wp_oembed_add_provider( string $format, string $provider, bool $regex = false )

Adds a URL format and oEmbed provider URL pair.

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Parameters

$format string Required
The format of URL that this provider can handle. You can use asterisks as wildcards.
$provider string Required
The URL to the oEmbed provider.
$regex bool Optional
Whether the $format parameter is in a RegEx format.

Default: false

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Source

File: wp-includes/embed.php. View all references 

function wp_oembed_add_provider( $format, $provider, $regex = false ) {
	if ( did_action( 'plugins_loaded' ) ) {
		$oembed                       = _wp_oembed_get_object();
		$oembed->providers[ $format ] = array( $provider, $regex );
	} else {
		WP_oEmbed::_add_provider_early( $format, $provider, $regex );
	}
}

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Changelog

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Version Description
2.9.0 Introduced.

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User Contributed Notes

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    Contributed by Codex —

    Basic Example
    Register a provider for any URL beginning in http://site.com/watchvideo/ using a simple wildcard URL format:

    <?php wp_oembed_add_provider( 'http://site.com/watchvideo/*', 'http://site.com/oembedprovider' ); ?>

    Note: Do not leave empty space, neither before nor after

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    YouTube
    Register YouTube’s oEmbed provider for YouTube URLs using a regex URL format:

    <?php wp_oembed_add_provider( '#http://(www\.)?youtube\.com/watch.*#i', 'http://www.youtube.com/oembed', true ); ?>

    Note: YouTube is already registered by default with WordPress. This is merely an example, you do not need to register YouTube yourself.

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