Free Social Media Image Cropper: 27 Presets for 10 Platforms
RecurPost’s Social Media Image Cropper crops one image to 27 social media presets across 10 networks, with no account, no card and no upload to RecurPost. Select Start Cropping Now, add your image, and the editor opens over this page with every preset already selected.
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Upload and Crop
Agencies often receive one client image that has to fit several placements at once, such as a 1.91:1 feed post, a 4:5 portrait, a 9:16 Story and a 2:3 Pin. The cropper opens one editor where you add that image once and set a separate crop for each preset you keep selected.
The editor takes a source image in three ways, shows a crop frame for every selected preset, lets you move and zoom each frame on its own, and exports either one PNG or a ZIP of everything selected. It needs no account, does not meter usage and adds no watermark. It only crops: there is no text, filter, logo or layout tool, so artwork that still needs design comes from a design tool first.
For other free utilities that prepare content before it is scheduled, see RecurPost free tools.
Launch Image Cropper
The editor opens directly on the page. No account, no sign-in, and no upload, with all 27 platform presets already selected.
Add an Image and Adjust Each Crop
One source image feeds every selected preset at once, and each frame is adjusted separately.
You can add an image in 3 ways:
To swap in a corrected version later, drop the new image over the editor. It replaces the source image across all selected frames at once. The file picker filters to image files, and a dropped file that is not an image is ignored without an error message.
Frames start centred on the source image. Use Reset on a frame to put just that frame back to its starting position and 100% zoom.
Download One Crop or a ZIP
Each frame has its own Download this button for a single PNG. Download All renders every selected frame, shows progress as it works, then saves one ZIP named social_images.zip to your downloads folder. Exports are lossless PNG, so cropping adds no compression.
Every filename follows one pattern, platform then preset then pixel size, so the files can be told apart without renaming. PNG files can be larger than JPG files at the same dimensions: if a brand guide or a platform’s file-size limit calls for JPG, convert after cropping.
Preset Directory
The cropper has 27 presets across 10 platforms, and Facebook has the most with 5. Each preset is a fixed output size in pixels, so you see the exact dimensions instead of a general aspect ratio. A preset sets the crop size only: it does not guarantee that a platform will accept or display the file in every placement.
The Platforms panel has a search box plus Select All and Deselect All buttons. Remove the presets you do not need and the selected counter shows how many will export.
These placements are not in the preset list. Take their upload sizes from the social media image sizes guide and crop them to a custom size in a design tool.
Multi-Platform Example
Take one 4000×3000 landscape photo and crop it for four placements. Every preset has a fixed output size, so its aspect ratio decides how much of the source survives. The figures below assume the largest frame that fits inside the source.
Because each frame is independent, you can move only the 9:16 Story frame to bring a client logo on the far right back into view while the other frames stay put. Source resolution matters too: cropping a 1200-pixel-wide photo to the 2560×1440 YouTube Channel Banner means upscaling, which can make the result look soft, so ask clients for the largest original they have.
Privacy and File Handling
Cropping runs in your browser. The image you add is drawn to a canvas on your device and exported from there, so the file is not sent to a RecurPost server. Nothing is stored for later: if you close the tab before downloading, the crops are gone.
Two things do use the network. If you paste an image URL instead of choosing a file, your browser requests that image from the site hosting it. And the ZIP download loads the JSZip library from a public CDN (cdnjs), which receives a request for the library, not for your image.
File handling follows from that. The tool sets no file-size limit of its own, so very large images depend on your browser’s memory. It exports PNG only, and uncompressed PNG can exceed a platform’s upload limit. Bluesky, for example, allows up to 2 MB per image, so compress an exported PNG before posting there.
Platform Specification Differences
Five presets match what a platform displays, or only one placement, rather than the size it recommends uploading. Check this table before preparing profile or cover artwork. Presets are starting sizes, not a guarantee that a platform will accept or display the file.
The post presets for Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google Business Profile, YouTube and Threads match the upload sizes in the social media image sizes guide. The differences above sit mainly in profile and cover artwork, so check the current size before preparing those.
Move Crops Into RecurPost
The cropped PNG files can be uploaded as media when you create a post in the RecurPost composer, then scheduled from the social media calendar. Unlike the free cropper, the composer needs a RecurPost account.
Captions and images are set per platform in the composer, so each platform-specific crop lands on the account it was made for.
The free cropper stays useful in two cases:
- When you need to prepare several platform sizes first
- When you plan to schedule the images through another social media tool
Fit and Non-Fit
RecurPost’s Social Media Image Cropper fits agencies that already have finished artwork and need to prepare it for different platform sizes. However, teams that still need to design the artwork may need a separate design tool before using the cropper.
The cropper processes one source image per session and applies it to every selected preset. It suits several versions of one image, not many different images in one batch.
Related Free Tools
RecurPost’s free tools also include the Instagram Grid Generator, which splits one image into a 3×3 or larger set of tiles for staged grid posting. The Grid Generator splits a single image into tiles, while the Social Media Image Cropper prepares different sizes for individual platforms.
Social Media Image Cropper FAQs
How many platform presets does the RecurPost image cropper have?
RecurPost’s Social Media Image Cropper includes 27 presets across 10 platforms. These include:
- Facebook: 5 presets
- Instagram: 4 presets
- LinkedIn: 4 presets
- X: 3 presets
- Pinterest: 2 presets
- YouTube: 2 presets
- Meta Threads: 2 presets
- Bluesky: 2 presets
- Google Business Profile: 2 presets
- TikTok: 1 preset for a 1080 × 1920 video cover
Do my client images get uploaded to RecurPost’s servers?
RecurPost’s Social Media Image Cropper processes your images in your browser and does not send the image file to a RecurPost server. The crop is calculated on your own device and the finished PNG is saved to your downloads folder. If you paste an image URL, your browser fetches it from the host site, and the ZIP download loads a ZIP library from a CDN, but the image itself is not sent to RecurPost.
Can I crop one image for several platforms at once?
RecurPost’s Social Media Image Cropper applies one image to every selected preset at once. You can position each frame separately and then select Download All to export the selected crops as a ZIP file. The filenames identify the corresponding platform and pixel dimensions.
Does the cropper reduce image quality?
RecurPost’s Social Media Image Cropper exports lossless PNG, so the cropping process does not add compression artefacts. However, image quality can decrease when the source image is smaller than the required output size. For example, cropping a 1200-pixel-wide photo to a 2560×1440 YouTube banner requires upscaling, which can make the result appear softer.
Can I export as JPG or WebP?
RecurPost’s Social Media Image Cropper exports PNG files only. However, it accepts JPG and WebP files as input, so you can add either format and receive the cropped result as a PNG. If a client’s brand requirements call for JPG, convert the image after cropping.
Is the RecurPost image cropper free?
RecurPost’s Social Media Image Cropper is free to use without an account, usage limit or watermark. RecurPost also offers a 14-day free trial of its paid scheduler.
Can I crop several different images in one session?
RecurPost’s Social Media Image Cropper processes one source image at a time. When you add a new image, it replaces the current source across all frames, so you can crop one image to several sizes before starting the next image. Therefore, the tool does not support batch processing of multiple source images in one session.
Where do the cropped images go after I download them?
The cropped PNG files are saved to your downloads folder after export, while you can then upload them to RecurPost’s composer as post attachments. From there, you can schedule tailored versions of the same campaign for different client accounts, with platform-specific captions and images.
Try RecurPost
RecurPost’s Agency plan covers 20 social accounts and 3 users for $79 per month, and additional teammates are $20 each. The Social Media Image Cropper is free whether or not you use the paid product, and it works without an account.
For plan details and add-ons, see RecurPost pricing. To see the scheduler itself, start from the RecurPost homepage, or start a 14-day free trial without a credit card.