[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #58369: GitHub gist embeds not working

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#58369: GitHub gist embeds not working
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 Reporter:  jikamens      |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:
Component:  Embeds        |     Version:  6.2.2
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:  invalid
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by Otto42):

 Replying to [comment:4 jikamens]:
 > I don't understand. I've used Gist embeds on my WordPress blog for
 YEARS. Clearly Gist supported embedding for all that time. Has something
 changed in Gist to make it no longer support embedding?

 Possibly, but you would need to ask github. Looking at the code on a Gist
 page, it does not currently appear to have oEmbed support.

 > If so, could that maybe be documented in the release notes for WordPress
 or something? I searched high and low and could find no documentation
 whatsoever about this change.

 WordPress did not change anything. The oEmbed standard relies on the site
 being embedded to support being embedded. If gist just removed oEmbed
 support, then it would simply stop working. And there's nothing that would
 change about WordPress to do that.

 Embedding requires the site being embedded to actively allow/support it.
 Or you need a special plugin to enable it for a site which does not
 support it in a standard way.

 Replying to [comment:5 jikamens]:
 > WordPress's documentation literally says that Gist embed is supported:
 >
 > https://wordpress.com/support/gist/

 Wordpress.com and wordpress.org are two different things.

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