Instagram/Twitter embeds don’t [always] render
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Apologies as I’m sure this post shouldn’t be in this topic area, but I’m really not sure where else to go.
We’re using the classic editor on our site. When we embed URLs from twitter or Instagram, sometimes, but not all the time, the links don’t render.
For example the link below stays exactly like that on the post rather than bringing up the embedded link. On the same post you can see that other social embeds work.
https://twitter.com/CanberraUnited/status/1303866133263519744I have no idea what’s going on. I’m not a dev but I tried looking at error consoles and the like, but no success.
In preview the link often looks fine as well.
It happens often enough that it’s a major issue for us and any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi @chicasfootball,
I’ve had this happen on my sites and have seen it happen on many other sites using both the Classic Editor and Gutenberg. Sometimes the WordPress embed feature does not work properly like you described.
To get around this issue, I recommend copy/pasting the embed codes offered by Twitter and Instagram into the “Text” section of the Classic Editor like these instructions explain: https://colibriwp.com/blog/wordpress-html-editor/#section1.
For Twitter, click on the arrow to the top right of the tweet, such as found on https://twitter.com/CanberraUnited/status/1303866133263519744:
Click on Embed Tweet:
Click on Copy Code:
Paste the embed code into the Text section of the Classic Editor. Save the post, the tweet should display on your site correctly.
For Instagram, go to https://www.instagram.com/p/CEc0JltJ897/:
Click on the three-dotted menu:
Click on Embed:
Click on Copy Embed Code:
Paste the embed code into the Text section of your Classic Editor. Save the post and the Instagram post should display correctly on your site.
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