The <embed> Element

Embedded ContentNew in HTML5Well Supported

The <embed> element is used to insert an external (typically non-HTML) application, plugin, or interactive content.

Attributes for <embed>

Type	Attribute List
'Standard' Attributes	"allowfullscreen", "allowscriptaccess", "alt", "autoplay", "autostart", "base", "bgcolor", "border", "controls", "flashvars", "frameborder", "height", "logo", "loop", "menu", "palette", "play", "pluginspage", "progress", "quality", "scale", "song", "src", "swliveconnect", "swremote", "swstretchhalign", "swstretchstyle", "swstretchvalign", "target", "type", "units", "volume", "width", and "wmode"
Obsolete Attributes	"align", "hspace", "name", and "vspace"

Notes

• This element is in HTML5, but wasn't in HTML 4.01.

Recommended Links

• CanIUse.com: Search <embed> (browser compatibility information)
• CanIEmail.com: Search <embed> (email client compatibility information)
• HTML5 (WHATWG): embed element
• MDN: <embed>
• Quackit: HTML <embed> tag

Search Engine Links (for more information)

• Bing "embed element"
• Google "embed element"