# Upload/Embed Video

You can add videos in two different ways:

#### **Backend Form**

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1. Click the Videos tab.
2. Click the Add New sub-tab.
3. Start filling in the blanks: enter your post title in the upper field, and enter your post body content in the main post editing box below it.
4. In the **Main Video Source** metabox, click the "**Upload a file**" button to choose your video file or paste a video URL, iframe, or script code into the **Media ID** textarea field. You can also fill in the video length and aspect ratio fields.
5. As needed, select a category, add tags, and make other selections from the sections below the post.
6. Also, you can upload or embed a video trailer from the section.
7. When you are ready, click **Publish**.

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#### Frontend Form <a href="#frontend" id="frontend"></a>

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Read more about the [WordPress Writing Posts](https://wordpress.org/support/article/writing-posts/)
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Regular authors must have the "**unfiltered\_html**" capability to embed code.
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Read more about [Content Capabilities](https://phpface.gitbook.io/streamtube/content-capabilities) for further information.
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