Embeds

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This doc only refers to embeds that are used in the beta Pages feature found in backstage and not in event descriptions.

Full support is planned in a future update 🤓

Adding media embeds

We have optimised the editor to detect media links that can be embedded without needing to paste in html snippets.

This means you can paste in a valid link, and the content preview will appear in the editor.

Unsupported links will just be pasted as links.

Currently, we support:

And plan future support for:

If you need a different type of embed, please get in touch, and we will do our best to help.

For specific implementation notes, please see below.

The easiest way to get a YouTube embed is to copy and paste the URL from the browser.

Supported link formats, with examples:

To share a Spotify player, we need the unique shareable Spotify link - NOT the embed option.

Supported link formats, with examples:

Embed customisations (colour, etc) are not currently supported.

Embeds from Bandcamp are a little tricky, but we have created a workaround using the shareable WordPress codes.

To find the correct code, please follow these steps.

Find the track or album you want to embed

Click on the share/embed button and select standard player with small artwork
Under embed code, choose wordpress.com
Copy and paste the shortcode - it should look something like this:
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 track=467870541 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small]

Track: [bandcamp width=100% height=120 track=467870541 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small]
Album: [bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=2776732073 size=large - bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small]

Embed customisations (colour etc) are not currently supported.