How to Add YouTube Video Background in Divi Theme: Enhance Your Blog’s Visuals

Have you recently started blogging using the Divi Theme? Well, even though it might look easy once the theme is set, you will gradually learn many things. We have this covered if you want to add a YouTube video background to the Divi theme.

Adding a YouTube video background to a page comes with many perks. Not only does it help in SEO, but it also brings more customer engagement. So, we did our research and jotted down all the steps you need to follow on the Divi theme.

Let us begin with the guide.

How to Add YouTube Video Background in Divi Theme

The real question arises: what steps do you need to follow to add the video background to the Divi Theme?

Here is all you need to know.

Step 1: Open a New Page

The first step is to log in to your wordpress site and open the dashboard. Here, on the left menu options, go to “Pages“ and click on the “Add New“ option.

Step 2: Use Divi Builder

In the next step, you’ll need to select the title and then click on the options that indicate that you want to “Use Divi Builder“.

Depending on how fast your internet connection is, the website will begin loading the Divi builder on your page; from here, you are able to insert a YouTube video background into the page.

Step 3: Start from Scratch

It will be more efficient to start from scratch instead of selecting a pre-built template. So you need to simply click on “Start Building” in the next window after selecting the “Build from Scratch” option.

When you are under the “Insert Row” category, you will be able to choose a single row tab under the “New Row” section.

Step 4: Choose Code Module

As soon as you have completed the above steps, you will once again be asked to insert a module. Under the New Module section of the screen, you should type Code and select the “Code” module.

Step 5: Get YouTube Video Code

Now, to add the youtube video background, you need the embed code to add to the code module. For this, follow the steps here.

• Visit the official YouTube website by clicking here.
• If you want to add a video to the Divi theme, you need to choose the video you want to use
• Click on the sharing option on the right-hand side of the screen.

• Now you need to select the ‘Embed” option from there.

• Once the embed code appears, “Copy” it to your clipboard.

It’s now time for you to go back to your website and paste the code you copied into the “Code” block of your website.

Step 6: Make the Design Changes

Before you can save and add the video code to the site, you can make other design changes.

Click on the “Design“ section next to Code and select “Sizing“. Then, depending on how you visually need the video to look, you can use the slider to select the height, width, padding, and much more.

Finally, you will need to click on the green box with a white tick in order to save your settings.

Step 7: Check the Preview

Before saving the page and the changes you made, make sure to check the preview of the video you added.

Click on the “Preview“ option under the “Publish“ section on the right side of the page.

If it looks just as you want it to be, you can click on Publish, and you are good to go, or you can make more changes to the design.

Once the video is added to your website, you need to make a few tweaks and increase the width depending on the size you want, and then it starts showing on the screen.

Frequently Asked Questions

Still, have doubts? Here, I’m sharing some FAQs that might help you out!

Q: Why is my YouTube video not embedded on WordPress?

If you’re unable to embed YouTube videos on your WordPress site, there could be a few reasons. One common mistake is using the wrong YouTube link. Make sure you’re using the embed code instead of the sharing URL. Additionally, ensure that your site allows the use of embed codes for videos to work properly.

Q: How do I Autoplay YouTube videos in Divi?

To make YouTube videos autoplay in Divi, you can use specific codes when adding the embed code in the code module. Simply add “?autoplay=1&mute=1” after the video’s URL. This will enable the video to automatically play in the background when the page loads.

Q: How to fix the “An unknown error has occurred. Please try again later” issue?

If you encounter the “An unknown error has occurred. Please try again later” issue with the Divi Theme Builder, there are a couple of possible solutions you can try. First, you can attempt using your system in safe mode and then try using the builder again. Another potential cause could be browser cache issues. In such cases, clearing your browser’s cache and disabling any third-party plugins might resolve the problem.

I hope these answers help! Feel free to ask if you have any more questions.

Conclusion

Here is all you need to know about the steps to add a YouTube Video background in Divi Theme. Once you get the hang of it, you can do it for all your pages and blogs in the future. Try practicing the steps, and you are good to go.

Make sure you selected the right Embed Code from YouTube videos, not the URL code. Unfortunately, many users tend to make these common mistakes, and thus, the above process needs to be revised.

If you encounter any error, you can let us know in the comment section below, and we will get back to you with all the possible solutions. Remember to share it with your friends and keep coming for more answers.