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# How to Create a Dynamic YouTube Gallery with Essential Grid Gallery

A dynamic YouTube gallery automatically displays videos from a YouTube channel or playlist without requiring manual updates. As new videos are published on YouTube, they can automatically appear in your gallery. In this guide, you’ll learn how to create a dynamic YouTube gallery using Essential Grid Gallery and display it on your Shopify store.

## **Why Use a Dynamic YouTube Gallery?**
A dynamic YouTube gallery is ideal for:
* Product tutorials
* Customer testimonials
* Brand storytelling
* Product demonstrations
* Educational content
* Video marketing campaigns
Unlike manually added videos, dynamic galleries automatically stay up to date with your YouTube content.

## **Step 1: Open Essential Grid Gallery**
From your Shopify admin, go to **Apps** and open **Essential Grid Gallery**.

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## **Step 2: Create a New Gallery**
Click **Start from Scratch** or **Use a Template**. For this tutorial lets use a template to import.


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Then choose **Video Gallery **as gallery type

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After that lets choose **YTube Video Popup **template to import.

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## **Step 3: Setting Up Source.**
Set Video & Instagram as the Content Source

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Go To **Feed Platform** and select **Youtube**   

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## **Step 3: Set Up YouTube Feed.**

Enter the **Channel ID **and then set the **display content** of your choice from the chanel
You can choose a specific playlist from the channel for the gallery or other available options

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###### For the Channel ID
Please follow this documentation to get the YouTube ID. https://essential-grid.crisp.help/en/article/how-to-create-a-filterable-photo-gallery-in-shopify-iulf7p 

### Important Note:
Don't forget to set the youtube video at the top of the source and mark the box.

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### Video Tutorial:

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You can also set the video playback settings from settings tab.

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