Title: Question about video posts
Last modified: February 11, 2020

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# Question about video posts

 *  Resolved [makeitworkplease](https://wordpress.org/support/users/makeitworkplease/)
 * (@makeitworkplease)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-video-posts/)
 * free version
 * I have a text area using the rich text option in a form. If I link to a remotely
   hosted video, like you tube, which is literally the most basic, universal method
   of sharing video, and paste that code into the editor, nothing appears whatsoever.
   It’s a completely blank post.
 * Instead there is a field to upload video. I don’t want to host video – are you
   out of your mind? Do you have any idea how rapidly that would eat up resources
   and kill a site? You tube, vimeo and other places already host the actual video
   and wordpress users just copy and paste a code.
 * WHY have you restricted such a universal, basic option to force people to have
   to allow users to upload videos? That makes no sense. It’s completely opposite
   of what this plugin should accomplish.
 * Is there a way at all to add the code in the form so the video is in the post
   correctly and we are not required to store or host their videos when there’s 
   a perfectly good, universally used option called YOU TUBE that does it instead?
 * Or is there a different plugin that can override wpuf and force a video code 
   to work in a post?
 * because if not, this plugin is becoming more and more useless…it’s exactly this
   sort of thing that is pretty much a guarantee I’d never actually pay money for
   a “pro” version.
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by [makeitworkplease](https://wordpress.org/support/users/makeitworkplease/).
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by [makeitworkplease](https://wordpress.org/support/users/makeitworkplease/).
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by [makeitworkplease](https://wordpress.org/support/users/makeitworkplease/).

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 *  [Mushrit Shabnam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/611shabnam/)
 * (@611shabnam)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-video-posts/#post-12424270)
 * Hello [@makeitworkplease](https://wordpress.org/support/users/makeitworkplease/),
 * Can you please check if you have set the show custom field in post content area
   from your WP-admin > WPUF > Settings > Frontend Posting. Please check the [screenshot](https://prnt.sc/r10qed).
 * When you said you link a video, do you mean pasting the video URL into the post?
   I pasted the URL of a youtube video in a text field, I can see the video link
   in the post.
 * Please check out the [screeenshot](https://prnt.sc/r10va3). Feel free to let 
   me know if I have missed anything.
 * Regards,

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