Create a story
Stories are full-screen images and videos that stay visible on the platform for 24 hours. You can create and schedule them for Instagram and Facebook, with up to 10 slides in one story post.
Before you start
- Stories publish to Instagram and Facebook only. Connect at least one of them first, see Instagram and Facebook.
- On Facebook, stories publish to the Facebook Page you connected.
Create a story
- Click Create Post in the sidebar.
- Click the Story tab at the top left of the editor. Only Instagram and Facebook stay in the channel bar.
- Click Select Story. In Add media, click the images or videos in the order they should play. They move into the In this story column. Click the button under the column, for example Add 2 slides. You can also drag files from your computer onto the story frame.
- To add more slides, click Add under the frame.
- Drag the slide thumbnails to put them in the right order.
- Click Schedule Story to pick a date and time, or Post now to publish right away.
Each slide publishes as its own story on the platform, in the order you set. One story post holds up to 10 slides.
Preview a story for each channel
Click the Instagram or Facebook icon in the channel bar to see the story the way it appears on that platform.
To use different slides on one channel, drop files onto that channel's story. To go back to the slides in the main story, click Restore to default and then Are you sure?.
Story specs
| Slides per story post | Up to 10 | Up to 10 |
| Each slide | One image or one video | One image or one video |
| Video length | Up to 60 seconds per slide | Up to 60 seconds per slide |
| Video file size | Up to 300 MB | Up to 1 GB |
| Image formats | JPEG, PNG or WebP, up to 8 MB | JPEG, PNG, GIF or WebP, up to 10 MB |
You can upload videos as MP4, MOV or WebM. OmniSocials converts MOV and WebM videos to MP4 when you upload them.
Stories fill the screen in a 9:16 frame, so vertical images and videos work best.
What to know about stories
- Stories have no caption. Add any text or graphics to the image or video before you upload it.
- Stories have no post options: the options bar under the editor, with the first comment and the other settings, doesn't show for stories.
- After 24 hours, a story is no longer visible on the platform.
- Scheduled stories appear on the calendar with a Story label. See Content calendar.