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Jan 06, 2016 - Jeff Sarris

Can I add video or audio (like podcasts) to a post?

You sure can! Embedding audio or video is very simple with any WordPress theme, including tru and (in)SPYR.

How to embed a video in a WordPress post or page

In most cases you’ll want to host your video on a platform such as YouTube or Vimeo. Embedding these videos are a breeze. Simply copy the URL of the video and paste it onto it’s own line.

For example, paste the following URL on it’s own line.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnMPueU5Dig

And this is how the video will display.

Visit the WordPress Embeds document for a list of all platforms that can be embedded with simply the URL.

Alternatively you may want to upload a video directly to your site, but we recommend that you never host your own videos.

How to embed audio or a podcast in a WordPress post or page

Embedding audio is as simple as embedding video. Simply find, for example, your SoundCloud URL and paste it onto it’s own line.

https://soundcloud.com/jeffsarris/sarris-show-00

And this is how the player will display.

https://soundcloud.com/jeffsarris/sarris-show-00

As with video embeds you can visit the WordPress Embeds document for a list of all platforms that require simply a URL.

I personally prefer the SoundCloud Mini Player.

Enter the following shortcode.

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/232984562" params="visual=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /]

To produce this player.

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/232984562″ params=”visual=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]

The important part of the shortcode is params=”visual=false”. If you find that you can’t get the mini player to display this parameter is probably missing.

Details on embedding that player can be found here.

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