Perhaps I am a bit slow, but I finally learned a simple way to embed video into my Wordpress blog. Previously I avoided Wordpress because any time I attempted to paste the “embed” code copied from a youtube or google video page into the Wordpress editor it would delete large chunks and spit out crap. I always assumed the reason was related to security. I was wrong: the real reason is the wysiwyg editor. So, the fix is simple, just turn the damn thing off. Go to Users > Your Profile > Uncheck “Use the visual editor when writing”

The above knowledge is all thanks to a video by jdh358 found on youtube . To show my new prowess I have embedded the video below.