How to create a product gallery video widget
Follow these instructions to create and publish a Product Gallery video widget.
Follow the instructions below to learn how to create a product video widget.
Create widget
Step 1: Go to the Widgets section ➔ Click New widget ➔ All widgets ➔ Select Product gallery video
Step 2: Click the three dots icon and select Rename widget to name your widget and start using it.
Step 3: Select your page and add a video to it.
Step 4: Choose videos from various categories such as uploads, Instagram, TikTok as well as Collect and Find UGC → Confirm
Widget design
Settings
Player Controls for Product Photo widget: You have the option to enable or disable starting the video on mute, displaying the full-screen button, and autoplay.
These settings are enabled by default, and we recommend keeping them enabled for optimal user experience.
Collection page
If you want to display videos on your collection page, please refer to our collection page-specific widgets: Collection Tile Widget and Collection Grid Widget
Thumbnail
Disabling the option Use video thumbnail in gallery will apply the existing media.
Style
You can choose whether to disable or show the play button.
If you chose to display the play button:
- Select from four different play button styles.
- Customize the icon color and background color according to your preferences.
- Click Save changes
For more details on the widget design part, please refer to this full guide on how to customize this section.
Publish your widget
To publish your widget, it’s very simple. You just need to click on "Publish Widget," and it will automatically upload to your page.
With this widget, there’s no need to embed a code in your Shopify theme/editor, it goes straight to your live theme.
Pro tip: After installing any widget, please perform a hard reload (CTRL-SHIFT-R for Windows or Command-SHIFT-R for Mac) on the page with the installed widget in order to refresh the cache and thus making sure you are seeing the latest version of the page.
You can set page rules to display this widget on specific pages. Please refer to this article for more information about page rules and URLS.
Last updated on January 9, 2026