How to Use Embeds in WordPress

One of the things I love most about WordPress is that it’s easy to use. WordPress has made embeds easy too.

Embeds allow you to add a URL to a post and then watch as WordPress magically pulls in content for you. This works for YouTube videos, Twitter messages, Instagram photos, Slideshare presentations and many other types of content.

Here’s a short video tutorial on using embeds in WordPress, plus some pro tips.

Pro Tips

• Here’s a list of sites you can embed from.
• If you know just a little bit about coding, you can add additional providers.
• There’s even a plan to make WordPress itself an embed provider. If you want to try that now, the oEmbed API allows others to embed your posts in their WordPress site