The Easy Way to Insert YouTube Video into WordPress
Follow these Simple Steps:
Log in to your Wordpress blog
Click on Posts and either Add New or Edit depending on where you want to embed the YouTube video
Click on the Kitchen Sink button as shown in the picture below
On the toolbar below click on Insert/ edit embedded media
In the popup window that appears paste the URL address of the YouTube video into the File/URL box
Leave Type as the default Flash
WordPress will automatically add the Dimensions if you click on the Preview box or when you hit the Insert button
Click Insert and you are done!
Tags: Website Design, Websites, WordPress, YouTube
April 3rd, 2009 at 11:35 pm
The instructions seem very simple to follow. will put it to the test as soon as possible. Am finding my computer is running very slow at present. Feels like a struggle to get anything done
April 6th, 2009 at 10:13 am
These are great instructions for embedding a YouTube video into your blog. I really love your site as it concentrates on the important stuff for web designers.
Thanks and keep up the great work.
April 7th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Thanks Money4Jam. Let me know if there are any topics you would like more information on and I will try to write posts to answer your questions.
April 7th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Good luck Janina. Let me know if you have any problems
April 8th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Too easy. Thanks, will use these instructions to embed my next YouTube video.