Embed videos in posts

How to get there: Open any post for editing (or any markdown field such as a comment or KB article). Paste a supported video URL on its own line, or wrap a URL in a [video] tag.

You can embed videos directly into posts, comments, and knowledge base articles. ProductLift detects supported video URLs in markdown content and converts them into responsive embedded players when the content is rendered.

Supported platforms

Paste the URL on its own line (its own paragraph):

  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID or https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID
  • Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/123456789
  • Loom: https://www.loom.com/share/VIDEO_ID
  • SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user/track-name

For anything else, use the generic video tag with the embed URL of the provider:

[video]https://example.com/embed/abc123[/video]

The [video] tag also works for YouTube URLs and applies the same YouTube handling.

YouTube start time

Append &start=SECONDS to a YouTube URL to start playback at a specific point.

Example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&start=42

The embedded player will start at 42 seconds.

How embeds render

  • Responsive 16:9 iframe (scales with the container).
  • Capped at max-width: 600px so videos do not dominate long posts.
  • Autoplay is off by default.

Tips

  • The URL must be on its own line, not inline with other text. Markdown wraps it in a paragraph, and the embed detector only matches a paragraph that contains nothing but the URL.
  • If the embed does not appear, double-check that the line has no leading or trailing text.
  • For providers other than the four listed above, use [video]...[/video] with the provider's embed URL (not the share URL).