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Jeremy Frimond
Jeremy Frimond
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Posted by Jeremy Frimond
Jeremy Frimond
14,470 Points

How to embed youtube video into a custom post type

I am trying to create a custom post type where each post will be a video from you tube.

I know on a standard post I enter the link into the content area and the video appears in the desired location on the site. When I create a custom post type with a content area and paste the youtube link all that shows up on the front end is the website link.

What code is needed to make a youtube video appear in a custom post type?

cheers

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eck
eck
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eck
eck
43,038 Points

Does the content field you are using accept html? If it does, you could embed the video as an iframe:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/gZa4yre0uEk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

You could use this html above, and just replace "gZa4yre0uEk" with the id of the video you want (you can find the id in the url of the youtube video)

I hope the helps!