WordPress has built-in support for embedding of content from many popular sources, including social media and video and audio hosts. Adding these can be done using dedicated embed blocks, or by simply cutting and pasting the URL to the resource directly i
- [Instructor] The Block Editor comes with a myriad…of blocks you can use to create custom content and layouts,…far too many for me to cover in this course.…In this last movie in the chapter,…I want to draw your attention to the blocks…at the very bottom of this list, the embeds.…The embeds are all the different services…you can use to bring content into your WordPress post…automatically by simply adding a URL…pointing at that content, and as you can see,…there are lots of different services…that provide this option, and this list,…just like everything else with the Block Editor,…will continuously extend and improve.…
The reason why I'm drawing your attention to this is…you can, if you want to, go into this list…and look at all the available embeds,…and then figure out is the current service…I want to link to providing an embed,…and if so, can I use it?…But, because of how this feature…is built into the Block Editor,…you don't have to go in and look for…the block for that service to embed…a piece of content from that service.…
Author
Morten Rand-Hendriksen
Updated
10/2/2020Released
11/30/2018Note: This course covers WordPress 5. The training will be updated as WordPress evolves.
- Installing WordPress
- Creating posts and pages
- Formatting text
- Publishing and scheduling posts
- Adding images, audio, and video
- Bulk editing posts and pages
- Working with reusable blocks
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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WordPress: An introduction1m 47s
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Enabling the Classic Editor1m 35s
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WordPress: .org and .com2m 52s
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1. Up and Running with WordPress
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How WordPress works2m 42s
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The admin panel3m 15s
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2. Content Management
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Posts vs. pages1m 54s
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Manage content in WordPress2m 18s
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3. Working with Blocks in the Block Context
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Create content5m 22s
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Create and edit links3m 46s
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Create and manage blocks3m 37s
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Change block type5m 46s
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4. Document Context
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Add categories and tags3m 55s
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Add a featured image3m 54s
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The More block4m 50s
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5. Block Deep Dive
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Text blocks8m 52s
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The image block6m 18s
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Other image blocks5m 47s
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Columns block3m 35s
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Embed blocks2m 47s
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Group block3m 13s
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Block Manager2m 17s
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6. Reusable Blocks
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Edit reusable blocks3m 5s
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7. The Rest of the Iceberg
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