[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #49083: Embeds: Add support for TikTok

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#49083: Embeds: Add support for TikTok
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 Reporter:  jblz                                 |       Owner:  audrasjb
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  5.4
Component:  Embeds                               |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-screenshots reporter-  |     Focuses:
  feedback                                       |
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Comment (by felipeloureirosantos):

 Replying to [comment:11 peterwilsoncc]:

 > Is the service is popular enough for core developers to have heard of it
 before? Is it “mainstream?”

 Yes, it is. Their main public seems to be the
 [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/03/technology/tiktok-facebook-
 youtube.html younger generations], so that is something that might have
 made it not becoming so clear yet as most of those individuals are not
 part of the Make WordPress community, but that doesn't mean that they are
 not WordPress users and part of the general WordPress community somehow.

 > If similar services are already supported, how does this service compare
 in terms of size, features, and backing?

 [https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-most-downloaded-app-2018-11 TikTok
 was the most downloaded app in the US in September 2018], it means it had
 more downloads than apps like Facebook and Youtube for this period of
 time.

 > Does this service have a large following on Twitter, Facebook, or other
 social media?  Is its Twitter account verified?

 Yes, both [https://twitter.com/tiktok_us Twitter (US account)] and
 [https://www.facebook.com/tiktok/ Facebook] are verified and have a huge
 number of followers. They also seem to have
 [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tik+tok&sp=CAA%253D
 partnership with some Youtube creators].

 > How old is the service?

 The initial release was 3 years ago, but it was a Musical.ly merger, and
 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical.ly Musical.ly] had the first
 release in August 2014.

 > Does it have a well-established Wikipedia article? (Seriously.)

 Yes, it has [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok a really great English
 page] and it's available in several languages. I can see that both English
 (121 references) and Portuguese (52 references) versions have a lot
 information.

 > Has anyone written a WordPress plugin that leverages the service in some
 way, whether adding it as an oEmbed provider, creating a shortcode, or
 leveraging other APIs of the service? Do these plugins have any noticeable
 adoption or traction that would indicate usage and demand?

 There is a plugin developed by @audrasjb: https://wordpress.org/plugins
 /embed-block-for-tiktok/

 It has not significant installation numbers so far.

 > Is the provider frequently proposed?

 No, it's not. I would guess the same intuition that I shared on the first
 question: TikTok users are not (yet) on the Make WordPress community.

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