How To Add Video To WordPress Post And Page

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Video content is becoming more popular every day, it helps in explaining the concept of an article more visually and for better understanding. Do you want to learn how to add or embed video to your WordPress post or page? In this tutorial, I will show you 4 easy ways to add or embed video to your WP page and post.

It is very easy to embed videos from video hosting sites like YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and so on.

These are the 4 methods to do this:

Uploading from device
Via URL
Via HTML (embedding)
By using plugins

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How to Add Videos To WordPress Post/Page Via upload Without Youtube

Go to the page or post where you want the video to be added.
Click on Add Media
Then on Upload files>>> select files
choose the video you want to upload and click open
After it has been uploaded, you can change the title, add a description and caption.
Finally, tap Insert into Post

It is as simple as that.

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How To Add Video to WP Post/Page Via Url

For example, I want to add a youtube video to my post:

Go to the Youtube Video you want to add to WP
Tap Share
Copy the URL
Go to the WP page or post where you want the video to be added.
Click on Add Media
Click on Insert from URL
Wait a while (less than a second), the Youtube video will automatically display.
Finally, click on Insert into Post

How to Put Embed iFrame Code in WordPress Without Using Plugin

This is almost the same as the above method but it’s a bit technical.

Go to the Youtube Video you want to add to WP
Tap Share
Click on embed
Copy the given embed iframe code
Go to the WP page or post where you want the video to be added.
At the top right click on Text
Paste the copied code
Lastly, click on visual to get the desired result.Simple isn’t it?

How to Add Videos To WordPress Post/Page Via Plugin

This involves using Wp plugins. There are a lot of plugins that aid in doing this. See the best Video WordPress Plugins to use.

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