How to Embed a YouTube Video Into a WordPress Blog: 8 Steps

How to Embed a YouTube Video Into a WordPress Blog: 8 Steps

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video is definitely worth more than that. This quick tutorial will teach you how to spice up your blog by embedding videos.

Embedding the Video

1. Navigate to the YouTube video that you want to place within your blog post.

2. Click on the "share" option beneath the video.

3. Click the "embed" option.

4. Check the options below as you may also want to unclick where it says "Show suggested videos when the video finishes."

5. Copy the highlighted text when you're done.

6. Navigate into your WordPress blog post that you are editing. Make sure you are using the "text " editor and not the visual editor.

7. Paste the embed code you've copied at YouTube where you want the video to appear.

8. Save your draft and then preview to make sure it looks as you want.

Tips

• To make this process easier, especially for multiple videos, you can download one of the many video embed plugins for WordPress.
• You can center the video using the <center></center> tags.