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Hey guys I don’t know what to call it, or what it is called, so I don’t know if this has already been addressed or not.
This is what I am wanting to know, and it is possible, because I have seen wordpress websites do it. One posted as an example below.
When you copy and paste a twitter link in to the editor, it fetches a clickable preview of the tweet. Same if you paste a link of a youtube video.
How can a link to a regular url be pasted in and do the same thing and fetch a clickable preview of a website?
For instance. If you look at this post at this website, https://hnewswire.com/there-is-no-actual-law-or-justice-in-the-b-e-a-s-t-system-birth-pains/ You will see several previews of other posts that you click on the headline or url and it opens it.
Is there a setting I am overlooking?
BTW I don’t use the new Gutenberg editor, I use the classic editor with TinyMCE Advanced.
Hope I made sense and you know what I am needing to know.
Jon
Customer Support
Hi there,
maybe this article will help?
https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/an-automated-way-of-taking-website-screenshot-in-wordpress/
Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/I tried that plugin. It worked, but fetched the whole website instead of a preview with the post headline.
If you’re using the Block Editor then try using an Embed block.
Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/David I tried that, and it said it could not embed the url. I don’t use that Newfangled stuff. To confusing for this old dog! I am a classic guy!
Here is what I just realized. If you paste into the editor a url from the same domain, it will fetch a preview like I am talking about. Paste a url from another domain and it will only show the url text.
Trying to see if it does it here
https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/website-preview-like-twitter/#post-1351513
Nope, just turns it into a clickable link
Lead Developer
We’ve turned that feature off in the forums.
I believe WordPress will try to fetch a preview, but it can fail (http to https etc..).
This topic might be useful: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embeds-not-working-on-all-websites/
Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/
Ongoing Development: https://generatepress.com/ongoing-developmentWell thanks for the suggestions. Maybe one day WordPress will add that feature in.
Hey guys, I gave up and closed this however I found something and would like input, and perhaps maybe you could add a feature that will automatically do this.
I have permission from a website to publish their posts. I did one just a bit ago and figured I would have to put a link as I figured the url they posted would NOT show up on my website…., but it did. And exactly as I have been wanting in the above posts.
Take a look at the this post on my website https://www.online-ministries.org/current-biblical-locust-plague-july-8-2020/ and scroll to the bottom. You will see the box with the content I am referring to..
Here is the code.
<figure class=”wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-strange-sounds”>
</figure>
Now, HOW do I get wordpress to add that automatically when I paste a stand alone url from another website. It does it automatically if the url is from a post within the domain.
Yea, I could do it manually, but that takes to much time. Can you guys add a feature to do that, a CSS or something else that could be integrated in to do it automatically?
If so, simple instructions for a simpleton like me! LOL
Which version of WordPress are you using ?
Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/Current version 5.4.2
Hi there,
It should work by default as long as your server is able to communicate with the server you’re getting the content from.
For example, I pasted a link from our documentation site (docs.generatepress.com) on my local site (generatepress.local) and here’s what happened: https://www.screencast.com/t/jWMW9QShSm
Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/
Ongoing Development: https://generatepress.com/ongoing-developmentTom, when you say “as long as your server is able to communicate with the server you’re getting the content from”
How does one know if that is happening? Is there a setting for that?
It should happen automatically. I’m not 100% sure of the inner workings of that feature, but I believe it uses the REST API. If it’s not working, it likely means that connection isn’t being made.
Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/
Ongoing Development: https://generatepress.com/ongoing-developmentThanks Tom.
I did some experimenting and some sites did indeed auto post. All of my websites on my VPS will not communicate with each other. About 1/4 of those I tried did. Thanks for your help. The theme and plugin extra is great!
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