How to Set Live Wallpaper on iPhone Lock Screen: A Comprehensive Guide

The "Live Wallpaper" feature, which disappeared in iOS16 and caused much grief, is back in iOS17! Recently, there has been a lot of talk on SNS about creating live wallpapers with photos of your guesses!

I will explain how to set up a basic live wallpaper on the iPhone and how to create and set up a live wallpaper by combining your favorite images!

A live wallpaper can be set on the lock screen!

Firstly, "live wallpaper" is a wallpaper that plays a few seconds of video (live photo) on the lock screen when the power button is tapped. You can also create a stylish live wallpaper by combining your own live photos or your favorite photos as shown in the following image!

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Prepare a "Live Photo" image.

If you want to turn your favorite video or image into a live wallpaper, you need to convert it into a "Live Photo". Live Photo can be created in two ways.

Take your own Live Photo with the iPhone camera.
Create a live photo with the smartphone customization application "WidgetClub.

We recommend “2”! You can easily create a live wallpaper combining your favorite photos of your guess as introduced earlier, and you can convert your favorite video itself directly into a live photo!

How to create & set a live wallpaper with your favorite image

Note: Update your iOS to the latest version (later iOS18)

Creating a live wallpaper

Download the WidgetClub app.
Tap “Live Wallpaper” on the app.

Select your favorite style.
Tap the “+” mark for each photo to change to the one you like.

Select the photo you want to set.
Tap “Done” at the right corner.

Done! Repeat this process.
Tap ”Background” and “Sticker” to decorate it.

Tap “Save” after editing.
Finished when the message appeared.

Setting to the Lock Screen

Hold down anywhere on the screen.
Once the screen changes, Tap “Customize”.

Tap the “Photo icon” .
Tap “All”.

Select the wallpaper that you created.
Check if the mode is valid. Please note that the live wallpaper cannot be set without displaying the playback mark.

Tap “Done” at the top right corner.
Done! Then Live Photo will play for a few seconds when you tap the power button.

For Those Who Couldn't Set It Up: Solutions

If you're unable to set the Live Photo correctly, check the following:

☑️ Is your OS version the latest one?

☑️ Did you use a live photo taken by yourself or a live photo created by WidgetClub?

☑️ As mentioned in Step 6, ensure the playback button is displayed correctly.

If there's a diagonal line across the playback button, it's likely that your iPhone doesn't recognize the image as a Live Photo. In this case, prepare an original Live Photo or consider waiting for an iOS update as this could be a bug.

How to set your favorite video as a live wallpaper as it is

To set your favorite video as a live wallpaper, use the dedicated application to convert the video into a live photo.

Download the WidgetClub app.
Tap the "+" button.

Tap "Original Live Wallpaper”.
Tap “Create live Wallpaper with your video!”.

Select the video you want to set as live wallpaper.
Tap “Choose”.

Select the part you want to cut out with the editing tools and change the speed.
Tap the "Download" button to complete the process!

The live photo will be downloaded to the "Photos" app. Now all you have to do is follow the same procedure as we described earlier for setting up a live wallpaper!