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HTML
<div class = "entry-body">
<div class = "entry-title">
<a href="http://i.imgur.com/91S22q6.webm">Title</a>
</div>
<div class= "entry-byline">
by John Smith
</div>
</div>
JavaScript
$('.entry-body').each(function() {
var hplink = ($(this).find('.entry-title').find("a").prop('href'));
if (hplink.toLowerCase().match(/\.(webm)/g)) {
$(this).find('.entry-byline').after('<div class="beforeembed"></div><div class="hpembed hpembedMW"><video controls><source src="'+hplink+'" type="video/webm" codecs="vp8, vorbis" style="width: 100%; height: auto;></video></div>');
}
alert(hplink);
});