YouTube is a 3rd party tool for creating videos. In this article, you can explore your options for adding YouTube live streams to WordPress.
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Option 1: Embed Without A Plugin
If you would like to embed your YouTube live streams into your site. We recommend visiting YouTube, doing a quick search for “embed YouTube live stream into my WordPress site.”
This way you’ll have the most updated tutorials showing you how, right from YouTube!
Option 2: Embed With a Special Plugin
You can also simply install a free plugin like WP YouTube Live to make the embed process easier for your YouTube live videos.
Option 3: Use a YouTube Live Verified Encoder
Tools like Streamyard are YouTube approved live verified encoders. You can see the full list here. These tools allow you to stream to multiple locations at one time for extra flexibility.
You can embed Streamyard in your WordPress site using this article.
Live Streaming in Your AccessAlly Site
If you’d like to embed your live stream into posts/pages in your site, you can use one of the three options above to create your live stream. If adding to a WordPress post, enabling comments allows for easy connection from live stream with comments in your AccessAlly site.
Here’s an example of “allowing comments” on your WordPress post.
Live Streaming With CommunityAlly
We have several open feature requests for video in CommunityAlly. There is no option for embedding into CommunityAlly posts, for now the easiest option is to:
- Post your live stream link directly into a CommunityAlly group post. (Opens in the browser to your live stream.)
- Create a CommunityAlly discussion to go with your live stream for easy connection of the stream to your community participants.
Example of a CommunityAlly discussion to go with your live stream.
