Need to embed Threads into WordPress? With a quick bit of code I’ll show you how – with both an automatic embedding method as well as a backup shortcode too.

For now, it’s pretty “quick and dirty”, but until Meta release an API this is possibly the best method.

Threads does have an embed option, which presents you with a long string of code. But, as a solution, it’s not great – you can’t just put that code into a WordPress post for a start and, unless the platform provides the code via an API, it’s something that might change regularly (fetching everything from them on demand is a better solution than hard-coding what they provided at one point in time).

Anyway, although not ideal, I’ve put together a quick piece of code that, yes, will allow you to embed Threads using their own code. So, when I said it’s not a good idea to do it like this, that’s exactly how I’m doing it. As a stop-gap. However, the code is likely to change, which is why I’m not making this a plugin and adding it to the directory – in the coming weeks/months, I suspect Meta will create more permanent solutions for this.

	<?php
	/**
	* Thread Embed
	*
	* @package threads-embed
	* @author David Artiss
	* @license GPL-2.0-or-later
	*
	* Plugin Name: Threads Embed
	* Plugin URI: https://gist.github.com/dartiss/97b7da945b9de709dba8fed5a7f23ede
	* Description: Add Threads embedding to a WordPress post
	* Version: 0.4
	* Requires at least: 4.6
	* Requires PHP: 8.0
	* Author: David Artiss
	* Author URI: https://artiss.blog
	* Text Domain: threads-embed
	* License: GPL v2 or later
	* License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
	*
	* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
	* General Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation. You may NOT assume
	* that you can use any other version of the GPL.
	*
	* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
	* even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
	*/
	/**
	* Threads embed
	*
	* Add a shortcode that will generate Threads embed code from a provided link.
	*
	* @param string $paras Shortcode parameters.
	* @param string $content Shortcode content.
	* @return string Threads embed code.
	*/
	function threads_embed( $paras = '', $content = '' ) {
	return generate_threads_embed( $paras[0] );
	}
	add_shortcode( 'threads', 'threads_embed' );
	/**
	* Register Threads URL Handler.
	*/
	function register_threads_embed_handler() {
	wp_embed_register_handler(
	'threads', // Unique identifier for this handler.
	'#https://www\.threads\.net/.*#i', // The regex for URLs you want to embed.
	'threads_embed_handler' // The callback function to run when a match is found.
	);
	}
	add_action( 'init', 'register_threads_embed_handler' );
	/**
	* Threads Embed Handler
	*
	* This is the callback function that will generate the Threads embed HTML.
	*
	* @param array $matches An array containing any regex matches.
	* @param array $attr An array containing the embed attributes.
	* @param string $url The URL that was matched.
	* @param array $rawattr An array containing the raw (unfiltered) embed attributes.
	* @return string Threads embed code.
	*/
	function threads_embed_handler( $matches, $attr, $url, $rawattr ) {
	return generate_threads_embed( $url );
	}
	/**
	* Generate embed code
	*
	* Using a passed Threads URL, generate the embed code.
	*
	* @param string $threads_url The Threads URL to be embedded.
	* @return string Threads embed code.
	*/
	function generate_threads_embed( $threads_url ) {
	$url = false;
	// Divide out the link, based on forward slashes. The 4th party should be the ID for the Threads post.
	$split = explode( '/', $threads_url );
	if ( 't' == $split[3] ) {
	$url = $split[4];
	} else {
	// If not the format I was expecting, look further along the array.
	if ( 'post' == $split[4] ) {
	$split2 = explode( '?', $split[5] );
	$url = $split2[0];
	}
	}
	// Now generated the embed code – this is the code currently provided by Threads and is presented as-is.
	if ( ! $url ) {
	$embed = '<p>Error: Threads URL format not recognised.</p>';
	} else {
	$embed = '<blockquote class="text-post-media" data-text-post-permalink="https://www.threads.net/t/' . $url . '" data-text-post-version="0" id="ig-tp-' . $url . '" style=" background:#FFF; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #00000026; border-radius: 16px; max-width:540px; margin: 1px; min-width:270px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% – 2px); width:calc(100% – 2px);"> <a href="https://www.threads.net/t/' . $url . '" style=" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif;" target="_blank"> <div style=" padding: 40px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center;"><div style=" display:block; height:32px; width:32px; padding-bottom:20px;"> <svg aria-label="Threads" height="32px" role="img" viewBox="0 0 192 192" width="32px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M141.537 88.9883C140.71 88.5919 139.87 88.2104 139.019 87.8451C137.537 60.5382 122.616 44.905 97.5619 44.745C97.4484 44.7443 97.3355 44.7443 97.222 44.7443C82.2364 44.7443 69.7731 51.1409 62.102 62.7807L75.881 72.2328C81.6116 63.5383 90.6052 61.6848 97.2286 61.6848C97.3051 61.6848 97.3819 61.6848 97.4576 61.6855C105.707 61.7381 111.932 64.1366 115.961 68.814C118.893 72.2193 120.854 76.925 121.825 82.8638C114.511 81.6207 106.601 81.2385 98.145 81.7233C74.3247 83.0954 59.0111 96.9879 60.0396 116.292C60.5615 126.084 65.4397 134.508 73.775 140.011C80.8224 144.663 89.899 146.938 99.3323 146.423C111.79 145.74 121.563 140.987 128.381 132.296C133.559 125.696 136.834 117.143 138.28 106.366C144.217 109.949 148.617 114.664 151.047 120.332C155.179 129.967 155.42 145.8 142.501 158.708C131.182 170.016 117.576 174.908 97.0135 175.059C74.2042 174.89 56.9538 167.575 45.7381 153.317C35.2355 139.966 29.8077 120.682 29.6052 96C29.8077 71.3178 35.2355 52.0336 45.7381 38.6827C56.9538 24.4249 74.2039 17.11 97.0132 16.9405C119.988 17.1113 137.539 24.4614 149.184 38.788C154.894 45.8136 159.199 54.6488 162.037 64.9503L178.184 60.6422C174.744 47.9622 169.331 37.0357 161.965 27.974C147.036 9.60668 125.202 0.195148 97.0695 0H96.9569C68.8816 0.19447 47.2921 9.6418 32.7883 28.0793C19.8819 44.4864 13.2244 67.3157 13.0007 95.9325L13 96L13.0007 96.0675C13.2244 124.684 19.8819 147.514 32.7883 163.921C47.2921 182.358 68.8816 191.806 96.9569 192H97.0695C122.03 191.827 139.624 185.292 154.118 170.811C173.081 151.866 172.51 128.119 166.26 113.541C161.776 103.087 153.227 94.5962 141.537 88.9883ZM98.4405 129.507C88.0005 130.095 77.1544 125.409 76.6196 115.372C76.2232 107.93 81.9158 99.626 99.0812 98.6368C101.047 98.5234 102.976 98.468 104.871 98.468C111.106 98.468 116.939 99.0737 122.242 100.233C120.264 124.935 108.662 128.946 98.4405 129.507Z" /></svg></div> <div style=" font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; color: #999999; font-weight: 400; padding-bottom: 4px; "> Cannot embed</div> <div style=" font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; color: #000000; font-weight: 600; "> View on Threads</div></div></a></blockquote><script async src="https://www.threads.net/embed.js"></script>';
	}
	return $embed;
	}

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You can either copy this code to functions.php or copy it to a blank file and save it in your plugins folder – you can then activate it as a plugin.

To use…

1. Head to your Thread conversation and click on the share option under it
2. Select “Copy link”

Now, you should just be able to paste the URL into a post and it will appear. But, if that doesn’t work, you can use the shortcode method…

1. In your post, add the shortcode of [threads {url}], where you replace {url} with the link that you just grabbed
2. If you use the shortcodes block in the block editor then you’ll type the same, but without the square brackets

Please note, with the shortcode, a preview of what it will look like will NOT show in the editor.

There are no additional parameters – if you wish to change the format then you will need to tweak Meta’s code in the function code (right now, I’m using their code as-is, without any deviation).

That’s it. Enjoy!