Google Hangout is the best free solution for hosting live streams. It allows you to broadcast, record, bring guests, and run Q&A sessions with a live audience. The main problem is that all of this happens on Google+ and not on your own site. In this article, we will show you how to embed a live Google Hangout session in WordPress.
The first thing you need to do is go to the Google+ Hangouts On Air website and click on Start a hangout on the air button.
A new popup will appear asking you for the details of your Hangout on air. You must give your hangout a name and add a short description of what this hangout is about. Below the name and description, you'll see a section labeled Startups. You have to click Next and then choose a date and time for your hangout.
By default, your Hangout on Air is publicly available, which means anyone can view it. If you don't want to make it public or if you want it to be available to selected people, you must tag those people or choose a circle.
For the sake of this tutorial, we're assuming you'd want to have as many people as possible for your audience, so it would be a public site.
Once you are done with the configuration, click on the Share button. If you haven't verified your YouTube account yet, you'll be prompted to do so. Once you are done verifying your YouTube account, click the share button again.
You will be redirected to your hangout page, which will have your hangout details. Below the hangout details section, you'll find a links icon. Click the links icon, and it will show you the hangout links and embed code.
You need to copy the YouTube page URL .
Now go back to your WordPress site and create or edit a post or page where you want to embed your Google+ Hangout. You can follow our tutorial on how to embed a YouTube video in WordPress. All you need to do is simply paste the YouTube URL into the page editor on its own line and save your changes.
Now if you preview your page, you will be able to see your Google+ Hangout On Air embedded in your WordPress page.
That's all your WordPress site is now ready to host your Live Google+ Hangout session.
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