{"id":42888,"date":"2018-01-02T23:01:13","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T15:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=42888"},"modified":"2018-01-02T18:11:36","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T10:11:36","slug":"generate-responsive-embed-codes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/generate-responsive-embed-codes\/","title":{"rendered":"Generate Responsive Embed Codes Easily with This Free App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every web designer knows <strong>how to embed videos<\/strong>. Embedding is the easiest way to share content and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/create-viral-content\/\">improve your articles<\/a> with relevant media.<\/p>\n<p>However, there\u2019s a problem with iframes and other similar video embeds: the <strong>lack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/responsive-web-design-war\/\">responsive solutions<\/a><\/strong>. Every modern site is fully responsive and a fixed video can really break that flow on mobile.<\/p>\n<p>To counter this problem, try <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/embedresponsively.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Embedresponsively.com<\/a><\/strong>. This free web app <strong>auto-generates embed codes<\/strong> for a wide array of media sites and even <strong>supports default iframe elements<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/embedresponsively.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/generate-responsive-embed-codes\/01-generate-embed-responsively-youtube.jpg\" alt=\"Youtube embed generator web app\" width=\"951\" height=\"955\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p class=\"note\"><strong>Read Also:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/html5-videos-things-you-need-to-know\/\">HTML5 Videos: 10 Things Designers Need to Know<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By default, you can <strong>choose from a handful of multimedia sites<\/strong> that support native embeds:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>YouTube<\/li>\n<li>Vimeo<\/li>\n<li>DailyMotion<\/li>\n<li>Instagram<\/li>\n<li>Twitter<\/li>\n<li>Google Maps<\/li>\n<li>Soundcloud<\/li>\n<li>Scribd<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You don\u2019t need to memorize all these embed codes or mess with their embed widgets. Just <strong>copy the URL of whatever item you want to embed<\/strong> and paste it into the web app.<\/p>\n<p>Once you click the \u201cEmbed\u201d button, you\u2019ll <strong>get a preview<\/strong> that you can <strong>test in your browser by resizing<\/strong>, to see how the video adapts. Underneath the preview pane, you\u2019ll find a block of code that you can <strong>copy\/paste and use to embed on your site<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the simplest solutions to the responsive embed problem. The goal is to <strong>keep the video flexible while maintaining the aspect ratio<\/strong>\u2014not an easy task.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/NetMag\/FluidWidthVideo\/Article-FluidWidthVideo.php\" target=\"_blank\">great piece on CSS-Tricks<\/a> with another solution which relies more on classes and a container element. But, if you <strong>don\u2019t want to always remember adding that container<\/strong> you might prefer Embedresponsively.com.<\/p>\n<p>Take a peek at the site and give it a shot. If you don\u2019t mind <strong>working with longer code snippets<\/strong> this is certainly a great solution for any responsive layout.<\/p>\n<p>And, you can find the full source code for free <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/jeffehobbs\/embedresponsively\" target=\"_blank\">on GitHub<\/a> if you want to <strong>add support for more embeddable media<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"note\"><strong>Read Also:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/embed-responsive-video-superembed-js\/\">Embed Responsive Videos Easily with SuperEmbed.js<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every web designer knows how to embed videos. Embedding is the easiest way to share content and improve your articles with relevant media. However, there\u2019s a problem with iframes and other similar video embeds: the lack of responsive solutions. Every modern site is fully responsive and a fixed video can really break that flow on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3393],"tags":[2066],"topic":[4520],"class_list":["entry-content","is-maxi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Generate Responsive Embed Codes Easily with This Free App - Hongkiat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Every web designer knows how to embed videos. Embedding is the easiest way to share content and improve your articles with relevant media. 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