I was wondering how to use swfObject in WordPress, and it occurred to me to search for existing plugins. Surprise! Here are two. First, the wp-swfObject plugin, which I try out above. It consists of one simple line that you add to your post–just the url, width, height, between open and close SWF tags.  Like many WordPress plugins and mashups it can sometimes seem buggy. When you add it to your post you have to be in the Visual tab, not the HTML one. Below, a video swf placed with this same wp-swfObject plugin:[SWF]http://www.podsnap.org/uncontrolledTV.swf, 240,180[/SWF]

Below, we test out the Kimili kml_flashembed plugin. Supposedly this one has the advantage of being able to work in sidebars as well as in the main body of posts and pages, but I haven’t tested that yet.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-swfobject/

http://www.kimili.com/plugins/kml_flashembed

See also links to Aral Balkan’s explorations of the same subject: http://aralbalkan.com/606