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Instagram removed the embed button from the web interface, but the embed itself still works. Here is how to build the code from a post URL, in both forms.
Every platform publishes embed code and most hide it. Here is where each one keeps it, when to use an iframe instead of a script, and what to do about consent.
Every YouTube channel and playlist publishes an RSS feed. Here is the URL format, how to find the ID it needs, and what the feed does and does not include.
The default YouTube embed code is fixed-width and sets cookies before anyone presses play. Here is the version that is responsive, lazy and privacy-enhanced.