Publish articles on LinkedIn

Last updated: 1 week ago

Important to know

This feature isn’t available on LinkedIn mobile app. 

All members and admins (super admins or content admins of a LinkedIn Page) have the ability to publish articles about their expertise and interests. Articles are displayed in the Activity section of your profile. It’s shared with your connections and followers in their news feeds, and sometimes through notifications. Articles can be shared on LinkedIn, Facebook, or Twitter.

To write an article:

  1. Click Write article in the share box near the top of your homepage.

    • If you're a Super admin or Content admin of a LinkedIn Page, you'll see an option to Publish as, select which account you want to publish from and click Next. This takes you to the publishing tool.

  2. Click the Dropdown next to your name on the upper left to choose if you want to publish an article as yourself (personal profile), Super admin or Content admin of a LinkedIn Page, or if you want to publish it as an Individual article or to a newsletter (if applicable).

  3. Click Upload from computer above the Title of the article, to add a cover image.

  4. Click into the Title field to type the headline of your article.

    Note: If you're unable to click into the Title field, you may have a browser extension that is blocking this functionality. The two extensions that we know cause this issue are Lazarus and Grammarly. This can be resolved by disabling these extensions and refreshing the editor.

  5. Click in the Write here field to type the content of your article.

    From the tool bar next to your name at the top of the article, you can:

    • Add Image: Click  Image icon to upload an image from your computer or drag an image into the box (cover image).
    • Add Links : Click Links to paste the rich media content’s URL (For example, Tweets or Instagram images) into the Link field.
    • Add Snippet: Click   Snippets/Code to add highlighted snippet into the article.
    • Embed: Click the   Embed icon to embed content (text, video, multi photo, etc.) within the article.
    • Style and Formatting: Select an option to change the style, font, add ordered/unordered lists, blockquotes or add a divider to the article.

    Here's a tip

    You can type '@' to mention another member or a LinkedIn Page in your article.

  6. Click the Manage  dropdown near the upper right, from here you can:

    • SEO settings: Select SEO settings to add SEO title and SEO description to your article to control how your articles show up on search engines and make it easier for others to find your content
    • Preview: Select Preview to view a preview of your article
    • Share draft: Select Preview and then click Share draft near the upper right of the publishing tool to share your article draft with other members before publishing

    Note: Members can view the draft only when they're logged into LinkedIn.

  7. Click Next near the upper right.

  8. Click Publish.

    • You can add text commentary about your article in the Tell your network what your article is about field (optional).

Here's a tip

Your article may be searchable both on and off LinkedIn, depending on your profile settings. Having your public profile visibility set to everyone will distribute your articles publicly. Learn more about your LinkedIn public profile visibility.

Notes:

  • You can disable the ability to leave comments on your published articles.
  • You can edit or delete your articles at any time.

  • When you mention another member or LinkedIn Page their profile/page will be hyperlinked in the article. The mentioned member/page will be notified of the mention and their profile/page will be displayed when someone moves their cursor over the hyperlink.

  • The embedding widget on the LinkedIn publishing platform will only display links directly pasted from supported providers. Links from unsupported providers will appear as a large, non-interactive link within your article.


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