Have you ever wanted to embed your Zoom Video Conference meeting into a website? Zoom video conferencing has a lot of features many people do not know about. Embedding a meeting directly into your website may be one feature you have never heard of. This feature is ideal for sharing access to public meetings such as a public town hall or webinar. In this tutorial, you will learn how to easily add a Zoom meeting into a Wordpress website.
7. Steps to embed zoom meetings
1. Create a Wordpress Website
2. Download & Install Zoom Meetings for Wordpress Plugin
3. Create a Zoom Marketplace App (Get API Key)
4. Add API Credentials into Wordpress Plugin
5. Use Shortcode on Wordpress page or post
6. Publish page/post and view your Zoom Meeting on Your Website
8. Create a Wordpress Page
1. Create a Wordpress Website
2. Install Zoom Meetings for
Wordpress Plugin
See example here -
https://worshipsummit.live/watch-live
9. Download the Plugin
1. Plugin is available at the link
below
2. Visit ElearningEvolve.com
Direct Link here -
https://elearningevolve.com/produ
cts/wordpress-zoom-integration/
3. Download Plugin File
10. Install the Plugin
1. Click the plugins area of
Wordpress
2. Click Add New Plugin and
Select Upload.
3. Upload and Activate Your
Plugin
11. Create a Zoom Marketplace App (Get API Key)
1. Visit the Zoom Marketplace at
marketplace.zoom.us
2. Sign in and click Develop
3. Choose the JWT option
12. Find your Zoom App Credentials
1. Once you app has been
created click “App Credentials”
2. Copy this information and
paste it into the settings area of
your Wordpress plugin
13. Copy Zoom API Credentials into Wordpress
1. Copy and paste your API
Key and API Secret Key
2. Select from a few
customization options and
press save.
14. Copy Zoom API Credentials into Wordpress
1. Find the Plugin Shortcode
2. Paste Plugin with the
Zoom Meeting ID that you
wish to embed.
15. Publish your page
1. Paste shortcode in
2. Update or Publish Page
See example here -
https://worshipsummit.live/watch-live
16. View your Zoom Meeting on Your Website
1. Zoom is now embedded into
your website
2. See how easy it is to access
your computers microphones
and camera inputs
See example here -
https://worshipsummit.live/watch-live
17. Known Limitations
1. Joining the meeting directly from the WordPress page
may not work for IOS devices because Apple doesn’t
allow loading of an external iframe, therefore, the plugin
provides a Zoom app link on the page for users to join
meeting via Zoom App incase it doesn’t work on their
specific device.
2. The Zoom webinar module is not supported in this
plugin.
3. This addon only supports the features that are
supported in the web version of Zoom. The features that
are specific to the Zoom App like recording the video
conferencing session are not supported via this plugin
as they are available only in the Zoom App.
4. Users cannot join Breakout Sessions via the HTML web
app.