Embed a You Tube Video into a Post

To embed a video into a post as you want, please do as following:

  • Navigate to the YouTube video that you want to put into your blog post.
  • Click on the “share” option beneath the video.
  • Click the “embed”.
  • Copy the embedded code.
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Copy Embedded Code
  • Go to Posts >> Add New/ Edit, navigate to “Text” mode and paste the embedded code that you copied before.
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Paste embedded code into text frame
  • In the Format pane on the right hand side, select the Video.
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Select Post Format As Video

Here is how it should look like in front-end:

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Front-end of Video Post Type
Note: You need to set featured image for the video post type before publishing.

Gallery Post

The following instruction will lead you through the steps needed to achieve the Gallery Post as you prefer.

First you need to add the title and content for the post. Then create the gallery for the post. Finally, always remember to select Post Format as “Gallery”.

Now here comes step 1: add the title and content for the post. Just go to Dashboard >> Posts >> Add New, a post editor screen will be shown up. Now, it’s time for filling in the site title , adding content as you want. Of course, on the right side, you can select select Categories and Tags that you want to display on the post.

Enter title, content and select categories, tags for the post

Next, you need to creat an image gallery. On the toolbar of the content editor area of the post, clik on the “Add Media” button. This action will bring you to a popup window. Here, you select “Upload Files” tab, then hit “Select Files” and browser to the image folder, select the images that you would like to use. After uploading successfully into the Media, make sure that you DON’T click “Insert into post” button at bottom right corner, just click “Close” to close the popup.

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Upload Image Gallery

For the last step, fine the panel titled Format on the right side, select Post Format as “Gallery” .

Select Post Format As Gallery
Select Post Format As Gallery

Now, you come to the front­end. And here is the result: Your Gallery Post was created.

Gallery Post
Gallery Post