After Deactivation, Embedly Still Embedding!

Hmm, deactivating the plugin won’t remove old embeds, but should stop new URLs from embedding.

Is this still happening for you?

I can’t remember the site or configuration, but I can say with 100% certainty that it was, indeed, happening.

Generally speaking, how does Embedly work? If I disable the plugin and old embeds still show, it clearly isn’t parsing the URLs in real time. However, if I look at the post, just the URL is visible, so it isn’t adding code that lasts, either. I’m so confused!

I’m trying to diagnose a conflict with the FeedWordPress plugin, so this information would be helpful.

I also have a feature suggestion: in many cases, the embedly link is the only picture I have on a blog post. However, this picture isn’t pulled by Facebook when I share the link there. Unless there’s a way to accomplish this that I’m missing, perhaps you could consider a toggle in a future version of the plugin?

Hi jOt,

Embedly works through the oEmbed API itself, and the wordpress plugin is using wordpress’s built in methods to grab embedded content (wp_oembed_get()).

The control of when the url is getting parsed and converted to embed, as well as what displays in the post editor is built into wordpress. The plugin simply directs requests for embedded content at embedly’s api.

I believe the oEmbed api call is happening before the post gets saved in the database, so that’s why you’ll see the html of an embed even after disabling the plugin.

If a plugin that’s authoring posts doesn’t hook into wordpress’s wp_oembed_get() api then links won’t show up as embedded, as far as I know.

In regards to the feature suggestion, I’m happy to pass it along to the relevant team members, thanks for the feedback!

Best,
Chris @ Embedly

Hi jOt,

We’re going to mark this ticket as resolved, if you have any further questions please feel free to reach out again!

-Chris

Exactly. I still haven’t figured it out. I wish Embedly was as simple to use as Disqus:

1) I could set up one Embedly account and use it for multiple websites.
2) When activated, it simply turned single-line text URLs into beautiful embeds.
3) When deactivated, embeds reverted to single-line text URLs.

The current implementation is bizarre and difficult, and they’re clearly geared toward developers, which I am not. I’m not sure what your business model is, Embedly, but please note that I’ve been watching people search – for years and years – for a *SIMPLE* plugin that simply gives them functionality similar to Facebook link styling. Period. Dot. Please be that solution. ??

Hello,

The Embedly plugin uses WordPress’ built in embed system. The best way of thinking about this system is that it works exactly as if you had copied and pasted an embed code from a website into your post. If you want to remove this embed, you’d have to manually delete the embed code from the post.

Since Embedly has no control over your saved posts, we are unable to make changes to previous embeds for you.

Best,

Chris @ Embedly

That makes some sense, but I’m guessing that the embed system is still invisible? In other words, if I put in a text URL, Embedly converts it into the embed code SOMEWHERE, but not in the post, where it remains a text URL. In other words, there’s no way to turn off the embed after deactivating the plugin, short of deleting the URL from the post entirely.

Honestly, I’m not so frustrated with inability to turn previous embeds off as much as I am 1) the lack of information as to why I can’t or how the whole system works, 2) the inability to apply embeds to already-published posts, and 3) the general lack of user-friendliness to non-developer WordPress users who want Facebook-esque embed functionality in a plugin solution that is as turn-key as Disqus.

Not telling you how to run or monetize your business, of course; just explaining what I’m looking for as a willing-to-pay-for-the-right-solution consumer. ??