Embedded YouTube Videos Not working on Mobile

  • Hi,
    I have recently been told that all my embeded videos don’t work on mobiles. After double checking it appears to be true. I have used a plugin for ages to embed videos cleanly but after browsing the world wide web I’ve found a range of people with the same problem but the fixes I’ve attempted do not work.

    I’ve tried the following:

    Using standard youtube embed code – FAIL!

    Embedded with different code.. = FAIL!
    <object width=”560″ height=”315″>
    <param name=”movie” value=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/lw43w6aQL3g”/&gt;
    <param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”/>
    <param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”/>
    <embed width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/lw43w6aQL3g&#8221; class=”youtube-player” type=”text/html” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true”/>
    </object>

    Added .videocontainter code to styles.css and embedded as follows:
    <div class=”video-container”>
    <iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/lw43w6aQL3g&#8221; frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>
    </div> = FAIL!

    So i’ve tried multiple ways and can’t get a fix, is anyone else having the same issue? Or managed to resolve?

    PLEASE HELP

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  • Thread Starter jesseshaw26

    (@jesseshaw26)

    Any help or guidance is appreciated.
    Thanks

    I am also having the same problem. I really like this theme and it seems to be a major issue that needs to be fixed soon Athemes, please respond!

    Thread Starter jesseshaw26

    (@jesseshaw26)

    I agree but the guys at athemes are very quiet about it. We need Maruti on this. Has anyone got a fix?

    Hi both,

    can you guys do change to a different theme, for eg twentyfifteen and check if the issue still persists. if yes then you guys need to check something else may be a plugin or something.

    Also add link to your sites and the set of plugins activated.

    Thanks

    Thread Starter jesseshaw26

    (@jesseshaw26)

    Hi Maruti,

    Thanks for your response. I used TwentyTwelve theme and it resolved the issue immediately.

    I then went back to Fashionista theme and the problem was back.

    I then de-activated any youtube related embed or layout related plugins and tested and the videos still didn’t work.. In face some didnt appear because I was using an embed code.

    Based on this I decided to create a new post with a standard youtube video of embedding, I tested it on the PC and it worked and then again on the mobile and had the same problem.

    I have had to re-activate all my plugins again so my website it working for users but really need this issue resolved for mobiles.

    I’ve tried more video container codes in css but still no avail. I am happy to make any changes to my site to assist with testing because I’m sure this is a major issue to other uses BUT I personally really need this issue resolved.

    Please help

    Hi J

    Thanks for the details.

    can you share a link to your site and the list of plugins you are using .

    Thanks

    Thread Starter jesseshaw26

    (@jesseshaw26)

    Hi Maruti,

    Yes of course. My site is https://www.ttthreads.com

    A page with a video on is here but we use videos on 95% of posts but also the mini youtube embed on the homepage does not work on mobile.

    List of Installed Plugins:
    Akismet
    Amazon Link Engine
    Animated Gif Resize (Deactivated)
    Anti-Spam
    Blubrry PowerPress
    Buffer My Post
    Captcha by Websoft
    Column Shortcodes
    Contact form by Websoft
    Contact form multi by Websoft
    Datafeedr API
    Datafeedr product sets
    Display Widgets
    Disqus Comment System
    Easy Responsive Shortcodes
    Facebook Comments Pluggin
    Facebook Widget
    Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator
    Featured Images in RSS w/ Size & Position
    Feedburn form
    Google+ Plugin (Deactivated)
    Google Adsense (Deactivated)
    Google Analytics dashboard for WP
    Hubsport for WordPress
    Huge IT Slider
    Insert Headers and Footers
    Instagram Feed
    iTunes Link engine
    Jetpack by wordpress.com
    Mailchimp
    Mailchimp for WordPress lite
    Master slider
    MG Post Contributors
    MOJO Marketsplace
    Pop-Up CC
    Popular Posts
    Quotable
    Recent Posts widget extended
    Regenerate thumbnails
    Revolution Slider
    Sellfire Affiliate store builder
    Simple Post Preview
    Simple Twitter Tweets
    Simple YouTube Embed
    Simplified Social Sharing
    Simply Instagram
    Sliding YouTube Gallery (Deactivated)
    Social Media Feather (Deactivated)
    Special Recent Posts FREE Editition
    Top Bar
    Tumblr Crosspostr
    Tumblr Widget
    Widgetize naviagation menu (Deactivated)
    WooCommerce
    Wordpress Popular Posts
    Wordpress Remove Old Slugs
    Wordpress SEO
    WP Video Posts
    WP YouTube Lyte
    YouList – Youtube playlist shortcut (Deactivated)

    Hi there;
    I’m WP YouTube Lyte’s developer; the problem with the mini-player on the HP is that audio-only isn’t supported by WP YouTube Lyte on mobile (well, it isn’t possible due to a combination of technical issues). So if you want mini-players that are also useable on mobile, then you may have to consider removing the thumbnails you add yourself and switching from audio-only to normal lyte embeds.

    Hope this helps,
    frank

    Hi J

    Thats a long list of plugin and any one could be causing the issue.

    I will give it a test with the theme and default youtube embedding that wp supports and let you know.

    In the meantime did you check what Frank has to suggest

    Thanks

    Thread Starter jesseshaw26

    (@jesseshaw26)

    Hi Frank/Maruti,

    Thanks for your help.

    I think your advice has been the best so far, and using your plugin I have managed to resolve the issue slightly as it displays a link below allowing people to play on YouTube. I’ve also carried out multiple tests and sometimes on IOS devices it does work with the shortcode but others not. Unusual that it’s not consistent at all.

    However, one issue I’ve come up against now is using the YouTube embed or YouTube Lyte shortcode the videos do not appear on our Tumblr, they used to come through fine on our previous wordpress plugin. It was called Simple YouTube Embed and the shortcode was [wpvp_embed type=youtube video_code=cHM93lNastY =560 height=315]

    A good demonstration of what I’m trying to say can be viewed here

    https://www.ttthreads.com/2015/06/glastonbury-festival-2015-post-festival-and-artist-highlights-review/
    https://tunestrendsthreads.tumblr.com/post/122763234151/glastonbury-festival-2015-post-festival-and-artist-highl

    I’m wondering if this is a problem you’ve come up agains before or an issue you can advise a get around?

    Many thanks

    However, one issue I’ve come up against now is using the YouTube embed or YouTube Lyte shortcode the videos do not appear on our Tumblr, they used to come through fine on our previous wordpress plugin.

    how do you publish the wordpress post on tumblr?

    frank

    Thread Starter jesseshaw26

    (@jesseshaw26)

    It auto-posts via wordpress

    Via JetPack?

    Not sure how it worked with wpvp-embed, but based on this comment in a Jetpack bugreport, this is a known issue for Jetpack Publicize which plugin authors can’t work around.

    What happens if you paste a normal youtube-link or if you make it a httpv-one (i.e. not using the lyte shortcode)?

    frank

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