How to Embed MOV Files in WordPress

1. Upload the file to your own server before embedding the video. Due to limits WordPress puts on the size of uploaded files, use an FTP client to upload the video. The exact location of the file is not important as long as visitors can access it somewhere on your server. If the video is already hosted on another server and you plan on linking to the file instead of hosting it yourself, skip this step.
2. Log in to the WordPress dashboard and navigate to the post or page where you will embed the .OV file. On the right side of the editor box, you'll see two tabs labeled 'Visual' and 'HTML.' Click 'HTML' to edit in HTML mode.

3. Add the
tags where the video will go. The opening
tag needs some specific attributes, so type it out as follows, minus the concluding period:
. This code tells the browser to use the QuickTime player, and the code for that rests on the Apple Web servers. After the
tag, add the closing
tag.
4. Add a
tag between the
tags. You can use multiple
tags to specify the look and behavior of the embedded movie, but the most important one looks like this:
. Since this
tag specifies the location of your MOV file, change the 'value' attribute to the path to your MOV file.
5. Type out your
code tag below the
tag and above the closing
tag. The
needs your MOV file's location again, along with the width, height, type and a path to the QuickTime player. Apple's website suggests typing the following, again without the terminal period:
.
6. Click the blue 'update' or 'publish' button to save your changes in WordPress. In your browser, visit the post or page where you added the MOV file. The QuickTime logo should appear while the file loads. After the video finishes loading, to play it, click the 'Play' icon, designated by a triangle on most video players.