Disabling embedding of WordPress posts remotely on 3rd party sites

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Disabling oEmbed in WordPress

1. Log in to WordPress as the administrator.
2. On the Dashboard in the left sidebar, click Appearance, and then click Editor:\
3. On the Theme Editor, select the Theme you want to edit from the dropdown:\
4. The files for this selected theme are listed on the right column under Theme Files. Click on the file named “functions.php”:\
5. Insert the following code to the end of functions.php file and click Update File Button to save the changes:

function no_embed() {

  wp_dequeue_script('wp-embed');

}

add_action('wp_footer', 'no_embed');

6. This code prevents the related JS file from loading and other from embedding your blog posts from wordpress site.

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