How to Add Video To Your Wordpress Blog

A lot of people who use WordPress have asked me how to make their post standout from the rest. They want to know how they can make their post unique in a way that they can still deliver the thought of their post without posting it as merely a series of text? They want to know how to add a video in a WordPress post?

The answer to these questions is Yes and Yes. You can make your post unique by adding videos and you can certainly add videos to your WordPress post.

Here’s how:

1. On your WordPress account, Click Edit on the Post where you want the video to be added.

Step 11 How to Add Video in a Wordpress Post

2. Go to any video sharing sites. (let’s use Youtube for this example) On the Search Bar, Type the Video you wanted to insert on your post.

Tip: Try and look for a video that does not contain links to other people’s website.

3. When you have selected a Video, Click on the Share button as shown below.

4. Click on the embed button to show the code that can be used to embed the video. You can also choose the size of the video display.

5. Go back to your WordPress Post. Make sure you are on the HTML tab before pasting the code.

6. Click on Update to save the changes. Click View Post to see the changes in your Post.

7. The video is now embedded on your Post.

Adding a Video to a WordPress post is not as difficult as everyone thinks it is. All you need is to familiarize yourself with how WordPress works and where to find certain functions.

To find out more, watch this video on how to do it the right way.