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Can I embed SlideShare presentations in Wordpress blogs? OR Which embed code should I use for my Wordpress blog?
AmitRanjan
posted this on May-13 04:47 am
SlideShare presentations, documents, videos can be embedded in Wordpress blogs easily. Follow the steps below:
Embedding SlideShare in Wordpress.org (self hosted blogs)
- If you are using Wordress.org (i.e. you have a self hosted version of Wordpress), just copy the embed code for Wordpress.org (which is the same as the default slideshare embed code) in your blogpost and publish it.
- While copy/pasting the embed code in your blogpost, sometimes you might face a problem if you are using the visual editor. In which case you should try to use the HTML editor instead.
Embedding SlideShare in Wordpress.com (blogs hosted by Wordpress on their servers)
- If you are using Wordress.com (i.e. you have a blog that wordpress is hosting for you on their servers), use the Wordpress.com shortcode instead of SlideShare's default embed code.
- While copy/pasting the embed code in your blogpost, sometimes you might face a problem if you are using the visual editor. In which case you should try to use the HTML editor instead.
- At present SlideShare video embeds in Wordpress.com may not work due to some technical reasons. This should get resolved shortly.. stay tuned.
In case you are not sure whether you have a Wordpress.com or Wordpress.org blog, read this link http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
See the screenshots for a quick reference
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For advanced users: If you are an advanced Wordpress user, or a developer, then you can try out two other options
- oEmbed: If you have a Wordpress.org (self hosted) blog, you can install the SlideShare oEmbed plugin and directly use the SlideShare presentation URL to embed on your blog. Details here http://engineering.slideshare.net/2011/02/slideshows-embedding-made-easy-wordpress-plugin/
- If you wish to use the Wordpress.com shortcode for embedding in your Wordpress.org blog, use this plugin (it's not created by SlideShare, but by an external developer Joost de Valk)
Comments
I tried the shortcode in my wordpress.com blog, and the player is indeed embedded, but then says:
"Oops, this slide did not convert properly hence cannot be displayed."
I don't know where the problem is: The video is visible in Slideshare, and if embedded from YouTube it shows up in the blog too .
Any ideas?
Hi,
Video embeds in Wordpress.com will not work at present. This is a known issue.We are working to resolve this.
This was not mentioned earlier in the FAQ... now it has been updated.
Thx for quick response! Is this a matter of weeks or months?
Hopefully weeks. This has to be done by Wordpress (since they completely control wordpress.com), not SlideShare. We will reach out to them.
Hello Amit,
Any progress with this issue?
Thanks
Hi - I have a wordpress.com blog and I´m trying to embed a slide show to present a homepage for my client - I´m doing volontary data work for my political party. I get the slide show embedded, thats no problem, but it´s too large. Even if i press different option sizes the code for wordpress.com doesn´t change as the wordpress.org and old embed link do. If I tyr to embed them there is no slide show only letters and a link to the slide show.
I urgently need help - my client is waiting.
Many thanks, Helena in Sweden.
I uploaded a ppt presentation to SlideShare and used the WP embed code and put it in the html editor. It's still showing up in the html editor after I update the page, but the page itself is totally blank. Any ideas?
Thanks!
abigail