While I personally prefer to work in the non-Rich Text Editor mode all the time, there are easier methods than you describe for those who want to keep working in the Rich Text Editor mode.

The process of adding a YouTube video to your WordPress.com blog is actually much easier. Adding Video and Podcasting Bling to Your WordPress.com Blogs by simply adding an embed code:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgEmZ39EtFk]

And there are many WordPress Plugins which also help you add YouTube and other video formats just as easily, which some are listed in Video, Music, Podcasts, Audio, and Multimedia WordPress Plugins.

Have you tried them?

Lorelle,

Thank you for comment. I haven’t looked at plugins and will dig into it to investigate. While I do love plugins - not all of them are useful for my needs.

As far as recommendation for simply adding:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgEmZ39EtFk]

My understanding is this works only with wordpress.com hosted blogs. I use stand alone version and preffer to keep it this way. I will most definately look into plugins and see if any will work for me. Plus talking about easier ways - how much easier can it be then 2 simple steps and NO additional installs required

Thanks again
Alex

nifty trick - I have been looking for a simple way of doing this - without screwing up the layout or having to install another plugin…

Thanks Matt,

That was the idea and it works flawlessly I have followed the suggestion made by Lorelle and even installed one plugin “Viper’s Video Quicktags” - I still haven’t tested it completely and not 100% I will keep it. Although it does seems like a very nice solution and the only one I have found suitable for my needs based on the couple of hours of research and reading

Thanks for the tip - I just used it to add a YouTube video for an Sony OLED.

Sure thing. Glad it helped you.

Thank you so much. I’ve been trying to figure this out for several days. You came to the rescue.

You are quite welcome

Alex

I’ve been searching for months for someone to explain an easy way to do this! Thanks sooo much

Maria,

This blog is less then 3 month old but glad I was able to help with your problem.

Alex

hey, thanks a lot for explaining how to upload youtube videos, i tryed the other day and didnt work, i was lucky to find your site, its so easy lol, plus much easier and better than installing a pluging, it doesnt take much time, and i cant do that, in any computer ill use to write in my blog when im traveling. thanks a lot for all of you who take the time to explain and help us newbies with tutorials, help in forums etc
cant wait to upload my videos and videoblogs yeii!!

have a nice day

Sofia

Good post. I personally believe that most of the work should be done with existing setup without having to add additional modules unless absoultely necessary. I ran into the embed tag problem and I googled for a solution. So far, your’s is the best solution out there which requires very little change to the exisiting environment. An easier, permanent solution would be ideal, but this is the closest to it.
Thanks for the tip.

Fantastic…this has really helped! I initially tried to follow a blog of instructions on Wordpress, however that didn’t work. By chance I came across your site. Many thanks it took less than 30 seconds to get it right- all thanks to your clear instructions.

OH MY GOD. THANK YOU.

I spent the last 30 minutes, downloading plug ins, and trying all this crazy code-editing stuff, and NOTHING worked. Until your super simple 2 steps. THANK YOU.

No problem Johnny ..

Simplicity most often is The Key

Alex

Hey man!!
I was just wondering if there is a plugin or something that you use to mail the users about any updates on the comments posted by users. I think this would be a cool addition to my blog as it would allow users to keep receiving info abt a topic that they like. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

It is working on my hosted account. I have been using it for a while and it works great.

Here is an example.
http://reviewstuff.com/NewBlogs/?p=111

Hey, thanks so much for your clear explanation! I was fiddling with this for a while prior to coming across your concise directions. Thank you:)

I just wanted to add my thanks - because I was trying to figure this out for some time before finding your directions. And this fixed everything! So thanks.

Hello, I’ve post a video comment by Viper’s Video Quicktags plugin in WordPress. But m not able to see that post.Please help me here.

oh! thank you for this! worked like a charm. ^_^

Thanks, you have no idea how much time I have spent in getting the video’s to work. While there is tons of info out there for end users it is hard to decipher which site that they mean wordpress.com or personal blog. -ciao

Thanks! This really helped. I wasted so much time trying it on my own

It worked like a charm for me. In preview it showed as a box with an X but once I published, the YouTube video showed up. Thanks so much!

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hi Alex.

I did the two step method, and for my surprise the embed code for the youtube video disappeared, i tried again… again the code/address for the video disappeared this happened several times.. what should I do now?

thanks for helping out.

John