Update a widget after it's installed

What propagates automatically, what needs the snippet regenerated, and where the Pop-up/Card update behaviour differs.

Widgets load from eWebinar's servers at runtime, so most configuration changes you make in the widget wizard take effect without re-pasting the snippet. The important exceptions are around content that's baked into the snippet itself.

What updates live

Behavior settings, colors, button text, register-form fields, widget source tag, and the target sessions all live on eWebinar's side and pick up new values automatically after you save them in the wizard.

The Pop-up widget reads its title from your webinar's Sharing settings at runtime, so renaming the webinar (or changing the social-sharing title) is reflected the next time a visitor loads the page.

What requires regenerating and re-pasting the snippet

  • Card widget content. The Card widget embeds its title, description, image, and presenter info directly into the snippet's HTML so it renders correctly even before the loader script runs. If you change the webinar's title or Sharing image after installing a Card widget, you need to reopen the widget wizard, copy the new snippet, and replace the old one on your page.
  • Creating a new widget instead of editing the existing one. A new widget has a new ID and therefore a new snippet — re-paste it.
  • Switching widget type. If you change, say, a Button into a Pop-up, the snippet's root element changes and you need the new one.

Cache note

Runtime config changes normally propagate in under a minute. If a live site still looks stale, hard-reload the page (Cmd+Shift+R / Ctrl+Shift+R) to bypass browser caching.