Editor X: Adding and Customizing Videos on Your Site

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Videos are a great way to engage your visitors and tell your brand's story. Editor X makes it easy to showcase your content, embed from social media and add stunning video-based design elements.

In this article, learn how to:

Adding a video

There's several types of videos you can add to your site:

Single videos: Upload your own video or embed one from a social network.
VideoBox: Showcase your own videos, free Wix videos, or professional Shutterstock videos in beautifully designed video containers.
Transparent video: Add or upload your own videos with transparent backgrounds.

To add a new video:

Click Add on the top of Editor X.
Click Media.
Select a video type under Video (e.g., Single videos, VideoBox, etc.)
Drag a video to the desired location on your site.
(Optional) Click Change Video to upload your own, add a free Wix video or purchase a professional video.

Customizing a Single Video Player

Customize the Single Video Player's layout, design and behavior to your specific needs. You can choose whether your video starts playing automatically and / or in a loop, decide which controls to show and design them as well.

Click below to learn how to customize your Single Video Player:

Change the video

Decide how your video plays

Adjust the video player's layout

Design the video player

Customizing a VideoBox

When using VideoBoxes to display media, you get a lot of creative liberty to make them part of the design. Set the video to play exactly how it should, choose its focal point and design every detail - from the cover image to the Play button.

Click below to learn how to customize your VideoBox:

Set your VideoBox behaviors