
.. _inserting_videos:

Inserting videos into body content
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It is possible to embed media into the body text of a web page by clicking the *Embed* button in rich text toolbar.

.. image:: ../../_static/images/screen20_insert_video_form.png

* Copy and paste the web address for the media into the URL field and click Insert.

.. image:: ../../_static/images/screen21_video_in_editor.png

* A placeholder of the media will be inserted into the text area.

The embed button can be used to import media from a number of supported providers, you can see the `full list of supported providers in Wagtail’s source code <https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/blob/master/wagtail/embeds/oembed_providers.py>`_.

