Earned Content is all the rage and if you spend the majority of your time online, you know exactly how important content sharing is. However, you also know how hard it is to share and have your content shared without going through humongous hurdles. What generally happens is that the “sharing” does not occur and value is lost all around.

And this is where Embed.ly comes into place. It is an online service that enables you to embed more than 300+ different types of media – for free! Besides allowing your readers to embed your content with a quick and easy embed button, Embedly also allows you to easily share content on your blog through the use of “cards”.

Let’s do a deep dive of what Embedly has to offer.

How to Embed Links and Other Media Using Embed.ly

What is Embedly?

Embedly is one of those cool online services that enables anyone to use card based embedding systems on their blog. The card system is sleek and intuitive and provides ease-of-use for readers to embed your content.

All the workload is handled by the API’s offered by the platform. And, if you are using WordPress, you don’t have to worry about a single thing.

Embedly offers a WordPress plugin that takes care of all the heavy lifting.

How To Use Embedly

Using Embedly is extremely easy. For this article, we’ll only go over wordpress usage but keep in mind, Embedly works on many different platforms. Embedly was released 5 years ago, and they have now expanded on almost every platform. So if you are using other platforms, they have you covered.

For using Embedly on WordPress, visit their official WordPress page and install the plugin.

Now, head to Embed.ly, and sign up for a free account. It takes a minute or two and once done, you’ll be shown some basic terminology.

So, let’s go walk through them really quick.

Cards: Cards are the way to share your content using Embedly. They are the smallest unit of expression in the app and is used to display embedded information.

API: Application programming interface is a bunch of functions that are used by software to talk with each other. For you or your developer, it’s a set of tools that they can use to customize Embedly for their website.

Analytics:  Embedly has an awesome analytics tool that allows see how many times your content has been shared.

Set up Embedly

Go to API > Key.

You will see an API Key slot and a simple “Copy API” button aside it. Copy the code and insert it into your WordPress plugin.

The free version of the plugin lets you send up to 5,000 URLs per month which is about 15 requests per second. However, if you want more – you can always purchase the paid version.

The pricing page offers a sleek bar thats let you calculate the amount that is required to meet your requests per month. Another basic package offers requests up to 50,000 URLs per month at just $19/month.

Embedly is a huge time saver

With Embedly, you can easily embed 330 types of media content including Amazon, Tech Crunch, and others. This is especially useful for somebody who knows nothing about html and hyperlinking.

It also eases your workflow. There is no need for adding the source of the image/video or other media type – Embedly does it all for you.

To be frank, there is no similar tool out there that works as easily and seamless as Embedly. If you’re in the market for a content sharing plugin, this is it!

Using Embedly also means that 3rd party content gets embedded in the article/post more naturally compared to any other embedding format. Another added benefit is that the cards are extremely sleek and visibly appealing. This helps the likability of your content and it’ll have a higher chance of getting shared.

With Embedly, the URL can be integrated flawlessly within the blog post and the preview images or any other media borrowed from the source is automatically linked back to the source itself.

Practical uses for Embedly

• Content is boring without media. With Embedly, your content can be packed with visibly appealing images and will help engage your audience more.
• Affiliate marketing becomes more spontaneous and likable with the Embedly card system.
• With Embedly, you can easily create dynamic front pages that users want to click on.
• Embedly users can easily integrate photos and videos directly. No need to do manual work.
• It supports mobile and is completely responsive.
• Embedly can be used by publishers to showcase a whole article from RSS feeds.

Wrap Up

Embedly is perfect for content sharing. With over 5 years of online presence and experience, they have refined their app significantly. If you’re looking to have your content easily embedded on the web – they’re your go-to source.

As a user, you can use Embedly free of cost and get started with it to see if it works for you. If it does, you can always opt for different packages if you need more. There is currently no other wordpress app/plugin for content sharing on the market that even comes close.

So, are you thinking of using Embedly on your website? Let us know through the comment section. If you have already used Embedly, share your experience with the community.