png 768w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/video-wp-3.png 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4: In the text editor write an [ embed ] code and paste the URL of Youtube video you want to embed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2047\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/video-wp-4-300x90.png\" alt=\"video-wp-4\" width=\"863\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/video-wp-4-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/video-wp-4-768x230.png 768w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/video-wp-4.png 863w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 863px) 100vw, 863px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5: After that, you can check the preview in Visual version of Editor.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2048\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/video-wp-5-300x131.png\" alt=\"video-wp-5\" width=\"849\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/video-wp-5-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/video-wp-5-768x337.png 768w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/video-wp-5.png 849w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 6: Once the video size and preview is proper, you can make it Live.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2049\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/video-wp-6.png\" alt=\"video-wp-6\" width=\"297\" height=\"278\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thus in this way your video is ready for streaming.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nowadays users are a lot of interested in watching a brief video instead of reading a long web blog post. 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