---
title: "How to create a carousel"
summary: "Add several photos or videos to one Instagram or LinkedIn post, choose the cover and the order, and know which platforms publish only the first item."
url: https://kredia.io/help/en/creating-content/create-a-carousel
lastVerified: 2026-10-24
---

# 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](https://kredia.io/help/en/troubleshooting-and-platform-limits/carousel-published-as-single-image).

## 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](https://kredia.io/help/en/creating-content/schedule-a-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](https://kredia.io/help/en/creating-content/upload-media).

## See also

- [What you can publish on each platform](https://kredia.io/help/en/creating-content/what-you-can-publish-per-platform)
- [How to add photos and videos to a post](https://kredia.io/help/en/creating-content/upload-media)
- [How to tag accounts and add Instagram collaborators](https://kredia.io/help/en/creating-content/tag-people-and-add-collaborators)
- [A carousel was published as a single image on Facebook or Threads](https://kredia.io/help/en/troubleshooting-and-platform-limits/carousel-published-as-single-image)