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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.


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.


From your Shopify admin, go to Apps and open Essential Grid 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