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YouTube provides a code snippet to the left of a video that you can copy and paste into a WordPress post to embed the video.

Oops, I meant to the right. :)

In order to put the code in you need to be in the code editor view. In other words, if you look at the toolbar above your post, the far right should have a button that says 'HTML'. When you click it you can paste the code into your blog entry.

i know that but don't i need a plugin for wordpress

or does it work automatically if i insert the youtube code

No plugin required. Pretty cool, huh?

it didnt work!

nothing shows up!

i tried on my main site, it didnt show up... i thought maybe one of my plugins maybe messing with it so I tried it on a testing blog see link

http://www.image.merhawi.net/2006/11/22/second-test/

What you should paste in instead is this:
<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EmDwHPMrfOc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed>

If you embed i've never had an issue including it on any wordpress site. As JulianBH said just use the embed and you'll be seeing the video.

ok I embedded but it doesn't work either...

i don't know man, its frustrating.... i think you would need a plugin....

Trust us, you don't need a plug in. Did you copy and paste that code exactly as I gave it to you?

Are you copying this code?

If you're using this code and it still doesn't work, then you have a problem with how your WordPress blog is set up. As Devin said, make sure you paste the code in while in HTML edit mode.

In my particular WordPress install I can't post YouTube videos unless I turn off my rich-text-editor on my user profile page. If you're using that crappy rich-text-editor it will never work even if you click the little button that says, "edit HTML." Try turning off your rich text editor, Nolawi.

Go to your admin panel and click Users. Scroll down a little bit and make sure the box next to "Use the visual rich editor when writing" is not checked.

OK Ben It worked!

SO i had to turn of the rich text editor! Thanks everyone!

for my main blog I do not use the default rich text editor but another plug in with more features tinyMCE

anyways it seems it doesnt work with that as well! and I have to use it because i have several contributing members who are not web savy! anyways it would suck to deactivate the pugin everytime want to post a you tube video.... regardless thanks everyone!

Hi ,

i think you must deactivate the auto html validation feature and the tinyMCE editor , because they modify stupidly the youtube code so that it does'nt work .

Embed with a div around it, otherwise it mucks up your templates. It did for me. Also, you cannot do it with the WYSIWYG editor on :(

you could post youtube vedios easily..now..

try putting the code like this

[ youtube=http://youtube.com/w/?v=_dIya1aJJKA]

replace your youtube vedio link with the text after the (=) equal to sign..
please note it should be with in brackets [ ]
cheers!!

I went insane trying to do this on my blog, but discovered Viper's Video Quicktags for WordPress and I've had no trouble since.

(http://www.viper007bond.com/wordpress-plugins/vipers-video-quicktags)