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# What Is oEmbed and Why You Should Use It - WordCamp Orange County 2016
- URL: https://jasontucker.blog/oembed-use-wordcamp-orange-county-2016/
- Published: 2016-07-19T08:27:39.000Z
- Updated: 2023-06-18T23:17:17.000Z
- Author: Jason Tucker
- Tags: #wordpress

At WordCamp Orange County 2016 I spoke about something that I thought was going to be very simple, oEmbeds. What I found was that oEmbeds are very complicated under the hood yet make things super simple for the end user.

## What is oEmbed?

oEmbed is a format for allowing an embedded representation of a URL on third party sites. The simple API allows a website to display embedded content (such as photos or videos) when a user posts a link to that resource, without having to parse the resource directly.

Sources:

- [http://oembed.com/](http://oembed.com/?ref=jasontucker.blog)
- [https://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds](https://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds?ref=jasontucker.blog)

After my talk at OCWC I was the judge of the 2nd annual Plugin-a-Palooza, a contest for plugin developers

> We had so much fun with last year’s event that we’re doing it all again: join us for Plugin-a-Palooza 2016\. We want everyone to come together in the spirit of competition, show off your mad developer skills, and create a plugin that will impress the judges.

[Plugin-A-Palooza – WordCamp Orange County](https://2016.oc.wordcamp.org/category/plugin-a-palooza/?ref=jasontucker.blog)

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