If you’ve tried to put video on a Wordpress powered site, you’ll know it’s a little tricky to make it all work. Afterall, you’ll need to encode the video, upload it somewhere, then embed a player into your Wordpress post. Let’s take a look at a few ways you can go about putting video onto your Wordpress site.
The Video
First up let’s deal with the video itself. We’re going to assume you’ve got the video ready to go and simply need to get it online. By far the path of least resistance is to upload it to one of the many video sharing sites. Pick one and upload your video. YouTube and Viddler are two sites where you can park your video.
Getting The Embed Code
Now that you’ve uploaded your video, you’ll need to grab the embed code for the video. Select all then copy (Ctrl-C) the embed code. As examples, here’s where you’ll find the embed code for YouTube:
And for the video embed code for Viddler:
Put Your Video On Wordpress
When you paste the embed code into Wordpress, there’s one simple thing you need to do: remove the last OBJECT tag and you should be good to go.
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Danno started freelancing in 1996. He is the co-founder and (ex) President of Graphics.net, owner of FeedIcons.com, EliteFreelancing.com, FastCharacters.com and SteelAndSnow.com. He digs wind, waves, guitars and circles. Follow Danno on Twitter.
June 11th, 2009
Thanks for the tip. Wordpress just made it easier to embed video into the platform.
June 12th, 2009
I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.
June 13th, 2009
It's indeed a good site. Great information throughout.
July 20th, 2009
when i upload it they just erase the video and only the title is left!
February 21st, 2010
Thanks for the tips, that I want to know
real useful for me
February 25th, 2010
Thanks for this useful tip.
March 29th, 2010
Thanks for this post and a working workaround. I am using this on my horror movies blog http://horrormovies.usquad.com
April 18th, 2010
For most bloggers on free or shared hosting this is good advice. There are some real gotchas with hosting your own videos. Most shared hosts will let you upload a video, embed it into your page, and stream it, however if your streaming exceeds more than one or two concurrent user they'll probably shut your video down for consuming too many resources.
When it comes to embedding video into wordpress it's easier to use the "Insert / edit embedded media" button (under the kitchen sink) and simply copy and paste the youtube url from the browser bar — not the embed code.
June 9th, 2010
This is really helpful, thankyou.
July 30th, 2010
That is a way to prove out the reliability of the project in medium-long term. Let's see if it is really working..Steam showers