Posting GIFs

You can post GIFs in the 'Compose Post' area of Olro. This article covers the different ways to post GIFs across X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Bluesky and Facebook.

 

In this article

1. How to post GIFs on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky
2. How to post a GIF on Facebook
3. How to post using GIPHY
4. Upload limits for GIFs per platform

 

How to post GIFs on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky

 

1.  To post a GIF, you will either need to have a .gif file or the link to the GIF, usually a URL ending in .gif, for example:

https://www.gifwebsite/not_a_real_link/Test.gif

2.  When composing your post in Orlo, select your social media account ➡️, then navigate to the Upload media icon ➕, then select the  "Upload Image/GIF" option. 

 

 

3. If you have the .gif file, add it to the post as you would a normal image file.

4. If you have the GIF URL, add it using the source "Link (URL)" option.

How your GIF will preview

 

See the example post below showing how this would display on X, LinkedIn or Bluesky (with the GIF auto-playing):

 

How to post a GIF on Facebook

 

 

As a workaround for this, we allow you to attach .gif files as videos to Facebook posts. These will need to be converted to an mp4 file in order for you to attach it to the post in the composer.

To add your GIF, select the Facebook account you would like to post to. Then, navigate to the Upload media icon ➕, then select the  "Upload video" option and select your GIF from the content library or your files.

 

 

Whilst this will go up in the format as a video, it is currently the only way to have a GIF be playable within a page feed, as opposed to the current functionality that converts it to a link to the GIF.

 

How to post using GIPHY

 

If you don't have your own GIF to use, we also have another option within the composer to use a GIPHY. This can be found when you select the accounts that GIFs are supported: