Jan. 18, 2026

Building a little YouTube on Wagtail

How I built a video platform (for a Pilates teacher) with Wagtail This will be a technical walk through of a fairly unusual and complex Wagtail app which I've been working on for the last few months. The app includes: - on demand videos - live video - video analytics - API for a mobile app - low cost, high performance hosting on fly.io It will be most relevant to Wagtail / Django developers, especially those interested in managing video content. In the last section I'll describe how I used LLM tools to help with design decisions and implementation. 💻 Wagtail is the easiest open-source Python CMS to use: Install the demo and start building your first site in 10 minutes: https://wagtail.org/get-started/ 📹 Related Videos To Watch Next: ▶ Quick Video Tour of Wagtail CMS 7.0 https://youtu.be/r5RbV7TveFU ▶ The Latest on Wagtail AI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zfs1u4Vy5Y ▶ What’s New in Wagtail CMS 7.0 https://youtu.be/v92-6Dy4axI Wagtail future proofs your CMS system, as it’s open source, continuously updated and built on Python, one of the most popular global programming languages, used widely in machine learning and big data. So you’re always ahead of the curve when it comes to CMS platforms. Wagtail is the #1 choice for accessibility, is scalable and most importantly, secure. 👉 Get started with Wagtail CMS for free: https://wagtail.org/get-started/ and see how easy it is to build a website that works for you. 📊 Read why Google, NASA, and the British NHS, are powering their digital estates with Wagtail: https://wagtail.org/about-wagtail/ 🎥 More Wagtail Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cne2kxemMAQ&list=PLfwZ-fob20cPvSQ_v1hkjto8BAPN21tLJ - Subscribe for more Wagtail hacks, tips and tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/@wagtailcms 📣 Follow us on social: - GitHub: https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail - Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@wagtail - Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/wagtail.org - Contribute code for Wagtail: https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/contributing/index.html#contributing-to-wagtail - Contact Us: https://wagtail.org/contact/ #WagtailCMS #Django