Adding a Youtube Short to My Store Home Page

Store Design

Topic summary

Issue: A user encountered an error when trying to embed a YouTube Short on their Shopify store homepage. Shopify’s native video section rejected the YouTube Shorts URL format.

Solution Found: Converting the YouTube Shorts URL format resolves the compatibility issue:

  • Original format: youtube.com/shorts/[VIDEO_ID]
  • Working format: youtube.com/watch?v=[VIDEO_ID]

Additional Methods Discussed:

For product pages:

  • Upload video files directly to Shopify (Content → Files)
  • Use the “Custom Liquid” section in the theme editor with HTML/CSS code to embed the video
  • Some themes may have built-in video upload options in product page sections

For sizing control:

  • One user shared custom iframe code with specific dimensions (472x840) and centering to better display YouTube Shorts while maintaining proper aspect ratio

Status: The original poster successfully resolved their homepage embedding issue. The thread remains a resource for others facing similar YouTube Shorts integration challenges.

Summarized with AI on October 28. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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I tried this option but my youtube short was way too big to view. So I tried using the liquid code and taking everything after shorts/ and after using that to replace with the code below, my short video was as big as I liked and centered.