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title: Add a video to an article in Purple Hub
slug: editorial/add-a-video-to-an-article-in-purple-hub
description: In this article, you will learn how to add a video to an existing article in Purple Hub. You will add the video block to your article, choose a video from the Media Gallery, add a description and captions to your video and save the article.
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createdAt: 2022-10-11T13:27:26.000Z
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<font color="#0c121d">Purple Hub</font>

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## Summary

In this article, you will learn how to add a video to an existing article in Purple Hub. You will add the video block to your article, choose a video from the Media Gallery, add a description and captions to your video and save the article.

:::hint{type="info"}
Please note that the file size for uploading videos to Purple Hub is limited to 100MB.
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## Preconditions

- Have an article created in Purple Hub
- Have a video uploaded to your media gallery
- Have the Purple Editor role

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## How-to guide

1\. Go to Purple Hub and click on 'Purple Feed'

![](https://images.tango.us/workflows/1c69c6f0-7c3c-41a2-93f6-5d644a14667a/steps/c5995d28-49a1-4836-b73a-11ed5189c0f9/11a0d7bc-ea7e-498e-9e1f-d3be9167e2fe.png?crop=focalpoint\&fit=crop\&fp-x=0.4108\&fp-y=0.4109\&fp-z=1.2169\&w=1200)

2\. Click on 'Articles'

![](https://images.tango.us/workflows/1c69c6f0-7c3c-41a2-93f6-5d644a14667a/steps/c991eb0e-cae5-42e0-b9c7-6948bcddce4d/775d5bc5-b731-47b2-9024-9406dcf38c6e.png?crop=focalpoint\&fit=crop\&fp-x=0.2242\&fp-y=0.2244\&fp-z=2.2294\&w=1200)

3\. Choose an article from the list and click on it

![](https://images.tango.us/workflows/1c69c6f0-7c3c-41a2-93f6-5d644a14667a/steps/1ef53622-ce8c-4e03-8308-13edea6e12a7/742ce399-a166-4533-be5f-3f8433b2a908.png?crop=focalpoint\&fit=crop\&fp-x=0.5000\&fp-y=0.5000\&w=1200)

4\. In the article, click on the blue plus symbol '+' to add a block

![](https://images.tango.us/workflows/1c69c6f0-7c3c-41a2-93f6-5d644a14667a/steps/02d7bdea-069f-4749-907b-fbfa1d839493/3d1fd32e-5429-48d6-acd7-8f2cc576ace9.png?crop=focalpoint\&fit=crop\&fp-x=0.5000\&fp-y=0.5000\&w=1200)

5\. Search for the block called 'video' and click on it

![](https://images.tango.us/workflows/1c69c6f0-7c3c-41a2-93f6-5d644a14667a/steps/4942d483-3d35-4a93-92c4-f6e72b99d884/818413be-e50d-428e-9cd0-cceafebc5842.png?crop=focalpoint\&fit=crop\&fp-x=0.5000\&fp-y=0.5000\&w=1200)

6\. Click on 'Media Library'

![](https://images.tango.us/workflows/1c69c6f0-7c3c-41a2-93f6-5d644a14667a/steps/c21e5eaa-d1a1-4da5-8dcb-b69d729621ed/c231ad78-8ac6-4626-bb28-b457f8d4dda8.png?crop=focalpoint\&fit=crop\&fp-x=0.5000\&fp-y=0.5000\&w=1200)

7\. Choose your previously uploaded video from the Media Gallery and click on it

![](https://images.tango.us/workflows/1c69c6f0-7c3c-41a2-93f6-5d644a14667a/steps/537fcc21-fa60-4950-b31b-040b33b267c4/55f652fd-f5bd-4d75-8a89-3617825243c7.png?crop=focalpoint\&fit=crop\&fp-x=0.5000\&fp-y=0.5000\&w=1200)

8\. Next to 'Caption' add your desired caption text for the video

![](https://images.tango.us/workflows/1c69c6f0-7c3c-41a2-93f6-5d644a14667a/steps/472542ea-c1f3-4cdf-88f3-36875cd35edd/5789df11-3e1f-462c-9d5b-898534042981.png?crop=focalpoint\&fit=crop\&fp-x=0.5000\&fp-y=0.5000\&w=1200)

9\. Next to 'Description' add your desired description text for the video

![](https://images.tango.us/workflows/1c69c6f0-7c3c-41a2-93f6-5d644a14667a/steps/0f1f5d48-e033-41b0-a08e-7a263d87ca4d/9fb31a18-6016-4a7b-bd1f-5cc0faf7043b.png?crop=focalpoint\&fit=crop\&fp-x=0.5000\&fp-y=0.5000\&w=1200)

10\. Click on 'Select'

![](https://images.tango.us/workflows/1c69c6f0-7c3c-41a2-93f6-5d644a14667a/steps/6f98dbd7-1a8b-4829-89cc-adf095b5376c/b33de452-4146-49f8-b101-c793309f7d4b.png?crop=focalpoint\&fit=crop\&fp-x=0.5000\&fp-y=0.5000\&w=1200)

11\. Click on 'Save Draft' to save your changes

![](https://images.tango.us/workflows/1c69c6f0-7c3c-41a2-93f6-5d644a14667a/steps/2eae9359-b82b-4e98-9af2-115dd95bc4d5/c8557d4b-b02f-4c82-af4b-2dad0f40f96d.png?crop=focalpoint\&fit=crop\&fp-x=0.5000\&fp-y=0.5000\&w=1200)

12\. Your video and the caption have now been successfully added to your article :)

![](https://images.tango.us/workflows/1c69c6f0-7c3c-41a2-93f6-5d644a14667a/steps/b8031a0f-b4cb-4b32-bc87-c5ba49f77b19/ce0d48b2-f1f2-43a0-8d6d-57627a7a3617.png?crop=focalpoint\&fit=crop\&fp-x=0.5000\&fp-y=0.5000\&w=1200)

:::hint{type="success"}
You have successfully added a video to an existing article in Purple Hub. You have added the video block to your article, chosen a video from the Media Gallery, added video description and captions, incrand saved your changes to the article.&#x20;
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