diff --git a/WordPressUtils/build.gradle b/WordPressUtils/build.gradle
index 820fd38561fe..3200303fdaee 100644
--- a/WordPressUtils/build.gradle
+++ b/WordPressUtils/build.gradle
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ android {
     buildToolsVersion "23.0.2"
 
     defaultConfig {
-        versionName "1.8.0"
+        versionName "1.9.0"
         minSdkVersion 14
         targetSdkVersion 23
     }
diff --git a/WordPressUtils/src/androidTest/java/org/wordpress/android/util/ShortcodeUtilsTest.java b/WordPressUtils/src/androidTest/java/org/wordpress/android/util/ShortcodeUtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c506a452ee5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/WordPressUtils/src/androidTest/java/org/wordpress/android/util/ShortcodeUtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package org.wordpress.android.util;
+
+import android.test.InstrumentationTestCase;
+
+public class ShortcodeUtilsTest extends InstrumentationTestCase {
+    public void testGetVideoPressShortcodeFromId() {
+        assertEquals("[wpvideo abcd1234]", ShortcodeUtils.getVideoPressShortcodeFromId("abcd1234"));
+    }
+
+    public void testGetVideoPressShortcodeFromNullId() {
+        assertEquals("", ShortcodeUtils.getVideoPressShortcodeFromId(null));
+    }
+
+    public void testGetVideoPressIdFromCorrectShortcode() {
+        assertEquals("abcd1234", ShortcodeUtils.getVideoPressIdFromShortCode("[wpvideo abcd1234]"));
+    }
+
+    public void testGetVideoPressIdFromInvalidShortcode() {
+        assertEquals("", ShortcodeUtils.getVideoPressIdFromShortCode("[other abcd1234]"));
+    }
+
+    public void testGetVideoPressIdFromNullShortcode() {
+        assertEquals("", ShortcodeUtils.getVideoPressIdFromShortCode(null));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/WordPressUtils/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/util/ShortcodeUtils.java b/WordPressUtils/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/util/ShortcodeUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..09480f156364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/WordPressUtils/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/util/ShortcodeUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package org.wordpress.android.util;
+
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+public class ShortcodeUtils {
+    public static String getVideoPressShortcodeFromId(String videoPressId) {
+        if (videoPressId == null || videoPressId.isEmpty()) {
+            return "";
+        }
+
+        return "[wpvideo " + videoPressId + "]";
+    }
+
+    public static String getVideoPressIdFromShortCode(String shortcode) {
+        String videoPressId = "";
+
+        if (shortcode != null) {
+            String videoPressShortcodeRegex = "^\\[wpvideo (.*)]$";
+
+            Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(videoPressShortcodeRegex);
+            Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(shortcode);
+
+            if (matcher.find()) {
+                videoPressId = matcher.group(1);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return videoPressId;
+    }
+}