Title: youtube posts Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # youtube posts * Resolved [alexfads](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexfads/) * (@alexfads) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-posts/) * Is there a way to have the youtube video post as the excerpt, or just in general, to my designated page? Right now when I import a youtube feed, it blows up the video’s featured image so thats its extremely pixelated, but doesnt import the actual video. …? * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-rss-multi-importer/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-rss-multi-importer/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 31 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-posts/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-posts/page/3/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-posts/page/2/?output_format=md) * Plugin Author [Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amweiss98/) * (@amweiss98) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-posts/#post-4030467) * are you using the shortcode or the feed to post…what page is this happening on so I can see what’s happening? * Thread Starter [alexfads](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexfads/) * (@alexfads) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-posts/#post-4030515) * im using feed to post, i even checked “give me everything”…..heres the link * [http://www.fredastairewisconsin.com/videos/choreography-for-randy-with-music/](http://www.fredastairewisconsin.com/videos/choreography-for-randy-with-music/) * im trying to actually include the video in the post, not just a link or an oversized picture, im just not sure if this plugin is capable of doing so. ANY HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED * Plugin Author [Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amweiss98/) * (@amweiss98) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-posts/#post-4030633) * get this file and replace what is there on your server…this might give you what you want..let me know * [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3132388/import_posts.php](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3132388/import_posts.php) * Thread Starter [alexfads](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexfads/) * (@alexfads) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-posts/#post-4030636) * tHANK YOU aLLEN, But where do i upload it to?..i’m not sure what exactly I am supposed to replace this with. Am i suppsoed to copy the content from that and paste it in the import.php, video.php,…? Sorry, I am a bit of a novice. * Plugin Author [Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amweiss98/) * (@amweiss98) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-posts/#post-4030642) * ok…watch this video on how I replace the file on the server with the new file. * [http://www.screencast.com/t/nQxHfy1QHU](http://www.screencast.com/t/nQxHfy1QHU) * Thread Starter [alexfads](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexfads/) * (@alexfads) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-posts/#post-4030713) * Thanks again Allen, but i’m still not getting the video to actually show up. It only shows a stretched out picture thumbnail. The thumbnail links to the youtube video, but the video doesn’t actually imbed on my page.Is there something I am missing? I cleared out my cache to see if that might affect it, but its still the same…IF I need to give you login details I will if it means this feature will be possible. Let me better explain what I’m trying to do to see if that helps give you a better Idea of what I need to do next…: I have multiple youtube accounts surrounding a dance company, so i want to pull the videos from those accounts and create posts with them, but still leave the source link to the actual youtube page….Right now i get this when i preview the page, * (stretched out picture attached to the youtube url, not the actual video itself) Video Title video description From: source Views: 53 0 ratings Time: 03:43 More in Entertainment Via: fads videos * Is it impossible with this plugin to pull the actual video? Because even when I pull rss feeds from websites other than youtube, the articles that have video in them don’t actually post the video, even when i check the “give me everything option… * Once again, Thank you so much for all your help Allen, and any future help is greatly appreciated.your a damn whiz!!! * Plugin Author [Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amweiss98/) * (@amweiss98) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-posts/#post-4030716) * what is the url of the feed that has the video’s in it…I’ll try this on my server and see if I run into the same problem. * Thread Starter [alexfads](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexfads/) * (@alexfads) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-posts/#post-4030722) * [http://www.youtube.com/fredastairewisconsin](http://www.youtube.com/fredastairewisconsin) * Plugin Author [Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amweiss98/) * (@amweiss98) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-posts/#post-4030724) * ok…here it is, working, on my site * [http://www.wprssimporter.com/](http://www.wprssimporter.com/) * using this feed * [http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/base/users/fredastairewisconsin/uploads?orderby=updated&v=2&client=ytapi-youtube-rss-redirect&alt=rss](http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/base/users/fredastairewisconsin/uploads?orderby=updated&v=2&client=ytapi-youtube-rss-redirect&alt=rss) * here is how I set it up [http://www.screencast.com/t/S25VJXM8DqZE](http://www.screencast.com/t/S25VJXM8DqZE) * Thread Starter [alexfads](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexfads/) * (@alexfads) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-posts/#post-4030736) * yeah, I followed everything you said, and I get this,[](http://www.fredastairewisconsin.com/videos/dance-a-thon-2012-mixed-novice-mp4/) * the image size was fixed, although it rests on the grey line and looks awkward, while your video thumbnail rests above the grey line…It definitely looks like there should be a video displayed where there isn’t one…do you think my theme or another plugin would interfere with it?…It’s just hard for me to believe that a plugin is interfering because ive tried another plugin that displays the youtube video fine, I just like the meta data that your plugin displays better…Thanks again Allen, I don’t mean to bother you, I really like the plugin, I just can’t seem to figure out why the video isn’t showing…If you have any other insight, I am all ears at this point. Thanks again * Plugin Author [Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amweiss98/) * (@amweiss98) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-posts/#post-4030754) * here’s the thing…what I do is first go into the post that was created by the plugin (all the plugin does is take the data from the feed and put it into a typical blog post). If there is no iframe tag then the problem lies with wordpress settings and/or the server you are on – which may be set to disallow iframe tags– which the video must have to show). * You said another plugin brings in these videos just fine…which plugin is it? * Also, as far as grey lines, etc, this comes from YouTubes feed. * Plugin Author [Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amweiss98/) * (@amweiss98) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-posts/#post-4030761) * for example, here is what a typical post using your feed looks like when I look at the edit * [http://www.screencast.com/t/8XqiRokQ2BT](http://www.screencast.com/t/8XqiRokQ2BT) * as you can see, there is an iframe tag there…which is what is needed. Now, if this looks ok when you look at your posts, then the problem is that your theme is overriding the html in the post and that is what may be messing up the video. * Thread Starter [alexfads](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexfads/) * (@alexfads) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-posts/#post-4030788) * could ultimate tinymce have anything to deal with it? I looked around and it seems people are either saying that wordpress automatically strips iframes, or that i need to add something to my functions file to stop wordpress from stripping the iframes….I also have used wprobot and the videos post just fine, although i don’t know if they use an iframe or not… * Plugin Author [Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amweiss98/) * (@amweiss98) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-posts/#post-4030790) * did you first look to see if there is an iframe in the post as I showed in the video? If the iframe isn’t there, that will start to explain what might be happening… I doubt tinymce does anything and I haven’t seen wprobot * Plugin Author [Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amweiss98/) * (@amweiss98) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-posts/#post-4030791) * also, you can try adding this to your theme functions.php file * $allowedposttags[“iframe”] = array( “src” => array(), “height” => array(), “ width” => array() ); * and see if this helps (assuming the iframe isn’t current showing up) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 31 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-posts/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-posts/page/3/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-posts/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘youtube posts’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/wp-rss-multi-importer_a9b8a0.svg) * [WP RSS Multi Importer](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-rss-multi-importer/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-rss-multi-importer/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-rss-multi-importer/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-rss-multi-importer/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-rss-multi-importer/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-rss-multi-importer/reviews/) ## Tags * [excerpt](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/excerpt/) * [featured image](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/featured-image/) * [Youtube](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/youtube/) * 31 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amweiss98/) * Last activity: [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/youtube-posts/page/3/#post-4030936) * Status: resolved