WP theme Vs Youtube

My previous WordPress theme, Flush, looked good but didn’t function very well . I had trouble with trying to get rid of the hover function on certain links, the width was not fixed (php is foreign to me ) and most importantly IT WOUDLN’T EMBED YOUTUBE VIDEOS!! I was at the point of frustration trying to work out the problem stupid theme -mumbles-

And as we all know, when it comes right down to it, we would all rather be able to embed YouTube videos than to have a pretty looking page. So I had to surf around for a decent looking theme for my WordPress blog …. like it?? … I’ve obviously customised it to suit me (I definately prefer it over those ducks!)

So anyhow, for anyone who has trouble with embedding YouTube on their WordPress blog, the support forum has many many posts on this problem and the solution is always the same…

But to stress the importance of it, because it seems that there are a lot of threads with the same question and answers, here’s a check list to go through when you’re having trouble with it:
1. Check that you have TURNED OFF your rich text editor aka visual editor aka wysiwyg etc etc.
   • To do this, go to your Dashboard (www.[insert your webaddress].com/wp-admin)
   • Next click on the “Users” tab. Then click on “Your Profile“
   • And UNCHECK the little box at the top that says ‘use the visual editor when writing‘
2. Check if the problem is with your theme. For Example, If you are using Flush or similar non user-friendly themes.

That’s it!! If you have any other problems, it is possibly your browser or your computer illiteracy so just go to the WordPress support forum and have a browse around (don’t be lazy!)