WordPress 5.3.x YouTube oEmbed is not working

So apparently the issue also happens in WordPress 5.6 (the latest release as of writing), and YouTube is probably at fault because the (oEmbed) <link> tags are in the body instead of the head (see screenshot below), and that in turn causes the issue because WP_oEmbed::discover() looks for the <link> tags in the head only. … Read more

Adding a wrapper to the youtube embed automatically?

Personally, I found the oembed_dataparse filter pretty fiddly to use; sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t; and when used in conjunction with custom TinyMCE instances, it seems as though the added wrapper was hard-baked into the content rather than added via the filter at output. I found the embed_oembed_html filter much more reliable and works … Read more

Removing WordPress Icon from oembed link footer

Here’s the code to remove the site icon markup from embeds: add_filter(‘get_site_icon_url’,’__return_false’, 10, 3); If you want to remove the entire site-icon + site-title then use this: add_filter(’embed_site_title_html’,’__return_false’); The right thing to do though would be to upload your own site-icon in the WordPress customizer and show-off your branding. Min image size it needs is … Read more

Any way to use a custom Parameter for vimeo embed without using an iframe?

You should add a filter on oembed provider to allow customs parameters: add_filter( ‘oembed_fetch_url’, ‘my_oembed_fetch_url’, 10, 3 ); function my_oembed_fetch_url( $provider, $url, $args ) { // You can find the list of defaults providers in WP_oEmbed::__construct() if ( strpos( $provider, ‘vimeo.com’ ) !== false) { // Check the full list of args here: https://developer.vimeo.com/apis/oembed if … Read more