No need to use regex. WordPress has a handy function to strip shortcodes from a string. Use strip_shortcodes( $content ). So in your case, $content = “”; $your_clean _url = strip_shortcodes( $content ); echo $your_clean_url; // should output https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9QbYZh1YXY EDIT Here’s a function (tested) that will remove your “unwanted” shortcode, and any other one. function … Read more
WordPress will automatically embed youtube if you just paste in the URL of the video. The shortcode is a relic from older times, you shouldn’t need it anymore. If you want to use the embed code from YouTube you need to go into text editing mode in order to be able to paste the code. … Read more
Iframe Youtube video doesn’t work
Use the following code into your functions.php file. function change_title_yt( $post_id ) { $current_title = $_POST[‘post_title’]; $doc = new DOMDocument(); $doc->preserveWhiteSpace = FALSE; $doc->loadHTMLFile($current_title); $title_div = $doc->getElementById(‘eow-title’); $title = $title_div->nodeValue; $my_args = array( ‘ID’ => $post_id, ‘post_title’ => $title ); if ( ! wp_is_post_revision( $post_id ) ){ // unhook this function so it doesn’t loop … Read more
I installed fresh WordPress, Twenty Fifteen theme on it, and embedded YouTube code. I didn’t got any problem like this, I guess it must be some kind of JS issue you have or any-other problem. FYI: I used Gutenberg editor too
Advanced Custom Fields oEmbed video width and height
Try embedding an iFrame. Go to the youtube video you’re trying to post. Click right > Copy embed code. Paste it in the HTML editor on wordpress. It should work without a plug in.
How to modify the HTML output of Gutenberg block? (Youtube)
The WordPress (Gutenberg) block editor requests data from an oembed proxy endpoint, and that endpoint retrieves data using the Transients API. It seems that clearing all oembed caches doesn’t also clear oembed transient caches. The following database query to clear your oembed caches from the postmeta table is NOT sufficient: global $wpdb; $meta_key_1 = “|_oembed|_%%”; … Read more
I had recently similar issue with Divi and embedding videos. At the end I realized its because oEmbed issues in WordPress sites running on host with both IPv4 and IPv6 sites. Either you can add this code to your functions.php to fix this: add_action( ‘http_api_curl’, function( $curl_handle ) { curl_setopt( $curl_handle, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4 ); }); … Read more