Instant Articles With Facebook Video Embedded Not Previewing (via WordPress)
Steps required to reproduce the problem
- Create article using wordpress
- Encode Facebook video using the following URL:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/embedded-video-player/?prefill_href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FLFRSOakham%2Fvideos%2F201961350531013%2F#
- Add the following code to body:
Add the following embed code to article:
Oakham Fire Station Baby Shark ChallengeFirefighters from Oakham Station take on the Baby Shark Challenge #babysharkchallenge #babyshark
Posted by Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service Oakham Station on Friday, August 24, 2018
Expected Result
To be able to view the preview of the embedded facebook video in the article
Actual Result
Only the hyperlink is shown in the article that takes the reader to the video.
Here is the link to an affected Instant Article that, when viewed using the Facebook mobile app, only shows the URL to the embedded video: https://emergency-services.news/?p=3030
I have also tried adding
to the article, but this only proved to prevent adverts from being loaded into the instant article when being viewed via the facebook mobile app
Version Info
Please state exact versions, not latest or new.
Using WP Native Articles (plugin) on WordPress Version 1.5.3
Without the above information we are not able to debug the issue and will close it.

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