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Wix Pro Gallery: Adding a Cover Photo to a Video

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In this article
  • Adding a cover photo to a video
  • Changing the cover photo of a video
Encourage your site visitors to explore your gallery by adding enticing cover photos to videos. A cover photo offers a glimpse into what your videos are about, before watching them. 
You can choose the cover photo of any video, e.g., uploaded videos, videos from the Wix Media Library, and YouTube or Vimeo.

Adding a cover photo to a video

Add an inviting cover photo to your videos to prompt site visitors to explore what your gallery has to offer.

To add a cover photo:

  1. Go to your editor.
  2. Click the pro gallery element on your page.
  3. Click Manage Media.
  4. Click the relevant video in the Media Manager.
  5. Click the Add Cover Photo icon  on the right.
Screen showing the Add cover photo button next to the Replace Video button,
  1. Select the image you want to use as the cover photo.
  2. Click Add to Page.
  3. Click Done.

Changing the cover photo of a video

Want to change a selected video cover photo? No problem - You can change a video's cover photo in just a couple of clicks.

To change a cover photo:

  1. Go to your editor.
  2. Click the pro gallery element on your page.
  3. Click Manage Media.
  4. Click the relevant video in the Media Manager.
  5. Click the Remove Cover Photo  icon on the right.
screen showing the Remove cover photo button next to the Replace Video button,
  1. Click the Add Cover Photo icon on the right.
  2. Select the image you want to use as the cover photo.
  3. Click Add to Page.
  4. Click Done.

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In this article
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  • Changing the cover photo of a video

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Screen showing the Add cover photo button next to the Replace Video button,
screen showing the Remove cover photo button next to the Replace Video button,