# Social scheduling > Schedule and publish posts to Instagram and Facebook. Updated: 2026-10-17 Docs index: https://docs.cevoid.com/llms.txt Social scheduling lets you schedule and publish posts to Instagram and Facebook directly from Cevoid. Select content from your Library, customize it for each platform, and schedule it for automatic publishing. Scheduling needs a connected [Instagram](https://docs.cevoid.com/integrations/social/instagram.md) account, and Facebook posts and videos go to the Facebook page linked to that account. Navigate to [Social scheduling](https://app.cevoid.com/schedule) to manage your scheduled posts. ## Post types Click **Schedule** in Social scheduling to pick a post type. The options are grouped under _Instagram_ and _Facebook_. With several Instagram accounts, each option opens a list of your Instagram accounts or Facebook pages. **More** → **Manage accounts** opens [Settings → Integrations → Instagram](https://app.cevoid.com/settings/integrations/instagram), where you connect and manage your accounts. | Option | Published | Content | Product tags | Tag people | Caption and first comment | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | _Instagram_: **Image** | Automatically | 1 image | Yes | Yes | Yes | | _Instagram_: **Carousel** | Automatically | 2 to 10 images or videos | On images | On images | Yes | | _Instagram_: **Reel** | Automatically | 1 video, with a cover | Yes | No | Yes | | _Instagram_: **Story** | Automatically | Up to 10 images or videos | No | No | No | | _Instagram_: **Story reminder** | By a team member, after an email reminder | Up to 10 images or videos | No | No | No | | _Facebook_: **Post** | Automatically | Up to 10 images | No | No | Yes | | _Facebook_: **Video** | Automatically | 1 video | No | No | Yes | Every post with a video can have the video trimmed and its audio turned on or off. ## Calendar overview The Social scheduling calendar shows one week at a time (_Week n_), with the scheduled and published posts for each day. Click **Today**, the arrows, or the date to move between weeks. Times are in your workspace's time zone, shown on the calendar. To change it, click **More** → **Manage timezone**. Click **Filter** to filter by: - **Post status:** Draft, Scheduled, Published, or Failed - **Account:** Connected social accounts - **Platform:** Instagram or Facebook - **Post type:** Video, Reels, Image, Carousel, or Stories You can schedule up to 50 Instagram posts and 25 Facebook posts a day. When a day reaches a platform's limit, that platform's options no longer show in **Schedule**. ### Post statuses | Status | Meaning | | --- | --- | | _Draft_ | Not scheduled yet. Duplicated posts and posts started from the Library begin as drafts | | _Scheduled_ | Waiting for its publish time | | _Published_ | Published to the account | | _Failed_ | Not published. An automatic post also shows _Failed_ when it isn't published within 1 hour of its scheduled time | | _Reminder sent_ | A story reminder whose reminder email has been sent | A warning icon with _Some posts are not approved_ shows on a scheduled post that uses content that isn't approved. To get an email when a post is published or fails to publish, enable _Scheduled post is published_ or _Scheduled post failed to publish_ in [Settings → Notifications](https://app.cevoid.com/settings/account/notifications). See [Notifications](https://docs.cevoid.com/workspace/notifications.md#content). ### Duplicate a post Duplicate a post in the calendar to schedule the same content to another platform or account. 1. Navigate to [Social scheduling](https://app.cevoid.com/schedule) 2. Right-click the post 3. Select **Duplicate to Facebook** or **Duplicate to Instagram**. With several Instagram accounts, select the account or page under **Duplicate to account**. A draft copy appears at the same time. 4. Open the draft and adjust the caption or other information 5. Click **Schedule post** 6. Select **Custom date and time** and set the date and time, or select **Now** 7. Click **Schedule** When you duplicate to Facebook, a reel becomes a video and product and people tags are removed. A post with several items can only go to Facebook if they're all images. The same right-click menu has **Retry post** for a failed post, **Copy to workspace** to copy the post to another workspace you have access to, and **Delete** for posts that aren't published yet. **Delete** asks you to confirm with **Remove**. ## Schedule posts from the Library Start a scheduled post from approved posts in your Library. The post opens in the editor as a draft, and you continue with the steps for its type below. **One post:** 1. Navigate to [UGC → Library](https://app.cevoid.com/library) and open the post 2. Click **Social scheduling** below the media 3. Select the post type: **Image**, **Carousel**, **Reel**, or **Story reminder** under _Instagram_, or **Post** or **Video** under _Facebook_. Only the types that fit the post's media show. **Several posts:** 1. Navigate to [UGC → Library](https://app.cevoid.com/library) 2. Select the posts. See [Bulk actions](https://docs.cevoid.com/ugc/manage/library-and-inbox.md#bulk-actions). 3. Click **Actions** and select **Schedule...** 4. Select the post type under _Schedule as..._. The types that show depend on your selection: **Image** for one image, **Carousel** for several posts, **Reel** for one video, **Story reminder** for up to 10 posts, and, when all posts have the same media type, Facebook **Post** for one image or several posts, or **Video** for one video. Automatic Instagram stories can't be started from the Library. Start them from **Schedule** in Social scheduling. ## Instagram posts, reels, and carousels Instagram posts, reels, and carousels are published automatically at your scheduled time. They share the same flow, with minor differences: see [Post types](https://docs.cevoid.com/social-scheduling#post-types). 1. **Select content** 1. Navigate to [Social scheduling](https://app.cevoid.com/schedule) 2. Click **Schedule** 3. Select **Image**, **Carousel**, or **Reel** under _Instagram_. With several Instagram accounts, select the account. 4. Select content from your Library, or click **Upload** to add new content 5. Click **Select N posts** to continue To start from a post in your Library, see [Schedule posts from the Library](https://docs.cevoid.com/social-scheduling#schedule-posts-from-the-library). > [!NOTE] > For carousels, select 2 to 10 images and videos. For reels and image posts, select one piece of content. 2. **Crop and adjust** 1. Select the aspect ratio for your post. For carousels, it applies to all items. 2. Optional: Scroll over the content to crop it, and drag to reposition it 3. Optional: For carousels, drag items in the bottom view to reorder them 4. Click **Next step** 3. **Trim video** For posts with a video, the _Video_ step lets you: - Trim the video length - Enable or disable the video's audio in _Audio settings_ Click **Next step** to continue. 4. **Tag products** Add products from your Instagram shop to make the post shoppable. If the original post has product tags in Cevoid, those appear as suggestions. This step needs an Instagram Shop with a product catalog. Without one, _Tag product_ shows "You must have an Instagram shop in order to use this feature." Cevoid uses the catalog selected in _Product catalog_ on the Instagram account's page in [Settings → Integrations → Instagram](https://app.cevoid.com/settings/integrations/instagram). 1. Click **Add product** 2. Search for the product in your Instagram shop catalog 3. Click **Add product** and place it in the image 4. Click **Done** 5. Click **Next step** > [!NOTE] > You can add up to 5 product tags. For carousels, repeat for each content piece, since products can't be tagged in carousel videos. 5. **Tag people (image and carousel only)** Tag Instagram users in your post. When you repost Instagram UGC, the creator's handle appears as a suggestion. 1. Click **Add person** 2. Click where you want the tag to appear 3. Enter the Instagram username 4. Click **Save** 5. Click **Next step** > [!NOTE] > You can tag up to 20 people in a post. Don't tag private accounts. For carousels, people can't be tagged in videos. 6. **Add caption and first comment** On the _Preview_ step, enter your _Caption_, up to 2,200 characters and 30 hashtags. Optionally, enable _Comment_ and enter a first comment that publishes automatically when the post goes live, up to 2,200 characters and 30 hashtags. - Tagged products are listed. Click a product to add its name to the caption. - Tagged people are listed. Click a username to add the handle to the caption. For reels, set the _Cover_: select **Set a cover photo** and drag to select a frame from the video, or select **Custom cover photo** and click **Upload**. 7. **Schedule** 1. Click **Schedule post** 2. Select **Custom date and time** and set the date and time, or select **Now** to publish at once 3. Click **Schedule** ## Instagram stories Share content to your Instagram story. Instagram stories can be published automatically, or scheduled as reminders for manual posting when you need features such as links, music, or text overlays. Both hold up to 10 images or videos: see [Post types](https://docs.cevoid.com/social-scheduling#post-types). ### Schedule a story Instagram stories are published automatically at your scheduled time. They don't support product tags, username tags, or captions. 1. **Select content** 1. Navigate to [Social scheduling](https://app.cevoid.com/schedule) 2. Click **Schedule** 3. Select **Story** under _Instagram_. With several Instagram accounts, select the account. 4. Select images and/or videos, or click **Upload** to add new content 5. Click **Select N posts** to continue > [!NOTE] > You can include up to 10 images and/or videos per story. They publish directly after each other. 2. **Crop and adjust** 1. Select the aspect ratio (applies to all items) 2. Optional: Drag items to reorder them 3. Optional: Scroll over the content to crop it, and drag to reposition it 4. Click **Next step** 3. **Schedule** 1. Click **Schedule post** 2. Select **Custom date and time** and set the date and time, or select **Now** to publish at once 3. Click **Schedule** ### Schedule a story reminder Story reminders are not published automatically. A team member receives an email reminder with everything needed to publish the story manually. Use story reminders when you need features such as links, music, or text overlays. 1. **Select content** 1. Navigate to [Social scheduling](https://app.cevoid.com/schedule) 2. Click **Schedule** 3. Select **Story reminder** under _Instagram_. With several Instagram accounts, select the account. 4. Select images and/or videos, or click **Upload** to add new content 5. Click **Select N posts** to continue To start from posts in your Library, see [Schedule posts from the Library](https://docs.cevoid.com/social-scheduling#schedule-posts-from-the-library). > [!NOTE] > You can include up to 10 images and/or videos per story reminder. 2. **Crop and adjust** 1. Select the aspect ratio (applies to all items) 2. Optional: Drag items to reorder them 3. Optional: Scroll over the content to crop it, and drag to reposition it 4. Click **Next step** 3. **Add reminder information** On the _Story info_ step, add information for each content piece that the team member needs when publishing: | Field | Description | | --- | --- | | _Link_ | URL to add to the story | | _Music_ | Song to include in the story | | _Notes_ | Text to include or other instructions | 4. **Schedule the reminder** 1. Click **Schedule post** 2. Set _Date & Time_ to when you plan to publish the story 3. Select in _Send reminder_ when the reminder goes out, from **At publish time** to **1 day before** 4. Select the team member in _Send reminder to_ 5. Click **Schedule** 5. **Publish manually** When the reminder is due, the selected team member receives an email, "Reminder: ...", with a link to the _Scheduling reminder_ page and all the information needed. 1. Open the link from the email 2. Download the content to your device 3. Open Instagram and create a story 4. Add the link, music, or text from your reminder 5. Publish the story 6. Repeat for each piece of content 7. Click **Mark stories as published** (or **Mark story as published**) on the reminder page The opened story reminder looks like this: ![Story reminder example](https://yhl4bogauvizwf7u.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/media/help-center/social-scheduling/780b926aeb5f/instagram-story-reminder.webp) ## Facebook posts and videos Facebook posts and videos are published automatically at your scheduled time. A Facebook post holds up to 10 images, and a Facebook video holds one video. Both can have a caption and a first comment: see [Post types](https://docs.cevoid.com/social-scheduling#post-types). ## Schedule a Facebook post or video 1. **Select content** 1. Navigate to [Social scheduling](https://app.cevoid.com/schedule) 2. Click **Schedule** 3. Select **Post** or **Video** under _Facebook_. With several Instagram accounts, select the Facebook page to publish to. 4. Select content from your Library, or click **Upload** to add new content 5. Click **Select N posts** to continue To start from posts in your Library, see [Schedule posts from the Library](https://docs.cevoid.com/social-scheduling#schedule-posts-from-the-library). > [!NOTE] > Facebook posts can include up to 10 images, and no videos. Facebook videos are single videos only. 2. **Crop and adjust** 1. Select the aspect ratio 2. Optional: Drag items to reorder them (posts with multiple items) 3. Optional: Scroll over the content to crop it, and drag to reposition it 4. Click **Next step** 3. **Trim video (videos only)** For Facebook videos, the _Video_ step lets you trim the video length and enable or disable its audio in _Audio settings_. Click **Next step** to continue. 4. **Add text and first comment** On the _Preview_ step, enter the text for your post in _Caption_. Optionally, enable _Comment_ and enter a first comment that publishes automatically when the post goes live, up to 8,000 characters. The first time you add a comment to a Facebook post, Cevoid asks for more Facebook permissions. In _Update permissions_, click **Update permissions using Facebook**. 5. **Schedule** 1. Click **Schedule post** 2. Select **Custom date and time** and set the date and time, or select **Now** to publish at once 3. Click **Schedule** ## Related articles - [Instagram](https://docs.cevoid.com/integrations/social/instagram.md) - [Library & Inbox](https://docs.cevoid.com/ugc/manage/library-and-inbox.md) --- Canonical: https://docs.cevoid.com/social-scheduling