steffanedesigns Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 (edited) I can't get YouTube shorts video links to successfully be found using the video block. Help! 🙂 It has ".../shorts/..." in the link URL Edited April 15, 2022 by steffanedesigns eddieo24 1 Link to comment
cbird Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 I'm having the same problem and no matter where I click on it or where I pull the short from, squarespace will not recognize the url. Link to comment
Jayhaydaire Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 I was having the same issue but found a fix from a Google forum. A short video URL has the format: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/<VIDEO_ID>  it also has the URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<VIDEO_ID>  If you take the video ID and put it in the standard (2nd) format, the video can be located via Squarespace and you're all set! Teczr, kim7000 and SSPSNina 2 1 Link to comment
merrittman Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Squarespace is so annoying. Why don't my YouTube shorts work??!! Or why don't tiktok videos work?? The above answer didn't work for my link..... Link to comment
JazelleFoster Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 In addition I cannot update the featured image when uploading a short. Link to comment
Ryne Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 If you right click on the video in Youtube and click copy video URL, it will do so without the short format and then you can add to Squarespace. Link to comment
monicakovach Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 On 12/21/2022 at 10:32 PM, Ryne said: If you right click on the video in Youtube and click copy video URL, it will do so without the short format and then you can add to Squarespace. This worked for me! To clarify: from your YouTube dashboard, click "View on YouTube" on your video, and then right-click the video to pull up the following options. Click "Copy video URL" and then paste the URL into the Video Block in Squarespace. Teczr 1 Link to comment
Panyek Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 It still does not work, wether it be a short or long version of the link. Link to comment
JonathanKirknel Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 Hey everyone I still experience the same issue even though I follow your advice. Does anyone have an idea of what I can do? As seen in the first screenshot, I get an "error" when I insert the YouTube link that I copy when pressing "share" -> "copy link" on my YouTube short video. Furthermore, the gallery page on Squarespace states "invalid video embed" as seen in the second screenshot. However, as seen in the third screenshot, I have made sure that I have pressed "allow embedding" on the YouTube video. Furthermore, I have tried inserting the standard YouTube URL to the video and the "share" URL. What to do? Link to comment
JonathanKirknel Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 Hey again Okay, it now works for me, and I want to share the solution in the hope that it will help someone else 🙂 I followed this advice: A short video URL has the format: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/<Your VIDEO_ID>  But normal YouTube videos have the URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<Your VIDEO_ID>  It seems Squarespace can't locate the video if the link has a /shorts/ in the URL. Maybe Squarespace is programmed to be compatible only with a "watch?=v" URL. Therefore, you do this:  1) copy the YouTube web address URL Important: Do not right-click on the video to "copy URL" or copy URL through the "share" function. These two methods add a "?feature=share" and a "si=1O7hxUt1usAD_py2" to the URL respectively, which Squarespace can't use.  2) Paste the YouTube web address URL into a new browser and change the URL into: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<Your VIDEO_ID>  I paste it into a new browser window because it is a little more convenient than changing the URL inside Squarespace's menu.  3) copy this modified URL into Squarespace, and it should work Link to comment
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