Autoplay video on homepage in featured products (Dawn theme)

Store Design
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Topic summary

Goal: Autoplay a product video in a Featured Product card on the homepage (Dawn theme), for mobile and desktop.

Guidance provided:

  • Add the Featured Product section via Theme Customizer: Online Store > Themes > Customize > Add section > Featured product.
  • The current product media appears to be a video modal (opens in a popup) rather than an embedded video. Therefore, adding autoplay code would not display the video immediately on page load.
  • A screenshot was shared illustrating where to add the section.

Follow-up from requester:

  • Asked if assistance was paid and whether a video modal can be converted into a standard embedded video; expressed confusion about the difference.

Outcome:

  • Requester reported they resolved the issue themselves and thanked the helper.

Status: Resolved by the original poster. No final implementation details or code changes were shared publicly; the question about converting modal to embedded video was implicitly addressed by the requester on their own.

Summarized with AI on January 14. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hi shopify community,

I’d like to feature this product: https://pawfectiontoys.com/products/smart-electric-dog-toy-ball on my homepage.

I’d like to feature it as a product card and have the video automatically play on mobile and desk top. Is there a way to do this?

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Hi @anpanman

This is Noah from PageFly - Shopify Page Builder App

Please add the featured product section to your homepage in the Theme customizer

Step 1: Online Stores > Themes > Theme Customizer

Step 2: click on add section and add the correct section to it:

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About the video, seems like it is a video modal not a video so if we add code to make it autoplay, it won’t show the video first.

Hope this can help you solve the issue

Best regards,

Noah | PageFly

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Are you charging?

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Can we turn a video model into a video? I am confused what the differences are

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Next time il lreach out! I figured it out. Thank you :slightly_smiling_face:

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Glad to hear that you figured it out.

Let me know if you have any questions