# YouTube embeds suddenly not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Using Ghost\ **Created:** [July 21, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/youtube-embeds-suddenly-not-working/48950 "2024-07-21T14:45:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brooks\_Pipher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/brooks_pipher/32/31322_2.png) [@Brooks\_Pipher](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Brooks_Pipher)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/youtube-embeds-suddenly-not-working/48950/1 "2024-07-21T14:45:32Z")
Hello, We are frequently embedding YouTube videos into our posts. See here: [Covenant Church — Morning & Evening Worship: July 14, 2024](https://www.covenantburbank.com/covenant-church-morning-evening-worship-july-14-2024/) But today the YouTube embed feature isn’t displaying an image and is instead showing text in German. See here: [Covenant Church — Morning & Evening Worship: July 21, 2024](https://www.covenantburbank.com/p/6356b55e-7953-486f-86cc-86e4d4b69f3e/) Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Kevin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/kevin/32/32_2.png) [@Kevin](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Kevin)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/youtube-embeds-suddenly-not-working/48950/2 "2024-07-21T17:03:41Z")
The content is in Dutch rather than German so my gut instinct is that YouTube has started detecting the IP address of the server making the request (Ghost(Pro)'s infrastructure is in Amsterdam) and serving localised content. Has this started happening for you on all videos or just specific ones? ---
**Author:** ![Brooks\_Pipher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/brooks_pipher/32/31322_2.png) [@Brooks\_Pipher](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Brooks_Pipher)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/youtube-embeds-suddenly-not-working/48950/3 "2024-07-21T22:31:31Z")
Interesting, thanks! I just did a little testing — and it seems to be happening for all of our live streams. Even live stream videos we posted a week ago are appearing in Dutch. But “regular” videos are appearing correctly as an embed. In the attached photo, the top video is a “regular” video, but those underneath are various live streams. ![Screenshot 2024-07-21 at 3.30.27 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/3X/c/6/c6779572500b0fc4951de9d6e3968976735fe6b8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Kevin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/kevin/32/32_2.png) [@Kevin](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Kevin)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/youtube-embeds-suddenly-not-working/48950/4 "2024-07-22T10:53:46Z")
It does appear that live stream links aren’t able to be embedded and revert to inserting a bookmark card instead. If you use a “watch” link instead that embeds OK (checking your previous working embeds shows they are all watch links) so it’s definitely something specific to live streams. I’ve opened an internal issue to see if we can improve the behaviour for YouTube live links. ---
**Author:** ![Brooks\_Pipher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/brooks_pipher/32/31322_2.png) [@Brooks\_Pipher](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Brooks_Pipher)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/youtube-embeds-suddenly-not-working/48950/5 "2024-07-22T23:24:55Z")
Great — thank you! I’ve noticed the same behavior for Google Maps links as well. The wording appears in Dutch. One of the main ways in which we use Ghost is to let our subscribers know about our live streams — so this is obviously a major issue for us. I appreciate your fast response thus far! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Brooks\_Pipher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/brooks_pipher/32/31322_2.png) [@Brooks\_Pipher](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Brooks_Pipher)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 2:59am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/youtube-embeds-suddenly-not-working/48950/6 "2024-07-23T02:59:57Z")
I just re-read this, and while we do post “watch” links, each Sunday we distribute a live stream link via Ghost for people to watch our worship services who are not able to be present in person. This feature has always worked great, until this past Sunday. See here: [Covenant Church — Morning & Evening Worship: June 23, 2024](https://www.covenantburbank.com/covenant-church-morning-evening-worship-june-23-2024/) As an example. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![jonhickman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/jonhickman/32/33102_2.png) [@jonhickman](https://forum.ghost.org/u/jonhickman)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/youtube-embeds-suddenly-not-working/48950/7 "2024-07-29T10:14:46Z")
The maps issue is most likely explained by Kevin’s earlier comment: > my gut instinct is that YouTube has started detecting the IP address of the server making the request (Ghost(Pro)'s infrastructure is in Amsterdam) and serving localised content. That said, I can’t reproduce this on Ghost(Pro) when embedding a map on my own site, which has the same set-up as yours (it’s a standard Pro site 😄). I’d be happy to take a look at the Google Maps embed for you, please drop an email to [support@ghost.org](mailto:support@ghost.org) and say that Jon asked you to write in, and that email will find me. A general tip here: if embeds are being localized into Dutch then this is, as mentioned, likely due to the embed service trying to be helpful and sending back Dutch content to Ghost(Pro)'s Dutch IP address. Many services offer a localization parameter that can be added to the URL to force it to use your preferred language, this varies but is usually something like `www.somewebsite.com/restofurl?locale=en_US` where `?locale=en_US` is the localization for US English (locale is an example, this varies from service to service e.g. some use `?lang=`) ---
**Author:** ![shimikano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/shimikano/32/32022_2.png) [@shimikano](https://forum.ghost.org/u/shimikano)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 8:06am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/youtube-embeds-suddenly-not-working/48950/8 "2024-09-17T08:06:54Z")
Has there been any progress regarding this issue? Our site has Dutch texts appearing in Google Map embeds as well. Appending various parameters such as `language=xx`, `lang=xx`, `locale=xx` doesn’t change this behavior. Is there any other known workaround? Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![jonhickman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/jonhickman/32/33102_2.png) [@jonhickman](https://forum.ghost.org/u/jonhickman)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 8:38am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/youtube-embeds-suddenly-not-working/48950/9 "2024-09-17T08:38:02Z")
Hey, if you’re a Ghost(Pro) user I have the same comment as above, here: _I can’t reproduce this on Ghost(Pro) when embedding a map on my own site […] I’d be happy to take a look at the Google Maps embed for you, please drop an email to [support@ghost.org](mailto:support@ghost.org) and say that Jon asked you to write in, and that email will find me._ ---
**Author:** ![Paula\_Tienza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/paula_tienza/32/33354_2.png) [@Paula\_Tienza](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Paula_Tienza)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/youtube-embeds-suddenly-not-working/48950/10 "2024-11-21T17:05:14Z")
How is this issue going? Trying to upload a past live to my blog post and only the card comes up. Thanks.