Wistia is a video marketing service for businesses. This guide shows you how to display Wistia videos on your website.
To quickly embed a Wistia video, you can just copy the URL of the video and paste it on its own line in the Visual editor. Make sure that it is not hyperlinked.
We’ll automatically convert the video so it will look great within your post or page:
Alternatively, you can use the embed option to adjust several attributes of the video prior to embedding it on your site.
Start by highlighting over the Video Actions in the top right-hand corner of the video and selecting Embed & Share:

From there, you’ll be presented with several options. Make sure you select the following:
- “Inline Embed” or “Popover Embed” as the option at the top of the page
- “Use oEmbed” under Advanced Options
You can customize the video size to fit your needs.

When you’re done, you should have a code that looks like this:
http://automattic-2.wistia.com/medias/mqf9c9147u?embedType=iframe&videoWidth=320
Copy that embed code and paste it into your post or page. The above code should produce a video like this:
- If you have a custom domain setup at Wistia, you’ll need to use your Wistia subdomain for the embed to work correctly.
- For information about troubleshooting Wistia embeds, take a look at our Troubleshooting Embed Links doc.