How to embed Medium blog on your website for FREE?
I will show you how to customize and embed Medium blog on your website for free and why you need to do it.
Updated February 25, 2023
Have you considered adding a Medium blog to your website for free? Medium blogs can be very effective in helping you promote your business and brand, as well as valuable resources for potential customers. The content you share on the Medium platform can be turned into an actual part of your site, giving you a chance to attract more readers.
You will use your Medium blog, website, and a free Medium blog widget to complete this task. This will answer the question: How do I embed Medium blog on my website?
CONTENTS
- Quick guide
- Complete guide
- Video guide
- Live demo
- Testimonials
- Reasons to embed
- Examples
- Embed on website builder
- Embed now
- Support
- Conclusion
- Please share!
Quick guide: Embed Medium blog on your website for free
To embed Medium blog on website for free, follow the steps below.
- Sign up FREE or login to SociableKIT.
- Create and customize your Medium blog widget.
- Copy the Medium blog widget embed code.
- Login to your website admin panel and create or edit a page.
- Paste the embed code where you want the Medium blog widget to appear.
- Save and view your page. Done!
That's easy! Embedding Medium blog widget on your website will take only 2 minutes. If you need a more detailed guide, scroll down to follow our complete guide or watch our video guide.
Complete guide
Follow our complete guide below to embed Medium blog on your website for free. The guide is divided into two parts to make it easier to follow.
Create and customize your Medium blog widget
The first part is creating your Medium blog widget using the SociableKIT dashboard. Customize the look and feel to match your brand. Follow the steps below.
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Sign up FREE to SociableKIT. You will be automatically logged in after you enter your email and click the signup button. You can login here if you already have an account. Once you sign up, you will start your 7-day premium trial. After 7 days, you can activate the free plan if you don't need our premium features.
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Select "Medium blog" on the dropdown. SociableKIT offers several social media feeds widgets. You might need to search it using the highlighted area below. Once found, you can then select it.
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Customize your feed. Click the "NEXT" button to show the customization options of your social feed. You can change the layout, colors, font, and more to match your brand. Click the Save changes button.
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Copy the embed code. Click the "Embed on website" button on the upper right corner. Select your website builder. On the popup, copy the JavaScript embed code.
- Paste the embed code and save your website page. Please follow the second part below to add Medium blog widget to your website.
Enter your Medium ID.
Add Medium blog widget to your website
The second part is adding your Medium blog widget to your website. After you customize your Medium blog widget and copied the embed code, it is time to add it to your website. Follow the steps below.
- Copy your free Medium blog widget embed code. Make sure you followed the first part above. It detailed how to you can create and customize your widget to get your free embed code.
- Create a new web page or edit your existing web page where you want the widget to appear.
- Open your webpage. You might use a code editor, a rich text editor, or a code block.
- Paste the embed code you copied from SociableKIT earlier.
- Save and publish your web page.
- View your web page with the widget. Done!
Are you using a specific content management system or website builders like Squarespace, Wix, WordPress, or Shopify? You may refer to specific steps on this page's "Embed on website builder" section. You may also contact our support to assist you or point you to the specific tutorial.
Video Guide: Embed Medium blog on your website for free
Watch our YouTube video below to learn how to embed Medium blog on your website for free.
Live demo
Below, you can see a live demo of our Medium blog widget. You can click on different layouts such as Masonry layout, Grid, and Carousel if available.
Testimonials
Thousands of creators and business owners have already embedded Medium blog on their website using SociableKIT. They love our service! Here's what they tell us.
"Amazing customer service! I really love how quick the widget works. It looks beautiful! Glad I was able to find it."
"An amazing set of plug-in solutions for a large number of social media web site integrations. I would lie if I said I've tried them all, but the ones I'm using are just stellar. The support is also superb. Not only are they helping you with all the little problems you might encounter, but they also listen to requests for new features. Requested features are then - more often than not - swiftly implemented. I wish all companies had support like theirs. I really can't recommend Sociablekit enough! 👍"
"I have to hand it to a company that goes above and beyond with their customer service... your team is a notch above anything I've experienced. Great software, great support - what else can you ask for?"
"It actually works, is very easy to implement, super powerful, looks great, and the price is right."
"A fantastic set of plugins that truly helps navigate the ever changing world of social media and keeping our various platforms connected. The support team is fantastic and they have really been responsive to our needs."
"This was a great way to easily embed Google Reviews into my client's Wix site. I had trouble at first because the business has no physical address listed, but the support team helped me out and everything is running smoothly so far. I recommend!"
"Great features! Very responsive support, and amazing quick turn around on enhancement request."
Reason to embed Medium blog on your Website
There are several reasons why you might want to customize and embed a Medium blog on your website:
- Increased traffic: Embedding your Medium blog on your website can help increase traffic to both your blog and your website. By cross-promoting your content, you can drive more readers to your blog and introduce them to your website.
- Improved branding: Customizing the look and feel of your Medium blog to match your website's branding can help create a consistent brand identity across your online presence.
- Improved user experience: Embedding your Medium blog on your website can create a more seamless user experience for your readers. Instead of having to navigate to a separate website to read your blog posts, they can simply stay on your website and consume your content without interruption.
- Increased engagement: By embedding your Medium blog on your website, you can encourage readers to engage with your content by leaving comments, sharing your posts, and subscribing to your blog.
- Greater control: By embedding your Medium blog on your website, you retain greater control over your content and your online presence. You don't have to rely solely on Medium's platform and algorithms to get your content in front of readers. Instead, you can use your website to drive traffic to your blog and build your audience on your own terms.
Medium blog on Website Examples
Lerer Hippeau Medium Blog
Lerer Hippeau is a brand that turns big ideas into industry-transforming businesses. They use the SociableKIT Medium Blog widget to promote their partnership through all of the big moments about fundraising, recruiting, marketing, org design, and business strategy on their website.
Vertikal Medium Blog
Vertikal is a purpose-built, community-driven metaverse with 115 floors celebrating digital art culture. They use the SociableKIT Medium Blog widget to promote their public spaces, which cover over 60% of the building, and provide different and engaging spaces for public curations, exhibitions, events, concerts, and community parties on their website.
Bloom Trading Medium Blog
Bloom Trading is your nonsense-free online trading community and source for accessible, high-quality trading education. They use the SociableKIT Medium Blog widget to promote their high-quality and accessible educational content on their website.
KYCT solution Medium Blog
KYCT solution is an identity solution for Web3. It can be used to identify and prove the ownership of crypto wallet holders and the origin of assets minted using specific wallets. They use the SociableKIT Medium Blog widget to promote their API solution, which is EVM-based, multi-chain, and compatible with all industry-leading digital IDs, on their website.
Ill intent Medium Blog
Ill Intent is a brand that is the go-to marketing firm for music artists and entrepreneurs. They use the SociableKIT Medium Blog widget to promote their innovative marketing strategies, such as marketing and branding, event curating, and PR, on their website.
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Embed Medium blog widget on your website builder
Are you using a specific website builder or content management system (CMS)? SociableKIT can work with any website builder. The following sections will show you how to use the Medium blog widget code on commonly used website builders.
- Sign up free to SociableKIT. Sign up for a free account on SociableKIT or login if you already have an account.
- Create and customize your Medium blog widget. Create a Medium blog widget and customize the colors, fonts, and other elements to match your Squarespace website.
- Copy the Medium blog widget embed code. Click the "Embed on website" button on the upper right and copy the embed code.
- Login to Squarespace. You must have a "Business" account in Squarespace to use the widget. The "code block" needed cannot be found if you only have a "Personal" account.
- Create a new blank page or edit your existing page. Identify which page you want the widget to appear. You can create a new page on Squarespace, or you can edit your existing page where you want the widget to appear.
- Add a Code Block. On your Squarespace page, click the 'Edit' button. Find the 'Code' block and click it.
- Paste the embed code from SociableKIT. On the 'Content' of the 'Code' block, paste the JavaScript embed code you have copied from your widget.
- Save the changes on the 'Code block'. After pasting your widget's embed code. Click the 'Save' button on the left part of the page.
- View your page. Refresh your Squarespace page and check your SociableKIT widget. Done!
- Sign up free to SociableKIT. Sign up for a free account on SociableKIT or login if you already have an account.
- Create and customize your Medium blog widget. Create a Medium blog widget and customize the colors, fonts, and other elements to match your WordPress website.
- Copy the Medium blog widget embed code. Click the "Embed on website" button on the upper right and copy the embed code.
- Login to your WordPress site.
- On your WordPress, go to the "Pages" section then click the "Add new page".
- Pick a pre-defined layout or start with a blank page by clicking the "Blank page" button.
- On the body of your page, click the "+" icon and click the "Custom HTML".
- Paste the code in the text area.
- To preview, click the preview tab.
- Click the Publish or Update button on your WordPress page.
- Click the view page. Done!
- Sign up free to SociableKIT. Sign up for a free account on SociableKIT or login if you already have an account.
- Create and customize your Medium blog widget. Create a Medium blog widget and customize the colors, fonts, and other elements to match your Weebly website.
- Copy the Medium blog widget embed code. Click the "Embed on website" button on the upper right and copy the embed code.
- Log in to Weebly.
- On your existing website on Weebly, click the "Pages" section on the upper left then click the "+".
- Select what type of page you want to add.
- Add a name to your page and then click "Done".
- On the top menu, click "Build" then on the sidebar, drag the "Embed Code" option on your page.
- Click the "Click to set custom HTML" then click "Edit Custom HTML".
- Paste the code you copied from SociableKIT then in the upper right corner, click the “Publish” button.
- Click the link to your site. Done!
- Sign up free to SociableKIT. Sign up for a free account on SociableKIT or login if you already have an account.
- Create and customize your Medium blog widget. Create a Medium blog widget and customize the colors, fonts, and other elements to match your Wix website.
- Copy the Medium blog widget embed code. Click the "Embed on website" button on the upper right and copy the embed code.
- Login to Wix.
- On your existing website click the "+" button beside the "Main pages" section.
- Then click the "Add page" button.
- Name your page then hit enter.
- On the left, click "Add element". Find and click "Embed code". Click and drag "Embed a site" on your page then resize the container.
- Click "Change website address".
- Paste the link you copied from SociableKIT then click "Apply".
- Click "Publish" on the upper right.
- Click "View site". Done!
- Sign up free to SociableKIT. Sign up for a free account on SociableKIT or login if you already have an account.
- Create and customize your Medium blog widget. Create a Medium blog widget and customize the colors, fonts, and other elements to match your Webflow website.
- Copy the Medium blog widget embed code. Click the "Embed on website" button on the upper right and copy the embed code.
- Login to Webflow.
- On your existing website, click the "Page: ...." in the upper left corner then click the "Create new page" icon.
- Once done add a name for your new page then click "Save".
- On the left, click "Add Element". Drag "Embed" to your page.
- Paste the JavaScript code you copied from SociableKIT.
- On the upper right, click "Publish" > "Publish to Selected Domains".
- View your page. Done!
- Sign up free to SociableKIT. Sign up for a free account on SociableKIT or login if you already have an account.
- Create and customize your Medium blog widget. Create a Medium blog widget and customize the colors, fonts, and other elements to match your Shopify website.
- Copy the Medium blog widget embed code. Click the "Embed on website" button on the upper right and copy the embed code.
- Login to Shopify.
- On the left side, click Online Store.
- Click Pages. Add a new page or edit your existing page.
- On the Page details, click Show HTML icon (<>).
- Paste the embed code and click the Save button.
- Click the View page button. Done!
- Sign up free to SociableKIT. Sign up for a free account on SociableKIT or login if you already have an account.
- Create and customize your Medium blog widget. Create a Medium blog widget and customize the colors, fonts, and other elements to match your HTML website.
- Copy the Medium blog widget embed code. Click the "Embed on website" button on the upper right and copy the embed code.
- Open your HTML file.
- You can create a new HTML page or edit your existing HTML page.
3. Paste the Javascript code you copied from SociableKIT. Paste it where you want the widget to appear.
4. Save your HTML page.
5. You may now upload your HTML page to your web hosting.
- Sign up free to SociableKIT. Sign up for a free account on SociableKIT or login if you already have an account.
- Create and customize your Medium blog widget. Create a Medium blog widget and customize the colors, fonts, and other elements to match your Google Sites website.
- Copy the Medium blog widget embed code. Click the "Embed on website" button on the upper right and copy the embed code.
- Login to Google sites. You must have at least a 'Business Starter' plan to create and customize your Google sites.
- Create or edit an existing website. Click the + 'Blank' button on the 'Start a new site' section to create or find your existing website under the 'Recent sites' section.
- Create a new blank page or edit your existing page. Identify which page you want the widget to appear. On the right sidebar, you will see an 'Embed' button. Click the 'Embed' button.
- Add the widget. A popup 'Embed from the web' will open up. Select the 'Embed code' tab on the popup.
- Paste the embed code from SociableKIT. On the 'Embed code' tab, you will see 'HTML code goes here' text. Paste the embed code from your SociableKIT widget.
- Save the widget. Once you have pasted your embed code, click the 'Next' button.
- Preview of your SociableKIT widget. After clicking the Next button, a preview of your embed code will be displayed. Click the 'Insert' button to insert the widget to your Google sites page.
- Edit the widget. Once the widget has been inserted, you will have the option to resize the widget. After resizing the widget to your preferences, click the 'Publish' button on the upper right corner of the page.
- Publish your page. After publishing the site, click the down 'Arrow' button beside the 'Publish' button.
- View your page. A dropdown of buttons will be displayed, click the 'View published site' button. Done!
- Sign up free to SociableKIT. Sign up for a free account on SociableKIT or login if you already have an account.
- Create and customize your Medium blog widget. Create a Medium blog widget and customize the colors, fonts, and other elements to match your Sharepoint website.
- Copy the Medium blog widget embed code. Click the "Embed on website" button on the upper right and copy the embed code.
- Go to your Sharepoint site and log in with your credentials.
- Locate the page that you want to edit or create a new blank page. If you are creating a new page, click the "New" button and select "Page" from the options.
- On the upper right corner of the page, click the "Edit" button. This will enable you to make changes to the page.
- Hover over the area where you want to add the SociableKIT widget, then click the "+" icon that appears. From the list of options, find the "Embed" or "<>" icon and click on it.
- Paste the embed code provided by SociableKIT into the box.
- Click the "Publish" or "Republish" button to save your changes and make them live on the site. If necessary, upload the page to your website. You're done!
Note: If you receive an error that states Embedding content from this website isn't allowed, you will have to add widgets.sociablekit.com to the list of sites that are allowed on your website and the HTML Field Security list of the site collection where the site is located.
Did not see your website builder? You can find Medium blog + any website builder tutorials here or ask our support team if SociableKIT can integrate with your website builder.
Conclusion
As you can see, it's pretty easy to embed a Medium blog on your site for free. Embedding your articles from Medium is a great way to drive traffic to your website or blog. Because the Medium blog articles help you stay relevant and on-brand, it's worth it to make the time to embed them even if you don't have a ton of followers as yet.
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