{"id":13329,"date":"2018-04-30T12:00:23","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T09:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=13329"},"modified":"2026-04-15T08:39:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T05:39:33","slug":"add-youtube-videos-to-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/add-youtube-videos-to-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Add YouTube Videos to WordPress: Video, Channels, Gallery + More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Want to learn how to add YouTube videos to WordPress? Whether you just want to start embedding other people’s videos in your own content or you’ve got a YouTube channel that you want to integrate into your WordPress site, we have three unique ways to integrate YouTube with WordPress that go beyond the standard YouTube embed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Quick steps:<\/strong> Copy the URL of a YouTube video and paste it into the WordPress YouTube embed block for the fastest one-video setup. If you want more flexibility, use the plugin\u2019s dedicated embed block\/widget for a single video. If you want to feature your latest uploads, embed your full YouTube channel. If you want to showcase a curated set of videos, create a gallery from a public playlist.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The most straightforward way to add YouTube videos to WordPress \ud83d\udccf \u27a1\ufe0f \ud83c\udf9e\ufe0f<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Simply placing a single YouTube video on your website is very simple. The first thing you need to do is go to YouTube itself and get the URL of the video that you wish to add. With the video open, click the share button below it and you’ll get a popup box that looks like this:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Once you have that URL copied to your computer’s clipboard, all you need to do is navigate to a page or post, and do the following, depending on which WordPress editor you’re using:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Embed a YouTube video using the block editor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Click the plus<\/em> sign wherever you want to add the YouTube video within the page or post. This will open up the block search. Then just start typing in “youtube” and the YouTube embed block will come up. Click on it.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Paste in the URL of the video you want to add and click embed<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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That’s it. Eezie-peezie<\/em>. You can preview the page or post to make sure it looks good on the front end and then when you’re ready, either publish<\/em> or update<\/em> your page or post.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Embed a YouTube video using the classic editor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Using the block editor to add your video to WordPress is really straightforward and simple, but using the classic editor is just as easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can do it in both visual<\/em> view and text<\/em> view but we’ll show you the text view below, which is as simple as pasting the URL of the YouTube video wherever you want it to appear within your page or post. No seriously, it’s that simple.<\/p>\n\n\n

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You can preview your changes to make sure everything looks the way you want it on the front end:<\/p>\n\n\n

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If everything looks okay, save your changes, and the video will be embedded in your content. People can watch it on your page, or click the YouTube<\/em> button to visit its original location. This works for any video – not only for videos that are featured on your channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While these two methods for the block editor and the classic editor are perfectly functional, there are three other more interesting ways to add YouTube videos to WordPress using the free Embed Plus YouTube<\/a> plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Three ways to add YouTube videos to WordPress \ud83d\udcfa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before we begin, you’ll want to install the plugin. The fastest way to do it is directly through your WordPress admin dashboard in the plugins area. Alternatively, you can click the link below, download the installation file, and then upload it to your WordPress site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udca1 If you need a refresher on how to do this, check out our easy-to-follow<\/em> beginner’s guide on how to install a WordPress plugin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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