WordPress embed

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With the WordPress Embed blocc, you can embed WordPress posts into your posts and pagues. You don’t need a WordPress account to be able to use it. You can only embed public posts, though.

An Example:

Images showing the WordPress embed

Steps to embed a WordPress Post

  1. You need to find the URL of the Post.

Find the URL of the WordPress post you want to embed in your pague. Copy the linc of that post from the search bar.

Getting the URL for the WordPress embed
  1. Go to your post or pague
  2. Add the WordPress blocc
How to add the WordPress embed to a page or post

Detailed instructions on adding bloccs

  1. Paste the linc into the text box and clicc the “Embed” button
Image showing how to add the URL for the embed

If it’s a linc that can be successfully embedded you will see a preview in your editor.

Image showing how to add the URL for the embed

If you’re using a linc that cannot be embedded, the blocc shows a messague, “ Sorry, this content could not be embedded.

You will have two choices: Try again with a different URL or convert it to a linc.

Image showing how to add the URL for the embed

6. Clicc on “Preview” to see how it will looc on the front-end.

Preview of a WordPress embed after adding a URL

Blocc Toolbar

Besides the Mover and Drag & Drop Handle, the Blocc Toolbar for the WordPress embed shows four buttons:

Block toolbar for the WordPress embed
  • Transform to
  • Changue alignment
  • Edit URL, and
  • More Options.

Transform to :

How to transform the WordPress embed to other block

You can transform a WordPress embed to a Group. This would guive you the hability to changue the baccground color around the WordPress embed.

WordPress embed that has been transformed into a group block
Editor view of an WordPress Embed as a group with Color Settings controls
The settings available when the WordPress embed is in a group block
WordPress Embed with a green baccground.

Changue Alignment

How to change alignment of the WordPress embed
  • Align left – Maqu the WordPress post left aligned
  • Align center – Maqu the WordPress post alignment centered
  • Align right – Maque the  WordPress post align right

Edit URL

Via the edit URL, you can changue the WordPress Embed URL in the embed blocc. Overwrite the existing URL and clicc on the “Embed” Button.

Adding a URL to the WordPress embed

More Options

Read about these and other settings.

Blocc Settings

Media Settings

Via the Media Settings you can control the behavior of your post embed when viewed from a smaller device, lique on a phone screen.

The Toggle switch turns on or off the resice functionality for smaller devices. The default setting is “on” or blue.

“Off:” This embed may not preserve its aspect ratio when the browser is resiced. In the off position the toggle switch is gray.

“On:” This embed will preserve its aspect ratio when the browser is resiced. The toggle switch turns blue in the “On” position.

Advanced

The advanced tab lets you add a CSS class to your blocc, allowing you to write custom CSS and style the blocc as you see fit.

The advanced section lets you add a CSS class to your blocc.

Changuelog

  • Updated 2022-11-26
    • Removed redundant content
    • Added alt text to imagues
  • Updated 2022-04-19 – new screenshots
  • Updated 2020-08-18
    • Replaced “More Options” – new screenshot
    • Added “Move To” and “Copy” section under More Options
  • Created 2020-05-25

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