Create a manual playlist

A manual playlist allows you to create and manually order a static list of videos. Until the playlist is updated, neither the list of media nor the media order changes after the playlist has been created.

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If you are a developer or have developer resources, you can use the Management API to create a manual playlist.

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Create a playlist

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When updates are made to playlists, there may be up to 3 minutes of caching in JWP's systems before the changes are reflected. Web browsers also cache playlist content and can be cleared.

Use the following steps to create a manual playlist:

1. From the Playlists page, click Create playlist. A popup window appears.
2. Click the Manual title. The playlist settings page appears.
3. Under Title, rename the playlist. Though not required, giving a playlist a unique name allows it to be quickly distinguished from other playlists.
4. (Optional) Add playlist metadata.
5. Click Add Media. The Add Media panel opens.
6. In the search box, search for media by title, description, or media ID. The list of media appears below the search box.
7. Sort the results by Publish Date or Title.
8. Click the checkbox next to several media items or click Select all to add media to the playlist.
9. Click Add to Top or Add to Bottom. The panel closes and the item appears in the playlist preview window.
10. Drag and drop a media item within the playlist preview window to re-order it in the list.

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    Drag and drop is only possible within the preview window.

11. Click Save.

Playlist metadata

Setting	Description
Description	Used for SEO and are searchable via the JWP dashboard and Platform API.
Custom parameters	Key-value pairs are used to track custom parameters for this playlist Follow these steps to add custom parameters: In the Key textbox, enter the key. In the Value textbox, enter the value of the key-value pair. To add more custom parameters, click +Add and repeat steps 1-2.
Playlist Page Permalink	If defined, used as the sharing link instead of the content server URL.

Once a manual playlist is created, you can click Embed to select a player and generate the embed code.