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title: "Displaying video, audio, and media links as a player using the Custom Content field"
date: 2026-04-23
author: "GravityKit"
link: "https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/customizing-your-views/displaying-video-or-audio-links-as-a-player-using-the-custom-content-field/"
---

Imagine you have a field in your form where people share a Vimeo or YouTube link, and you'd like to display those links as a Video player instead of the link to the video. Or you have a tweet from Twitter that you want to embed in a View.

By using the Custom Content field and enabling the "Render oEmbeds" field setting, you can embed video, audio, slideshows, documents, and other media from many services, including:

- YouTube
- Vimeo
- Twitter
- WordPress.tv
- [And many more!](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/embeds/)

Here's how:

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## 1. Add a Custom Content field to your View

Click the "Add View" button, then click the Custom Content field.

![Screenshot of Add View button](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/OznAVH.png)

## 2. Click the gear icon to configure the field settings.

![A Custom Content field placeholder, with a gear icon visible.](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2q3GqJ.png)

## 2. Add the merge tag to the content's field.

![Screenshot of Custom Content field with {Video Link:2} field in it.](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/LWJnQd.png)

## 3. Check the checkbox "Render oEmbeds"

![Screenshot of Custom Content field 'Render oEmbeds' checkbox checked.](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/5VhOb1.png)

## 4. Save the View