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Embed YouTube video in Shopware 6
Embed product video SEO compliant
In this Shopware tutorial we will show you how to embed a YouTube video in your online store. We explain why you should not upload this directly, but prefer the YouTube link instead.
Embed YouTube video in Shopware 6 - We explain how it works
How you can embed a YouTube video in Shopware 6, you will learn in this episode. This can be done in a category page or landing page, for example, and is quite easy to do. But first the question why a YouTube video at all?
Why a YouTube video?
Of course, it does not have to be YouTube, the video can be bspw. also be hosted on Vimeo. But it is important that you embed the stream link into your Shopware 6 store and not the video itself. Why is this important? Regular viewers will already know – it’s all about the pagespeed. The page loading speed is a ranking factor and accordingly should be as fast as possible. If you want to learn more about the SEO factors that are relevant for Google, we link you to the appropriate playlist.
How to embed a YouTube video in Shopware 6
But let’s not beat around the bush, let’s go straight to the Shopware 6 backend. We’ll use a category page as an example for this video. To create a template, i.e. a layout for our category, we need to go to Shopping Experiences or also called Experience Worlds in the content section. Let’s make it easy for ourselves and duplicate the default category layout. Thus, the lock icon is also gone and we can edit it. First of all, we change the name so that we can recognize it afterwards. Then we take the placeholder next to the image directly, click on the Replace icon and already see our two options. YouTube or Vimeo. Now that we have selected the YouTube video, we need to copy our YouTube link and then click on the gear. The URL extension, i.e. what comes after the “Dot Com Slash”, must now be inserted here. We also have the option to specify whether the video should be set to autoplay and played in a loop, as well as the option to set a start and end point. In addition, you can set the video to load only after the consent of the site visitor. Accordingly, a thumbnail should be deposited. We’ll do this once for our final video. Then click on “Done”. Since we are only interested in this change for the video, we save.
Include created layout
If you want to know more about the worlds of experience, we have linked you to the blog. Now to integrate the layout in a category, we go to Categories in the catalog. In our case, the first catalog is the one linked to our header in the navigation. That’s why we use them and link the Ladies subcategory to our layout. To do this, click on Change Layout and good thing we renamed ours, now we can quickly find it again. Checkmark this and save. We save the complete process and, as a precaution, go into the settings and clear our cache.
Embed YouTube video in Shopware 6 - Successfully integrated
If you now go to the category in the frontend, you will see that we first have to give our consent in order to see the embedded video. How to embed a YouTube product video in your Shopware 6 store within minutes.
For questions about Shopware, contact our experts
If there are any questions about this and also for all other Shopware 6 optimization requests, contact our Shopware 6 experts. You can find all the information on our Shopware Agency page.
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