Comments on: How to embed a video in your WordPress.com-hosted blog

By: Romy C

Romy C — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:26:42 +0000

Thanks for dropping by, Robert. Like other plugins, video embed plugins are encoded to access the files of other websites via APIs. Plugin developers need to obtain an API from video-sharing hosts like vimeo, YouTube, Google Video, MySpaceTV, etc. in order for their plugins to work. An API is like an authorization or a license. Also, if those APIs are withdrawn or if the structure of the files in the video-sharing hosts has been changed and the plugins have not been upgraded to reflect the change, then the plugins will stop functioning. (Hope this makes sense. I am not a technical person, and just relying on my observations and experience as a web publisher.)

By: Robert James

Robert James — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:55:10 +0000

I am using a plugin called viper’s video quicktags which allows vimeo and many other video formats. I have not been able to embed one that is not on one of those services yet, however (like on abc news).

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How to embed a Vimeo video » Working and WordPress-ing — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:30:41 +0000

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By: Romy C

Romy C — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:35:54 +0000

Thanks for the referral, and also for the vimeo tip which I tested and used in my post, How to embed a Vimeo video.

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How to embed a Vimeo video « Working and WordPress-ing — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:30:22 +0000

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By: ileaneb

ileaneb — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:52:45 +0000

Thanks T3CK. You’re the best!

By: T3CK

T3CK — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:48:46 +0000

@ileaneb

Here is the WP.com FAQ about embedding Vimeo videos. http://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/vimeo/

By: T3CK

T3CK — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:47:40 +0000

I get alot of people coming to the forums asking how to embed youtube videos So I have bookmarked this article and will be referring them to your article.

By: Romy C

Romy C — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:37:24 +0000

Thanks for the feedback, Ileane. Will have a look at Vimeo and will let you know if I am lucky.

By: ileaneb

ileaneb — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:22:32 +0000

Romy C.,
I agree, it is pretty easy to add video to WordPress.com blogs, especially if they are on YouTube. However, I could not find a way to add videos from Vimeo and some other video services. I tried using the same format but it didn’t work for me.

Thanks for the extra tip about resizing the video, that is one that I will certainly share with the Diigo group users.

It is great to share resources with other WordPress.com users.