Title: “Insert Into Post” button grayed out.
Last modified: June 1, 2021

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# “Insert Into Post” button grayed out.

 *  [svetovid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/svetovid/)
 * (@svetovid)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-into-post-button-grayed-out/)
 * I know this is an old topic but we are having a problem when creating a new post
   or portfolio in either Classic Editor or WP Bakery Builder and attempting to 
   add a video using the latest version of your plugin Videopack via the “Embed 
   Video From URL” option. The “Insert into post” button stays grayed out. The media
   files we are linking to are located within our Media Library so this should not
   be an issue. In fact deploying the “Insert From URL” WP option works fine. If
   I could send a screenshot via this forum I would…but.
    Your earlier version using
   shortcodes worked just fine. Any chance we can downgrade?

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 *  Plugin Author [Kyle Gilman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kylegilman/)
 * (@kylegilman)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-into-post-button-grayed-out/#post-14508878)
 * You can always download old versions [here](https://wordpress.org/plugins/video-embed-thumbnail-generator/advanced/)
   if you think that will help, although not that much has changed in the shortcode
   insert workflow. Is there a reason you’re using the Embed Video From URL tab,
   which is only designed for embedding videos outside of the Media Library? You
   should be able to insert the shortcode into the Classic Editor using the normal“
   Add Media” tab then click “Insert into post” from there.
 *  Thread Starter [svetovid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/svetovid/)
 * (@svetovid)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-into-post-button-grayed-out/#post-14513880)
 * Well I’d use a shortcode but no links to one appear anywhere in the WP dashboard[
   latest version running on macOS 15.4] that I can find. And the Videopack settings
   don’t appear to have links to any shortcode either. So we tried to use the “Embed
   Video From URL” option of the Add Media db. I must be missing something – like
   the earlier version which, if memory serves, did.
 *  Thread Starter [svetovid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/svetovid/)
 * (@svetovid)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-into-post-button-grayed-out/#post-14513910)
 * Okay…I think I’ve finally “fingered” it out. Set up media parameters in Settings;
   Create a new post/portfolio; Choose an already uploaded video from the Media 
   Library; paste in media specific URLs in the appropriate fields on the media 
   dashboard; adjust parameters specific to this video file; paste it into the post/
   portfolio, and voila!
 * Thanks for holding my hand while I get my brain to work. Must be COVID related.

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 * Last activity: [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-into-post-button-grayed-out/#post-14513910)
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