When you are curating posts on the Content Calendar, you have the ability to modify posts with unique multimedia such as photos, videos, and GIFs. You also have the option to modify your text by tagging other pages or attaching links. Overall, these attachments are a great way to boost the engagements and viewership of your social media content:
Before scheduling posts with multimedia or modified text, you will want to make sure that you are uploading media to Publish with the correct configurations in mind. In this article, we will teach you about the supported attachments for Publish and the limitations for the following platforms:
❗The limitations that you see for multimedia such as photos or videos are the same limitations you will encounter for the respective social media platforms. Mention cannot bypass limitations set by sites like Facebook or Twitter!
💡Mention Tip - Access the Content Library
If you are not ready to attach multimedia content to your posts, you can upload it to the Content Library and save it for later! The Content Library will allow you to store text, photos, videos, or GIFs within Publish. You can transfer it to a post whenever you are ready to use it.
You can only connect a Facebook Business Page on Publish for social media scheduling. With Publish, you can share text, photos, videos, links, and more through the Composer.
👉 If you have not connected a Facebook Page to Mention yet, check out this article: Connect a Facebook Business Page to Mention.
Below, are the supported attachments and limitations for this platform:
Attachment | Availability | Configuration & Limitations |
Text | ✅ | 63206 character limit |
Images | ✅ | Max: 10 photos Format: .JPG and .PNG are recommended |
Videos | ✅ | Max: 1 video Format: .MP4 and .MOV are recommended Size: 5GB max Duration: 240 mins. |
GIFs | ✅ | Same limitation as images. |
Emojis | ✅ |
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Account Tagging | ✅ | Publish will auto-recognize business accounts when you @ mention someone. |
Hashtags | ✅ |
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Links | ✅ | No link customization |
💡Mention Tip - Copy Text
When generating a Facebook post in Publish, you can copy your post to another Facebook, Instagram or Twitter post. You can currently only copy text and no attachments or posts with handles (for instance, @Mention).
You can connect any Twitter account to Publish for social media scheduling. With a Twitter connection, you can publish text, images, videos, and more.
👉 If you have not connected a Twitter account to Mention, please check out this article: Connect a Twitter account to Mention.
Below, are the supported attachments and limitations for this platform:
Attachment | Availability | Configuration & Limitations |
Text | ✅ | 280 character limitation. |
Images | ✅ | Max: 4 photos. Format: .JPG and .PNG Size: 5MB Max Dimensions: 1024x512 max |
Videos | ✅ | Max: 1 video Format: .MP4 and .MOV are recommended Size: 512MB Max Duration: 1min 20s max |
GIFs | ✅ | Same limitation as images. |
Emojis | ✅ |
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Account Tagging | ✅ | Publish will auto-recognize accounts when you @ mention someone. |
Hashtags | ✅ |
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Links | ✅ | No link customization. |
❗Limitation - Twitter Threads:
You cannot schedule Twitter threads for your tweets. On Publish, only original tweets can be curated and you cannot followup your tweets with comments or replies into a thread format.
💡 Mention Tip - Copy Text
When generating a tweet, you can copy the content of your tweet to another Facebook, Instagram or Twitter post. You can currently only copy text and no attachments or posts with handles.
You can only connect an Instagram Business Account for social media scheduling. With Publish, you can share photos, carousels, reels, and stories.
👉 If you have not connected an Instagram account to Mention, please check out this article: Connect an Instagram Business account to Mention.
Below, are the supported attachments and limitations for this platform:
Attachment | Availability | Configuration & Limitations |
Text | ✅ | 2200 characters |
Images | ✅ | Max: 10 images Format: .JPG and .PNG are recommended Size: 8MB Max Dimensions: 4:5 to 1.91:1 |
Videos | ✅ | Max: 10 videos Format: .MP4 and .MOV Size: 100MB Max Duration: 60s Max |
Reels | ✅ | Max: 1 reel Format: .MP4 or .MOV Size: 1GB Max Duration: 15mins max |
Carousels | ✅ | Max: 10 images or videos |
Instagram Stories | ✅ | Image Specs: - Format: JPEG - File Size: 8MB Max - Aspect Ratio: 9:16 is recommended
Video Specs: - Format: MOV or MP4 - File Size: 100MB Max - Duration: 3 - 60 seconds |
GIFs | ❌ | Not available on IG app |
Emojis | ✅ |
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Account Tagging | ✅ | You can tag an account with the @ mention and it will be recognized on Instagram (not on Mention) |
Hashtags | ✅ |
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Links | ❌ | Not available on IG app |
❗Limitations:
You can only publish 25 stories per day on Publish.
Publish does not support shopping tags, branded content tags, or image editing.
Reels cannot appear in album carousels.
All Reels will be published with original audio. Audio naming is not supported.
You cannot modify the Reel cover photo at this time.
💡Mention Tip - Copy Text
When generating a post in Instagram, you can copy the content to another Facebook, Instagram or Twitter post. You can currently only copy text and no attachments or posts with handles.
You can only connect a LinkedIn Company Page to Publish for social media scheduling.
👉 Learn more about how to connect a LinkedIn Company Page to Mention.
Below, are the supported attachments and limitations for this platform:
Attachment | Availability | Configuration & Limitations |
Text | ✅ | 700 characters |
Images | ✅ | Max: 9 images Format: .JPG and .PNG Size: 8MB Max |
Videos | ✅ | Max: 10 videos Format: .MP4 and .MOV are recommended Size: 75KB to 5GB Duration: 3s to 15 mins |
GIFs | ✅ | Same limitation as images. |
Emojis | ✅ |
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Account Tagging | ✅ | You must paste the URL of the account to your composer. More info here. |
Hashtags | ✅ |
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Links | ✅ | No link customization. |
Thank you! If you have any specific questions regarding supported attachments or limitations for the Content Calendar, please contact support@mention.com.