How to Embed a YouTube Shorts video on a WordPress Website Without Plugin

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How to Embed a YouTube Shorts video on a WordPress Website Without Plugin

How to Embed a YouTube Shorts video on a WordPress Website Without Plugin

Have Your YouTube Shorts Video Embedded on WordPress

Normally, pasting a YouTube Shorts video link on WordPress does not work.

However, there is a hack that can make the video appear.

Here is how to embed a YouTube shorts video on WordPress:

  • Go to the YouTube shorts video, click share and copy the link
  • Paste the link on WordPress. Could be through a video widget, e.g https://youtube.com/shorts/NjKcGe4KFcs?si=I2ecUN_FnaGUfhWS
  • Finally, remove the phrase “shorts” from the link and replace it with the phrase “embed“
  • So the link goes from https://youtube.com/shorts/NjKcGe4KFcs?si=I2ecUN_FnaGUfhWS to https://youtube.com/embed/NjKcGe4KFcs?si=I2ecUN_FnaGUfhWS

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Ian Kuria is a digital marketing professional with a diploma in digital marketing from the Digital Marketing Institute in Ireland. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Informatics from Strathmore University in Kenya. He is a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Website Design Specialist and focuses on helping businesses have more than just a website by having a high-performing website.

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Ian Kuria - SEO Specialist

Ian Kuria is a digital marketing professional with a diploma in digital marketing from the Digital Marketing Institute in Ireland. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Informatics from Strathmore University in Kenya. He is a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Website Design Specialist and focuses on helping businesses have more than just a website by having a high-performing website.

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