Video blocks

Use a video block to add a single video to a page on your site. You can upload a video directly, or add a video hosted with YouTube or Vimeo. For more options for adding video to your site, visit Adding videos to your site.

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Add a video block

To add a video block:

1. Edit a page or post, click Add block or an insert point, then click Video. For help, visit Adding content with blocks.
2. Add a video by uploading a file or pasting a URL.
3. Add a custom featured image.
4. Add a video caption.
5. Click outside the block editor when you're done. Your changes save automatically.

Upload a video

You can upload a single video file of up to 30 minutes to a video block. Before uploading, keep in mind:

• You can upload up to 30 minutes of high-resolution video directly to your Squarespace site for free. For more storage space, subscribe to Member Areas.
• Uploaded video files need to meet our video file requirements.
• If your uploaded video receives an extremely large number of views over a short time, we may not continue to support it. In such cases, we'll contact you directly to discuss the best hosting options for you.

To upload a video:

1. In the block editor, click or tap +. If the block editor isn't open, click the pencil icon in the block's toolbar.
2. Select Upload file. To reuse a video you've uploaded previously on your site, choose Select from library.
3. Select the file you want to use. If you uploaded a new file, wait for it to finish uploading.

Note: If you close the block editor while a video's uploading, the video disappears from the video block, but will continue uploading to your library and count toward total storage space. To re-add it to the video block or delete it, choose Select from library.

Add a video URL

Add videos hosted on YouTube or Vimeo to the video block by using your video's URL. For videos hosted on Animoto, Wistia, or to use advanced playback options for any video host, use an embed block. If you're not sure which block to use, visit Choosing the right video embed option.

Note: The video block previously supported embedding videos with code. Video blocks using that method were automatically migrated to the embed block.

Delete an uploaded video

Deleting an uploaded video from a video block doesn't delete it from your image library. Its video file remains in your image library for you to reuse elsewhere in your site.

To delete the video file from your site entirely and free up storage space:

Add a custom featured image

After a video has finished loading, you can add its featured image. The image displays over the video on your site before the video is played.

Keep in mind:

• The featured image automatically crops to the aspect ratio of your video. For videos added via URL, the aspect ratio matches the thumbnail image from the video hosting service.
• The image hides the title of the video.
• The image becomes a play button on computers. For YouTube, click the image once to show the video player, then click again to play the video.
• On mobile devices, tap the video to show the image, then again to play the video.

To add a featured image:

1. In the block editor, switch the Custom featured image toggle on
2. Click or tap + to upload an image, reuse an image you've already uploaded, or use a stock image (computer only).

Add a video description

To add a video caption in the Description field of the block editor, click or tap Add description here... and type your description.

Some video services automatically populate this field when you add a video via URL. You can edit this text at any time, but it won't display until you add a video.

Troubleshooting

To troubleshoot issues with video blocks, visit Adding videos to your Squarespace site.