How to create a carousel

A carousel is one post with several photos or videos that followers swipe through. In Kredia you build it in the composer's media strip: the first item is the cover, and any post with more than one item publishes as a carousel.

Before you start#

• Pick Instagram or LinkedIn. The media strip appears only when Instagram or LinkedIn is selected and the post type is Post (not Reel or Story).
• Know the limits. Instagram takes up to 10 photos or videos. LinkedIn takes up to 20 images, or a single video; it can't mix video and images in one post.
• You're an Editor, Admin or Owner. Viewers can't create posts.

Build the carousel#

1. Open Scheduling and click New Post, then pick the client.
2. Under Platforms, select Instagram or LinkedIn, and keep the post type on Post.
3. Add the first photo or video with Upload files, or paste a direct link to a public file. This first item is the cover.
4. In the strip under the media field, click the + tile (Add). Paste a link and click Add, click Upload to pick files, or click Canva to add a design.
5. Repeat until you have all the slides. You can also select several files at once in Upload files; they are added in the order you picked them.
6. Drag the thumbnails to change the order. The item marked Cover is the one shown first.
7. To remove a slide, hover over it and click the ×.
8. Write the caption, set the time, and click Schedule Post.

The note under the strip confirms it: "publishes as a carousel" once there is more than one item.

Which platforms publish all the slides#

Platform	What happens with several items
Instagram	The whole carousel publishes, up to 10 items.
LinkedIn	All images publish, up to 20. One video only, never mixed with images.
Facebook	Only the first item publishes.
Threads	Only the first item publishes.
TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest	No carousels. These platforms take a single video or image.

If you select Facebook or Threads together with Instagram, the Instagram post gets the full carousel but the Facebook and Threads posts get only the cover. See A carousel was published as a single image on Facebook or Threads.

What can go wrong#

• The + tile doesn't appear. Select Instagram or LinkedIn and set the post type to Post. Reels and Stories hold one item. (In a Story, several items become separate Stories; see How to schedule an Instagram or Facebook Story.)
• The + tile disappeared. You reached the limit: 10 items whenever Instagram is selected (even together with LinkedIn), or 20 images for LinkedIn alone.
• LinkedIn refuses the post. LinkedIn allows a single video per post and can't mix a video with images. Use images only, or one video.
• A slide is blank in the strip. The pasted link isn't a direct, public file link. Upload the file instead; see How to add photos and videos to a post.

See also#

• What you can publish on each platform
• How to add photos and videos to a post
• How to tag accounts and add Instagram collaborators
• A carousel was published as a single image on Facebook or Threads