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
It doesn’t look like load policies are configurable with WP’s auto-embed. But see the docs on how to use WP’s embedding: http://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds And see the Developer Resources and API at WP: http://developer.wordpress.com/docs/oembed-provider-api/ WP’s auto-embedding uses oEmbed, and the specs and API are here: http://oembed.com/
Another method can be like this, On the current post when you save look for youtube video in the content, if found save it to the transient ‘videos’ and the post_id (for the link to the post later) insted of regex im using parse_url() and parse_str() add_action( ‘save_post’, ‘save_youtube_videos’ ); function save_youtube_videos( $post_id ) { … Read more
EDIT After reviewing your edit, you may want to try following These Instructions To embed a video or another object into a post or page, place its URL into the content area. Make sure the URL is on its own line and not hyperlinked (clickable when viewing the post). It sounds like you would want … Read more
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
Attachment represents a file on your server that you may include its url in your content. All attachments are supposed to be in the media library. It is easy to see that by this definition your idea doesn’t fit the wordpress attachment model (images that are off server are not attachments). Your idea has merit … Read more
Here is a list of some popular video grid plugins you can use without custom coding. You can create a grid of YouTube thumbnails that link to those videos. Gallery by Robo – Responsive Photo Image Gallery YouTube Gallery – Best YouTube Video Gallery for WordPress YourChannel: YouTube channel on your website Good luck!
Do you have custom post type videos? if not change videos to post add_meta_box( ‘my-meta-box-id’, ‘Enter Video ID’, ‘cd_meta_box_cb’, ‘post’, ‘normal’, ‘high’ ); Your code is fine but you are not saving the video type select box you just updated the id input field. Place this code in add_action(‘save_post’, ‘cd_meta_box_save’); if( isset( $_POST[‘my_meta_box_text’] ) && … Read more
There is a filter with the same name as the function wp_embed_handler_youtube https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_embed_handler_youtube/ add_filter(‘wp_embed_handler_youtube’, ‘ehy_callback’, 10, 4); function ehy_callback($embed, $attr, $url, $rawattr){ //make necessary changes here return $embed; } You can add the code in functions.php of your child theme.
WordPress does a pretty good job of embedding videos at the correct aspect ratio. The width of the embedded video is based on the content width set in your theme’s functions.php file. Because of this it sounds as if there may be some styles applied to the iframe element in your theme changing it’s size. … Read more