Set up 2nd blog page & embed youtube vids?

easy one 1st
2) try this plugin
https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/vipers-video-quicktags/

1)
create a category for the posts you want on their own page – assign those posts to that category

to display one category of posts on a page – assume the page slug of the page is ‘second-blog’ (change to actual)
edit /wp-content/themes/{themename}/page.php template in a text editor – not a word processor (make a copy of the page as it is before you change anything)

find the start of the WordPress loop
( looks something like this- sometimes on one line)

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

add this code before those lines – change the category ID of 12 to the category ID you want displayed on this page.

<?php
if (is_page('second-blog')) {
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
query_posts("cat=12&amp;paged=$paged");
} ?>

You also need to exclude that category from appearing on your regular posts page.

Before the WordPress loop in theme file index.php add this line of code

<?php if (is_front_page()) {
  query_posts("cat=-12");
} ?>

If there already is a query_posts statement on your index.php page, instead of adding those lines, add this &cat=-12 within the parentheses instead of adding another query_posts line – example query_posts("showposts=5&cat=-12");

I am looking to do this as well. What do you mean by “page slug”? Do you mean the title of the additional page?

Thanks. I managed to get the video to work by unchecking the

Personal Options

Use the visual rich editor when writing

box.

Unfortunately, I can’t edit the php codes as the site was set up another person’s computer – the guy who set the site up, who isn’t interested in helping.

Thanks though.