Display a YouTube video directly on a page so visitors can watch without leaving your chapter site.
Steps
- Open the page for editing (Pages → All Pages → Edit).
- Go to the YouTube video you want to embed and copy its URL.
- On YouTube, click Share under the video, then copy the link.
- Both full URLs (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXXX) and short URLs (https://youtu.be/XXXXXXX) work.
- Back in WordPress, click the + (Add Block) button where you want the video to appear.
- Search for and select the YouTube block (or the general Embed block).
- Paste the YouTube URL into the field and click Embed.
- The video preview will appear in the editor. Use the toolbar to adjust alignment if needed.
- Click Update to save.
Notes
- The video plays directly on your page — visitors do not get redirected to YouTube.
- You cannot embed videos that the uploader has disabled embedding on. In that case, you’ll see an error after pasting the URL.
- For videos hosted elsewhere (Vimeo, etc.), use the general Embed block and paste that platform’s URL instead.