To quickly embed a YouTube or Vimeo video, simply copy the video’s URL from your web browser’s address bar while viewing the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaN356Vpg-A Paste it on a line by itself in your post/page Visual editor (make sure that it is not a link!). You can view and play the video directly from the editor.  

Embedding with a Shortcode

To customize the video’s size and settings, use a shortcode. You can do this by copying the video URL, then create a shortcode using the format below. Be sure to replace the URL listed here with the URL of your video, and the code is on a line by itself. NB: The shortcode will not give you a preview of the video in your editor, you will need to Preview or Publish your post first. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaN356Vpg-A] [vimeo http://vimeo.com/44633289] or [vimeo 44633289]

Embedding a YouTube Playlist

You can also embed a YouTube playlist instead of a single video. Simply copy the playlist’s URL from your web browser’s address bar while viewing the playlist. Be sure to copy the full URL, including &list=… at the end. That copies the entire playlist instead of a single video. Then, paste it on a line by itself in the post/page Visual editor or create a shortcode using the format below. Be sure to replace the URL listed here with the URL of your video, and the code is on a line by itself. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcz4vrC7uM8&list=PL0F4EAE74C95BF2A5] The playlist will look something like this and can be viewed and played directly from the editor.

You can specify the width and height of the embedded video by adding &w=... or&w=...&h=...to the shortcode. It will automatically adapt to your theme’s content length and give you preferred dimensions. You can disable related videos by appending &rel=0. For example, this shortcode: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaNH56Vpg-A&w=640&h=385] [vimeo 44633289 w=640&h=385] produces this video, which is wider than the default embed without width & height option settings.

More Examples:

• To embed the video with default width and height adapted to your theme: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaNH56Vpg-A]
• To specify the width and height explicitly: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaNH56Vpg-A&w=320&h=240]
• To specify the width only: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaNH56Vpg-A&w=320]
• To hide the related videos from appearing after the video is done: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaNH56Vpg-A&rel=0]
• To start at a certain point in the video, convert the time of that point from minutes and seconds to all seconds, then add that number as shown (using an example start point of 1 minute 15 seconds): [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaNH56Vpg-A&start=75]
• To specify a start and end time for a video, do the same as the above but add the end time as shown: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaNH56Vpg-A&start=75&end=85]
• To hide the top information bar: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaNH56Vpg-A&showinfo=0]
• To change the look of the player: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaNH56Vpg-A&theme=light]