EmbedIt WordPress Plugin – Embed HTML code in WordPress without problems!

Posted on February 14, 2008 by admin

Do you need a SIMPLE plugin for incorporating any HTML code (including Youtube, Metacafe, Ustream.tv html embed code) into your WordPress posts? WordPress 3 compatible?

How many times have you been feeling frustrated because the WordPress built in WYSIWYG editor would destroy your HTML code, no matter what you do?

This light and easy wordpress plugin will solve your problem.

It can be very handy when you need a very easy and quick solution to:

embed Youtube videos into wordpress
embed ustream into wordpress
embed a custom Google Map into wordpress
embed whatever html code into wordpress
embed specific Adsense code into wordpress posts deciding WHERE it should go inside an article

This plugin takes advantage of WordPress custom fields. If you haven’t heard about them, you’ll soon understand what we’re talking about. Just have a look to your wordpress post editing page, under “trackback”.

WHAT IT DOES: WHY DO I NEED IT?

EmbedIt is simple plugin that allows you to embed any html code in a post, deciding precisely where to embed it, allowing you freedom of coding your html without being annoyed by the wysiwyg editor. It will save you a lot of time, a quick solution for many occasions. No messing around, and compatible with any html embeddable service. And of course, you can write your own html code, without having the hassle of dealing with the WordPress WISYWYG editor.

USAGE: While editing a post, create a custom field with key HTML1 and paste the code you want to embed into the Value field. Then just write [HTML1] in your post where you want to embed the html code. (Just use the standard wysiwyg post content editing window, no need to switch to Code view).

A QUICK EXAMPLE TO GET STARTED ON HOW TO EMBED VIDEOS OR WHATEVER HTML I WANT INTO MY POST

There you go.

Let’s say that you want to embed an youtube video into your post.

Install and activate the plugin. You may know how to do this. Or if you don’t, have a look here.
On the Youtube video page, copy the HTML code of the video.
Now in the WordPress post editing window, place your cursor where you want your video to appear and just type

[HTML1]

Here is what things should look like. Click images to enlarge
Create a custom field using key HTML1

and paste the HTML code that you’ve copied from Youtube in the Value field on the right.

Here is what things will look like.

Do not forget to click Add Custom Field.

AND NOW….

Have a look at the post: exactly where you wrote [HTML1] the video appears.

Here is our result! Have a look at this funny video post

CAN I HAVE MORE? SURE!

If you need, you can use up to nine times the trick: just use the “tags” [HTML2] …. to [HTML9]… in order to embed up to nine html different snippets per post, placing each snippet in a different custom field called HTML2 … to HTML9.

You can also “print” the same html snippet more than one time calling the [HTML1] tag more than one time. No problem with it.

This plugin can come real handy when using wordpress as a CMS. Your clients will no longer destroy their embeds when editing pages and posts!

YOU’RE ALMOST THERE, JUST A QUICK NOTE IF YOU’RE ON WP 2.6:

WP 2.6 has a known bug wich adds a slash to all ‘ and ” characters. Until the WP team releases a new fixed version, the only way to get around it is to submit your custom field entry, then update the field once again with the right code.

AND NOW, DOWNLOAD THE PLUGIN.

Did I tell you it’s for free? Yes, it is. In order to get the plugin, insert your email address. You will receive instantly an email with the download link.

I’ll contact you occasionally regarding WordPress plugins and updates – I won’t use your email for any other purpose or give it to anybody else.

126 thoughts on “EmbedIt WordPress Plugin – Embed HTML code in WordPress without problems!”

admin on June 15, 2009 at 2:09 pm said:

Yes, it should in my preliminary test
Raj on June 21, 2009 at 10:33 pm said:

You have made my job very simple with this great plugin! Tnx!
taulant on July 1, 2009 at 1:32 pm said:

You have made my job very simple with this great plugin! Tnx
Robert Agar-Hutton on July 6, 2009 at 10:19 pm said:

THANK YOU!!!!

I’m new to WordPress – only started using it this weekend – a friend made a new version of my site in WordPress – he’s on holiday this week and I needed to add a couple of pages with code in… Your plug-in was PERFECT!!!

THANKS!!!!

Robert.
nazcar on July 25, 2009 at 3:59 pm said:

great plugin. thanks.
Yael on August 2, 2009 at 2:03 pm said:

does this also work with pages, or only posts?

Thanks, yael
Yael on August 2, 2009 at 2:10 pm said:

Wahoo – it works in pages. Thank you !!!
Mike Panic on August 5, 2009 at 4:59 pm said:

Any chance this could ever work with more than 9 installs?
Amy on August 12, 2009 at 6:44 am said:

This is the solution I was looking for — wonderful plugin. Thanks for your hard work!
Horst on August 16, 2009 at 4:23 pm said:

Hi!
Just downloaded your Plugin “Embed HTML code”. I think it is that what I was looking for.

By the way how did you manage it to let the people enter their E-Mail address in order to get the file. Did you control the downloadable files in WP.

Please tell me.

kind regards and have a nice day

Horst
samo9789 on August 21, 2009 at 10:37 pm said:

Hello,
Thanks for sharing this plugin, it does exactly what I needed to – easily add HTML to posts. I eventually ran into the 9 HTML tags max limitation so I tweaked your plugin to break this restriction. I blogged the resulting code: http://www.samanthahalfon.net/worldgoneweb/2009/add-any-html-to-your-wordpress-posts-with-embedit-plugin-tweaked/. Feel free to re-use this code to update your plugin as it might benefit others, too.
Take care,
Sam
Tips & Tricks on September 22, 2009 at 6:00 pm said:

This plugin will made my job easier. Any of you guys know how to embed a website in my own wordpress blog? What I want to do is embed one of my affliliate landing page in one of my post, is this possible?
admin on September 22, 2009 at 7:47 pm said:

Yes you can…just embed an iframe !
Connex Enviromental on September 22, 2009 at 9:29 pm said:

I have trying to do this for a while. Thanks for the plug-in
Dan on October 18, 2009 at 9:59 pm said:

I am glad I found this. If it does half of what is said about I’ll be REALLY happy. Thx
Raymond on October 26, 2009 at 5:30 am said:

Thanks Really need it so much, can’t find better than this one.
Alan on October 31, 2009 at 12:11 am said:

Okay, I think I’m missing something. Do I need to host my own wordpress blog in order to add plug ins? I can’t find where I can add plug ins.
mugger on November 3, 2009 at 11:29 pm said:

For Posts AND Pages??
admin on November 7, 2009 at 10:54 am said:

Alan: YES! Do it, it will be a great move
Mugger: YES.
Frederico Leão on November 9, 2009 at 6:26 pm said:

I’m having trouble on posting an simple HTML FORM to my post, on a WPMU 2.8 installation.

Now, I’ll try this plugin…
Luqman on November 16, 2009 at 8:58 am said:

Thanks for the plugin! Now all my works are done.
picy on November 16, 2009 at 9:30 pm said:

Its GREAT!
Thanks!
IdealMind on November 21, 2009 at 8:06 pm said:

I’ve just made an wordpress plugin to embed youtube videos and flash in posts and pages.

You can see it working and download at http://www.idealmind.com.br/wordpress/embed-object-wordpress-plugin-youtube-flash/

See you!
wbutian on December 4, 2009 at 6:19 pm said:

this is not working for me. i followed all the steps mentioned by you but it is not working.

It is showing the wordpress converting HTML and showing it as WYSIWYG did.

Please help am using WP 2.8.6
denise on December 15, 2009 at 8:19 am said:

this site here http://azsnagger.com/ never show up in IE why? please guide me please
Twicat.com free classifieds on January 6, 2010 at 1:00 am said:

Nice plugin
will try it

thank you
Twicat.com
FlatFee495.com Calgary Discount Real Estate on January 6, 2010 at 1:01 am said:

We were just swithcing to WP
and looking for similar plugin

thank you
for this tool
FlatFee495.com
Pratish on February 6, 2010 at 1:36 pm said:

Hey this was really useful – do you know if there is some way to automatically generate HTML code and embed it (I have a cartoon website http://www.wonkie.com and would like users to be able to copy a ready made code snippet to include a cartoon on their website (and I need the code to be generate automatically for each new post)

Thanks
Ed H on February 9, 2010 at 3:35 am said:

Awesome plugin! Saves me hours of backend editing to get some embeds to work. Brilliant!
ice058 on February 17, 2010 at 4:59 am said:

I cant install the plugin. Downloading works ok. Do I install the .php file or do I install the whole file without extracting it? When I do it either way it doesnt work & the plugin isnt installed. Am I doing something wrong? Step by step how do I install? Thanx.
Jane on February 21, 2010 at 1:59 am said:

I’ve been trying to embed Amazon Affiliate book code on my blog and was thrilled to receive your plugin. One thing people should know is that, at least for my purpose, the picture doesn’t appear in the edit window. If you preview the post you’ll see it. Thank-you very much!
cissa on March 5, 2010 at 1:00 am said:

Hi, I didn’t find out where the “custom field” is. Can you show me where’s this option? I understood how I need create, but I don’t know where the bottom CUSTOM FIELD is.
Thanks
Rob Watson on March 12, 2010 at 11:40 pm said:

This doesn’t work on a page in WordPress MU 2.7.1. it does work for posts, but not for pages.

Please advise on how to correct this.
Harpreet Khera on March 22, 2010 at 2:39 pm said:

How can i configure this to work as widget in sidebar.
Timothy on March 28, 2010 at 11:21 pm said:

Matteo! This is absolutely awesome! I’ve come across few plugins like wpautop or WP-AllowTags and none of those work. EmbedIt works and works perfectly! Thanks a million!
karen on March 29, 2010 at 1:26 am said:

Terrific plugin. Solved my problem. Thank you so much.
KyleHelps on April 19, 2010 at 12:48 am said:

Nice plug-in. I couldn’t find anything that emulated the function of pre / code tags I used to use back in the days of html. WordPress truly is a whole new paradigm.
sporti on May 7, 2010 at 12:43 am said:

Works great thanks!
avm-indonesia on May 15, 2010 at 11:16 am said:

excellent plugin,, thanks so much!
Virtually Marj Wyatt on June 12, 2010 at 8:48 am said:

Awesome plugin! Thanks for your hard work.
Carol on July 5, 2010 at 12:55 pm said:

I want to thank you for yet another fantastic post. I am always searching for great WordPress tips to recommend to my readers. Thank you for writing this tutorial . It’s just what I was trying to find. Truly amazing post.
lansulaimann on July 7, 2010 at 4:30 am said:

This is definitely the most valuable plug-in that is missing even in WordPress 3.0. The guys from WordPress should buy this and integrate into their next WP version. Thanks a lot!
Amy H. on July 8, 2010 at 6:08 pm said:

Thank you so much! This works to embed a hosted paypal buy now button too (in case anyone is needing that functionality).
phunehehe on July 18, 2010 at 2:49 pm said:

hi matteo, nice plugin!
and as you are giving it away for free, why don’t you just upload it to wordpress.org? Or have you, and I’m so dumb I can’t find it?
Teddi B on August 16, 2010 at 12:26 am said:

Hey,

thanks for this. it’s exactly what I’m looking for. I’ll let you know how it works for me.

also, excellent sqeeze page! I see so many bad ones and this one is superb… happy coding!

Peace & Love,
Teddi B
Rwandinfo on August 19, 2010 at 10:33 pm said:

I desperately need this. however, am using WordPress Mu 2.8.6 and Rob Watson in March posted a comment that he had having difficulties in using it on pages. Has that problem been solved? Would be very interested.
Marcel K on August 26, 2010 at 4:04 pm said:

It doesn’t work inWP 3.01 unfortunately. This was a dissapointment as this was just what I needed so badley. I’ve tried everything; diverent themes, but nothing.

Maybe somebody can help me here.

Tanks

Marcel
Marcel K on August 26, 2010 at 5:22 pm said:

I’ve to correct my first reply as I’ve made a mistake. The author whas so kind to correct my input in the special field. I’ve put the [] in as well and that was wrong. I should put the HTML in without the [].

I’m very gratefull for this fantastic tool and I thank Matteo for this.
Brilliant.

Regards,

Marcel
admin on August 26, 2010 at 5:57 pm said:

yes it should work ok.
Horst on August 30, 2010 at 4:52 pm said:

Hello,

thank you so much for this solution, it works. I had already given up any hope to tell WP not to change HTML Code and I was ready to jump right out of the window. So you saved my life, buddy.

Kind regards
Horst

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