Wistia
Wistia is a platform for hosting, managing, editing, and embedding video content on websites.
Key features include:
- Video hosting and streaming
- Built-in video editing tools
- Customisable video players
- Viewer analytics and engagement tracking
- Video embedding and sharing tools
Wistia integrates with ShopWired by adding to your ShopWired theme or website pages so you can display video content on your website.
Account creation
Account creation
Create an account on the website at Wistia.
After uploading and editing your videos, Wistia will provide embed code for each video.
Theme installation
Theme installation
To embed your Wistia videos into your ShopWired website pages, Wistia provides embed code similar to the example shown below:
<script src="https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/XXXXXXXX.jsonp" async></script>
<script src="https://fast.wistia.com/assets/external/E-v1.js" async></script>
<div class="wistia_embed wistia_async_XXXXXXXX" style="height:360px;width:640px"> </div>
The code shown above is provided as an example only. You must copy the exact embed code provided in your Wistia account, as the code and any ID values will be unique to your video.
To add the embed code to your ShopWired website:
- Navigate to Website > Themes
- Select
customise your themefor the theme you want to edit - Select
add a new section - Select the
custom HTMLsection type - Paste the embed code into the Custom HTML setting
- Position the section where the video should display
- Select Save changes
Recommendations
Recommendations
- Use Wistia editing tools to optimise videos before embedding
- Use inline embed options for placing videos directly within page content
- Add video embed code only where video content is required
- Test video playback on a draft theme before publishing changes
- Review engagement analytics within Wistia to assess performance
