How to add a YouTube video to your post

You can show a YouTube video right inside a blog post or page on your website. You don't need YouTube's "embed code" and you never paste any code: you copy the video's link, paste it into your editor, and save.

New to your editor? Sign in first with How to access your blog editor, and see How to write and publish a blog post for the basics.

Step 1: Copy the video's link from YouTube

Open the video on YouTube.
Click Share under the video, then click Copy.
On a phone, tap Share, then Copy link.

Any YouTube link works: a normal video, a Short, or a short youtu.be link. It can be your own video or anyone's public video.

Step 2: Open your post

Go to [your-site.com]/editor and sign in if it asks.
Open the post or page you want the video in, or click New to start a new one.
Scroll down to the Body box and click where you want the video to go.

Step 3: Add the video

In the small toolbar at the top of the Body box, click Insert, then YouTube video.

The Body box toolbar with the Insert menu open, showing the YouTube video option — Click **Insert** in the Body toolbar, then **YouTube video**.

A YouTube video box appears. Paste your link into YouTube link.
Optional: in What the video is about, type a few words, like "Kitchen cleanup before and after". This helps Google and visitors who use screen readers.

The YouTube video box in the Body with a link pasted in, and a picture of the video showing in the preview on the right — Paste the link. A picture of the video appears in the preview on the right, so you know the link worked.

Step 4: Save

Click Save in the top-right corner. Your post updates on your website in about 1 to 2 minutes.

A blog post on a website showing the video as a large picture with a red play button — On your website the video shows as a picture with a play button. It starts playing when a visitor clicks it.

The video fits any screen, including phones, and it doesn't slow your page down: YouTube's player only loads when someone clicks play.

Changing or removing a video

To change it: open the post, paste a different link into YouTube link, and save.
To remove it: click the × in the top-right corner of the YouTube video box, and save.
To move it: remove it, click where you want it instead, and add it again.

Please don't upload video files. Videos from a phone are far too large for your website, so they won't upload. Put the video on YouTube first, then add it with the steps above.

Need a hand?

"No picture shows in the preview."
Check that you copied the link from YouTube's Share button. Links from other video sites won't work.

"I already pasted YouTube's embed code into a post."
That still shows correctly on your website. Next time, Insert then YouTube video is easier to change later.

Still stuck? Call or text us at 888-757-4737 and we'll walk you through it.