How to embed video in WordPress post and pages

Videos are great to attract, engage and retain users on a website. Contents with videos ranked higher by Google and pages with Youtube videos gain more visibility and social shares, increasing the traffic for your WordPress site. This article shows you two different ways to embed videos to a page, post on WordPress.Table of Contents

• oEmbed method to embed YouTube video on WordPress page or blog post 
• Iframe method to embed a YouTube video on WordPress page or blog post 

oEmbed method to embed YouTube video on WordPress page or blog post 

To embed video on a WordPress page or blog post, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your WordPress site with an administrator or author account.
2. On the Dashboard in the left sidebar, click Post, and then click Add New:
3. Search for the YouTube to find the video to embed.
4. Copy the video’s URL from the URL bar. 

Iframe method to embed a YouTube video on WordPress page or blog post 

To embed video on a WordPress page or blog post using iframe method, follow these steps:

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