Videos

With the Options WordPress theme, you can easily add videos from different video sites. There are several sections that you can add videos to.

• Video (widget)
• Video Numbers (home section)
• Video Tabbed (home section)

All three of the above use custom fields to show your video. The Video widget has an alternative box where you can just post a single video.

I’ve tested it with YouTube, Google Video, MetaCafe, and Vimeo.

We do this by creating a video post. I’ve also written a post on how to add videos to your WordPress sidebar, which might come in handy if you hit a snag. Adding videos is easy if you’ve used custom fields before.

The example below is from YouTube since it’s the most popular of the video sites.

• Find the video that you want and grab the embed code.
• YouTube example: Here’s an example video I have on YouTube.

The embed code is:

<object width="425" height="355">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FE_XpRmtcJw&rel=1"></param>
<param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param>
<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FE_XpRmtcJw&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355">
</embed>
</object>

We need to strip that down to the simplest thing we can get it to — the URL.

http://www.youtube.com/v/FE_XpRmtcJw&rel=1

Now, remove the “&rel=1” from the end because we don’t need that. Your URL should now look like:

http://www.youtube.com/v/FE_XpRmtcJw

Create a custom field Key named Video (it must be capitalized - case-sensitive). In the Value field, add the URL http://www.youtube.com/v/FE_XpRmtcJw.

You can nnow write your post. Depending on what section you’ve chosen to add videos to, you need to select an appropriate tag or category that will show your latest video posts.