Question

In WordPress, how can I use the embed video feature via a custom shortcode?

I have tried the following, but that does not actually embed the video. It just adds an empty <div class="aligncenter"></div> to the html?

function shortcode_vimeo($atts) {  
    extract(shortcode_atts(array(  
        "id"        => '', 
        "align"     => 'aligncenter'  
    ), $atts));  

    return '<div class="'.$align.'">' .  
        do_shortcode('http://www.vimeo.com/'.$id.'')
    .'</div>';
}  

add_shortcode("vimeo", "shortcode_vimeo");      

Answer 1

Embedding videos seems to not work with do_shortcode. However, I have now found the following solution:

global $wp_embed;
$video_embed = $wp_embed->run_shortcode('
    '
);