Want to add text styling to your media descriptions in Wistia? You’ve come to the right place! Here, we’ll go over everything you need to know to use Markdown in your media descriptions.
Open your media and find the Description section below the video. Click it to edit, type your Markdown, then click "Save." Your formatting shows up once the description is saved.
Wistia media descriptions support several Markdown elements for styling text, images, and links. We'll outline all options with examples below.
Headers and text style
For larger text, you can use three header types: header 1, header 2, or header 3 using the following format:
# header 1## header 2### header 3
You can also bold and italicize text. To bold text, sandwich a word or phrase with ** and to italicize, use *.
Note
Some Markdown extensions aren't supported in media descriptions—pipe-style tables and ~~strikethrough~~ won't render. Stick to the elements shown on this page.
Paragraphs and line breaks
To start a new paragraph, leave a blank line between blocks of text. Pressing Enter once won't create a new line. The text will run together on the same line when saved. To force a line break without starting a new paragraph, end the line with two spaces.
Lists
For ordered lists, you can order them just as you would in a regular document:
Item 1
Item 2
Item 3
You can also create ordered sublists or unordered sublists.
Item 1
Item 2
Item 1
Item 2
Item 3
First item
Second item
When making an unordered list, you can use asterisks (*), minuses (-), or pluses (+).
Block quotes
Block quotes are formatted by adding > to the beginning of a sentence.
On a media page, the above text will appear as follows when adding a quote.
Links and images
To add a link to your description, use the following format:
[Click here](https://wistia.com) for more information on Wistia!
When saved, that text will appear like this:
Click here for more information on Wistia!
Links to other websites open in a new browser tab, so viewers won't lose their place when playing your media.
Note
A Markdown-formatted link is not compatible with previewing or sharing a Channel. You'll need to use HTML to add a link to your Channel description.
To place an image in your description, this can be externally hosted and then linked to in the following format:
Hide the media description
Don't want the description to show on your media page? Head to your video, open up the ellipsis menu, and click "Preview." In the Control section here, toggle off the media description option.
Check out this page to learn more about customizing the public media page.