How to Add Video or Audio to a Joomla Article

: Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge; Published: 09 May 2025 09 May 2025

In this Joomla media tutorial, we'll show you how to embed video and audio into a Joomla article.

By default, Joomla doesn't have much support for multimedia. You can add images, but it's not possible to embed YouTube videos, Soundcloud audio, X / Twitter posts and other multimedia content.

If you do want to add video or audio to Joomla article, you will need an extension.

If you want to embed video from a single source, you can find excellent extensions for that purpose. Here at Joomlashack, we offer specific plugins for YouTube and Vimeo videos:

OSYouTube: the most popular way to add YouTube videos to Joomla.
OSVimeo: the most powerful way to add Vimeo videos to Joomla.

However, if you want to use a wide variety of video and audio sources, you probably don't want to install an extension for each one. So we're going to use a plugin called OSEmbed.

Here's how you use OSEmbed

Download the OSEmbed plugin from here Joomlashack.
In the administration area of your Joomla site, go to System > Extensions > Install and upload the file to install.
Insert video or audio into an article using the URL.

It's really as simple as that. OSEmbed supports video files from sites like YouTube and Vimeo, plus audio files from sites like Soundcloud.

Using this great plugin, you can embed videos from many sources that host videos and audio files. Click here to see the full list of providers supported by OSEmbed.

Let's see some examples of OSEmbed in action.