Hey there! So, you’ve got a killer video saved on your Google Drive, and you want to show it off on your WordPress.com portfolio? Awesome choice! Embedding a video from Google Drive isn’t as straightforward as, say, YouTube, but don’t worry—I’ve got your back. Follow these easy steps, and you’ll have that video up and running in no time. Let’s dive in!
Step 1: Upload your video to Google Drive…
First things first, make sure your video is uploaded to Google Drive. If it’s already there, great! If not, here’s how to get your video uploaded to your Google Drive:
1. Go to drive.google.com, and get logged in (if not already).
2. Click the + New button on the left sidebar.
3. Select File Upload and choose your video file.
4. Wait for the upload to finish. Something… something… lemon squeezy?
Step 2: Time to make the video shareable…
For your video to be embeddable, it needs to be publicly accessible or “shareable”. Google can’t embed a video that is private. Here’s how we set that up:
1. In Google Drive, find your video and give it a right-click.
2. Select Share > Share. Yes, the sub item for Share is Share. *shrug*
3. Under General access, change the setting from Restricted to Anyone with the link.
4. Click the Copy link button on the bottom left of the pop-up window to get the code we need.
Step 3: Let’s generate the embed code…
Google Drive doesn’t give you a direct embed code, but we can work around that. It takes a few extra steps, but here’s how we get the code we need:
1. Open the link you just copied in a new browser tab. You should be able to just paste (CTRL+V)it it in a new URL bar.
2. Click the three dots at the top right of the window, then click Embed item…
3. This will give you another pop-up that has our embed code! Highlight and copy (CRTL+C) the code. This is your embeddable link! Off to WordPress we go!
Step 4: Add the video to your WordPress portfolio…
We’re almost done, I promise. Now comes the fun part—embedding the video into your WordPress site. Here’s how we get this part done.
1. Log in to your WordPress dashboard.
2. Go to the page, post or portfolio where you want to add the video. If you need to make a new one, do that now.
3. Click the + button to add a new block. Search for the Custom HTML block and select it.
4. Paste (CRTL=+V) the embed code into the Custom HTML block.
5. Click Preview to make sure your video shows up correctly. If everything looks good, hit Publish or Update to save your changes.
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