> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.postqueen.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# LinkedIn

> How to add LinkedIn to your system

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## What she can post to LinkedIn

Hand her a stack of images and tick one box, and she stitches them into a PDF and posts it as a swipeable carousel. That is the trick LinkedIn is known for, and it is a single setting on the post.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Character limit" icon="text-width">
    3,000 characters
  </Card>

  <Card title="Media" icon="photo-film">
    Optional. Several images, or one video
  </Card>

  <Card title="Post types" icon="layer-group">
    Text post, image post, video post, PDF carousel
  </Card>

  <Card title="Analytics" icon="chart-line">
    No numbers from a personal profile
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

Ten of the connectors report analytics back to PostQueen and a LinkedIn profile is not one of them. The [LinkedIn Page](/providers/linkedin-page) connector does report, so attach the company page if figures are what you are after. Large images are scaled down to fit inside 6000 by 6000 pixels before upload, since LinkedIn rejects anything past its pixel cap.

|                   |                                                                                                                              |
| ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Post settings** | `post_as_images_carousel`, `carousel_name`. Full schema in the [LinkedIn settings reference](/public-api/providers/linkedin) |
| **Connect flow**  | One step. You authorize the LinkedIn app and she attaches the profile                                                        |
| **Automations**   | Add comments by a different account, and Add Re-posters, both of which draw on your other connected LinkedIn channels        |

<Warning>
  Where LinkedIn draws its lines:

  * **Carousel can only be created with 2 or more images and no videos.**
  * **Can have maximum 1 media when selecting a video.**
  * **Comments can only contain text.** Media on a comment is dropped before it goes out.
</Warning>

## Self-hosting

<Info>
  On PostQueen Cloud this channel is ready: open **Add Channel** and pick it.
  Running your own instance? You register the application yourself:
  [Set up LinkedIn on your own instance](/installation/providers/linkedin).
</Info>

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