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.

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

Then choose **Video Gallery **as gallery type

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

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

Go To Feed Platform and select Youtube

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

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.

Video Tutorial:
You can also set the video playback settings from settings tab.

Updated on: 25/06/2026