YouTube links still auto-embed after activation
YouTube and other links keep auto-embedding on the frontend or in admin even after the plugin is turned on.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
5 public reports · first reported 14 June 2016 · last reported 30 July 2025
What's going wrong
Owners who turn on Disable Embeds expect YouTube links and other auto-converted URLs to stop turning into players, but some report that the plugin changes only the public pages and leaves the admin or editor still embedding.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 5 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
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