How to link to YouTube (not embed)

  • mmuryn

    (@mmuryn)


    6 years ago

    Hi, I just updated to latest WordPress version and it seems like it auto-try to embed the links into an iframe, so it convert this code:

    
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8qS1TL0gtU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Regarding my Bitcoin's involvement, here is my Youtube contribution</a>

    To this code:

    
<a href="<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/j8qS1TL0gtU?wmode=transparent" width="620" height="348" ></iframe>” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Regarding my Bitcoin’s involvement, here is my Youtube contribution</a>

    See it tries to change the youtube link to an iframe… but I do not want this behavior, I only want to link to the video, not embed it.

    How do I achieve this?

    I tried to search for this, but do not find anything by Googling it… I only find info about the auto embed feature…

    P.S., I tried to download plugin Disable Embeds (https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/disable-embeds/), but it does not seem to have any effect on this behavior unfortunately…

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  • ronathesheep

    (@ronathesheep)

    Hello there,

    I have a few questions that I hope will give me more context to help you better.

    So, it sounds like you’ve just updated to WordPress 5.1, am I correct?

    What are you using to create your new post or page? Are you using a mobile app or the admin area in your browser?

    Also, which editor are you using: the Classic editor or the new Gutenberg editor?

    R.

    Thread Starter mmuryn

    (@mmuryn)

    Just updated to WordPress 5.1.

    Was using a block of a specialized theme (Total Business). My client however doesn’t want that link anymore (so no more a problem).

    And I tried out of curiosity by putting it through the normal content box and it seems to work fine, so maybe something to do with the theme, sorry…

    ronathesheep

    (@ronathesheep)

    No worries – I’m glad it resolved itself, more or less!
    I couldn’t reproduce it when I first tried, so perhaps it is theme related.

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