How to embed youtube video in post?
You can't
You can put a picture and put URL of the video.
What if I tell all of you that there is another way or work around? you won't need to upload image to any proxy
Ok follow me...
1. Get the Youtube video link e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc2en3nHxA4 (Remember this id Gc2en3nHxA4)
2. There are 4 a default thumbnail images to each video the, URL to these images will be like
Code:
https://img.youtube.com/vi//0.jpg
https://img.youtube.com/vi//1.jpg
https://img.youtube.com/vi//2.jpg
https://img.youtube.com/vi//3.jpg
https://img.youtube.com/vi//1.jpg
https://img.youtube.com/vi//2.jpg
https://img.youtube.com/vi//3.jpg
3. Now to add or embed youtube video, add img tag and replace Youtube Video id
Code:
[img]https://img.youtube.com/vi/Gc2en3nHxA4/0.jpg[/img]
4. Now add URL tag and point URL to actual youtube video
Code:
[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc2en3nHxA4][img]https://img.youtube.com/vi/Gc2en3nHxA4/0.jpg[/img][/url]
5. Final result, Youtube video, click to play
