Wix Harmony Editor: Adding and Customizing a Video Player
6 min
In this article
- Adding a player
- Customizing a player
- Troubleshooting the player
- FAQs
This article refers to the new Wix Harmony Editor, released in December 2025. The Wix Harmony Editor is not yet available to all users. If you're unsure whether you’re using the Wix Harmony Editor or the Wix Editor, view more information here.
Videos bring your site’s story to life, capturing attention and building connections with visitors. Showcase a promotional clip, boost sales with a demo, or even highlight something inspiring from your socials.
With the video player, you can upload videos straight to your site or embed them from your favourite social platforms. Add a cover image, tweak playback settings like autoplay or looping, and choose if your visitors see a control bar.
Adding a player
Choose a player from the Add Elements panel and drag it onto your site. You can choose to upload a video file directly from your computer or add a social player and embed a URL from a social media platform.
To add a video:
- Go to your editor.
- Click + Add at the top left of the editor.
- Scroll through the categories and select Video.
- Choose to upload or embed a video:
- Upload: Upload a video from your computer.
- Click the Upload media icon
. - Click Upload from Computer.
- Select the video you want to upload.
- Click Add to Page.
- Click the Upload media icon
- Embed: Add a social player from your platform of choice, e.g., Facebook, Vimeo, or TikTok.
- Drag and drop the relevant player onto your page.
- Click the Replace Video on the action bar.
- Enter the video's URL.
- Upload: Upload a video from your computer.
Customizing a player
Adjust how and when your video plays, add a personal touch with custom titles or cover images, and style the player so it it complements the rest of your site.
Note:
Available customization options vary depending on whether you upload or embed a video.
To customize a video player:
- Go to your editor.
- Click the video player element on the page.
- Choose how to customize it:
Decide how your video plays
icon on the action bar.Change the video
Add a cover image
icon.Design the player
on the action bar.
: Define the borders of your video so it stands out, choosing a color, width and style. Click the Edit all borders icon 
to design them all at once.
: Adjust the video's text by customizing its font, size, color and formatting.
: Make the corners of the video squarer or round by dragging the Border Radius slider. Click the Edit individual corners icon 
: Apply inner and outer shadow to give the video an interesting 3D effect, setting the position, blurriness, color and more.Troubleshooting the player
Even the best designs may encounter small snags. Here are some typical issues you may face with videos and how to resolve them effectively.
Why is my video not playing on my live site?
I have set my video to autoplay, but there's no sound. Why?
FAQs
Click a question below to learn more about adding and customizing videos:
Which social media platforms can I embed videos from?
What are the recommended file formats and sizes for uploading and embedding videos?
When a video is set to autoplay, will sound still play?
Will video views on my site carry over to the video platform (e.g. YouTube)?
