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YouTube Embed (iFrame) within a blog post

I want my user to be able to paste an iframe using the "Source" formatting option when writing a blog post. When I do this the video shows up, but the pasted code disappears. Is there a way around this?

https://cl.ly/2M402k1p2W23

Danny Turley 0 points

4 years ago

Simon Clay 127 points

4 years ago

Hi Danny, it's likely that CK Editor is removing the iframe tags. You can adjust the config to allow them not to be stripped out here: https://www.amixa.com/blog/2014/09/03/ckeditor-4-2-or-later-will-not-allow-iframe-or-other-html-tags/

But it might be just as easy (and perhaps nicer for your user) to add a YouTube video button instead: https://ckeditor.com/addon/youtube

Danny Turley 0 points

4 years ago

Hi Simon, trying to add the YouTube button now. When I change the CKeditor config.js file, nothing seems to be happening. Do I have the correct folder structure? https://cl.ly/0T2u2Z2p1x1H

Simon Clay 127 points

4 years ago

Yes, that's the right place, I added config.extraPlugins = 'youtube'; at the end, just before the };

I had to empty the browser cache to see the new button.

Danny Turley 0 points

4 years ago

Ah, sneaky browser caching. Got it, thanks!

Simon Clay 127 points

4 years ago

I know! It had me stumped first time around :)