2011-02-23 WordPress Ann Arbor talk

Using Photos and Video in WordPress

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Tweaked

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Compressed + Resized

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Size of files BEFORE WordPress works on them

filessize BEFORE wordpress

Size of files AFTER WordPress works on them

File sizes after WordPress works on them

Do a Youtube search for a video

Go to the page that has the video

Copy the URL of the video from the address bar

copy URL of the youtube video

Make sure you have the plugin “smart youtube” installed on your wp site

Insert the youtube URL on the page where you want the video,

change the “http://” part of the URL to “httpv://” (add a “v”)

Update page and then press play!