How to embed a YouTube video into your post - updated Aug'16Posting a YouTube video so that it embeds in your post is dead simple. Just follow the instructions below:
1. Find your video on
YouTube2. Beneath the video you'll see a button called "Share", click on that:

3. Copy the link that appears:

4. Paste the link in your post ensuring that there is a blank line both above and below the link. Important do
NOT enclose the link in any url

tags.

5.
Optional: If you wish you can surround the link in YouTube tags via this button

but it's not really necessary:

6. Thats it, when you save it the video will appear in your post:
Supported link types:YouTube links come in all shapes and forms. The following examples are supported:
When it goes wrong, error messages:If you've posted the link incorrectly, if it's an old unsuppported link, or if the video is not available due to issues at YouTube or even removed, then you'll see this:

More than likely the link you posted is in an old format or incorrect.
Other supported video types:Using the same process above, we've also added support for
Vimeo 
videos and
Imgur 
gifv.