FEATURE · POST PREVIEW

How to Use RecurPost Post Preview to Display Each One Before You Schedule?

RecurPost’s built-in post preview shows caption line-breaks, per-platform image crops, and link cards for every connected account. Catch formatting issues in the composer instead of on your client’s profile.

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WHAT IT IS

Pre-Publishing Quality Check Inside RecurPost Composer

RecurPost’s post preview is a built-in pre-publishing verification feature inside the RecurPost composer. It displays how a post appears on each selected platform – Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Twitter, GBP, and all other connected accounts. It’s a useful feature to view posts with media or different target platforms before you publish. Get critical quality-control to check captions, image crop sizes, and link preview cards.

THREE ATTRIBUTES YOU CHECK

What RecurPost's Post Preview Displays before Scheduling

RecurPost’s post preview displays the caption, media, and link card inside the composer the same way as a destination platform does. Avoid test posts or client account logins.

The caption

Check real line breaks and character length as shown on destination social platforms. Catch an Instagram caption that truncates or a LinkedIn post break in the wrong place.

The media crop

RecurPost's built-in image editor inside the compose tab comes with social platform-specific crop presets - preview actual portrait, square, or landscape posts as how the audiences see on the platforms.

The link card

Preview the links as shown to the audiences inside real social profiles with related titles, descriptions, and hero images as displayed on destination links.

Example: Click the post preview for each platform in the RecurPost composer to confirm captions, images, and product links before you schedule a product-launch post for your client’s Facebook Page, Instagram business profile, and LinkedIn company page.

PER-PLATFORM MATTERS

Edit One Version without Touching the Others - Post Preview Auto Saves

The post preview updates the outcome only for the platform where you modify texts, hashtags, or media. When you edit a LinkedIn copy text, the Instagram preview remains untouched. The edited version appears only in the LinkedIn post preview within the RecurPost composer.

The feature is best for agencies and freelancers who manage a single campaign across mixed platforms and social account types. RecurPost’s post preview is mandatory if you manage 12 profiles across 5 platforms, but less useful if you post identical text to a single profile.

IMAGE CROP PREVIEW

Catch Image Crop Errors Before You Schedule and Publish from a Profile

Different platforms have different aspect ratios for the same image when you post. RecurPost’s post preview feature visualizes the original cropped image version that appears to audiences on each network. Identify formatting or size issues before scheduling or publishing.

Preview an Instagram portrait at 1080×1350 for a feed post and a landscape crop of the same image for Facebook link share post – both show original versions in one composer.

Best for: agencies and freelancers that post and schedule photos and video thumbnails for platforms with different sizes and format rules. Less useful for text-only posts.

Backed by 850+ error checks

RecurPost validates every scheduled post through 850+ platform errors, such as image-size mismatch, wrong codecs, and missing aspect-ratio, with an automatic retry option to avoid post failures.

LINK PREVIEWS

How Link Previews Appear and Where Platforms Limit Them?

RecurPost’s post preview shows the original link card as displayed on each platform – page image, title, and description. Shorten a Bitly link, verify image specs, and confirm the copy in one composer.

Facebook Link Card

Facebook API restricts certain link previews from third-party apps. If a link card doesn’t appear in the RecurPost post preview section before you publish, treat it as a normal attribute. The destination platform – Facebook will generate its own preview for the shared link at publish time.

How Link Previews Appear and Where Platforms Limit Them_

PREVIEW → APPROVE → SCHEDULE → PUBLISH

See Your Post, Save as a Draft, Share for Approval with Clients, and Schedule to Profiles

The post preview is the last stage before the final post is scheduled for a social network. This is a last quality-check step in the same composer – no tool switching, no password chasing.

Preview first

Select every platform where you will post inside the composer and confirm per-platform captions, crops, and link cards.

Save as draft

Save the reviewed post inside a workspace calendar or library to preserve the per-platform edits before you schedule to profiles.

Route for approval

Send a shareable, password-free, view-only invite link of the shared calendar to your client for review and comments.

Publish last

Schedule the post through RecurPost with an intact post preview inside the calendar after the approval workflow.

Best for: teams and freelancers who keep a mandatory review stage between content creation and publication. Less useful for solo users who deploy content instantly without the draft and approval stages.

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RecurPost post preview, answered.

What does RecurPost's post preview show?

RecurPost’s post preview shows the caption, the media, and the link card for each connected platform before you schedule. You see the real caption length and line breaks, the image cropped to each platform’s frame, and the link preview card, where the platform supports one.

Does post preview work for every platform I connect to?

Yes, RecurPost’s post preview works for all social profiles you connect across the platforms it publishes to: Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, Pinterest, TikTok, YouTube, Threads, Bluesky, and Google Business Profile. Display the preview for each profile with platform-specific media crops, links, and captions from 1 composer.

Why does my Facebook link preview not show up?

Facebook’s own guidelines and privacy rules restrict certain links from showing a preview card through third-party apps like RecurPost. Some link cards will not appear on Facebook even when the link works. RecurPost shows the card on the platforms that allow third-party link previews.

Can I preview a post before sending it for client approval?

Yes, RecurPost lets you preview a post for any connected platform account, either before you send it to clients for approval or save it as a draft. You check each platform’s version first, then route the post to your client, who approves it through a password-free invite without logging in.