How to Post Photos or GIFs on Twitter

Besides normal text tweets and links, you can also post photos or GIFs (Graphics Interchange Format images). Follow these steps to post a photo or a GIF on Twitter.

How to post photos or GIFs on Twitter

Step 1: Go to Twitter and log into your account.

Step 2: Click the What's happening? box at the top of your Home timeline.

Step 3: Click the icon to upload a photo or the icon to upload a GIF from your computer.

Step 4: Select a photo or a GIF. Once a photo or GIF is selected, the image will be attached to your Tweet in full size.

You can search for a GIF from Twitter's GIF library, select one to attach to your tweet.

Step 6: Add text to your tweet and click Tweet.

Note:

1. You can select up to 4 photos for uploading per time, but you can post only one animated GIF per tweet.
2. You can only upload GIF, JPEG, and PNG files.
3. The maximum size limit for a photo is 5MB. Animated GIFs can be up to 5MB on mobile, and up to 15MB on the web.
4. By default, your photo will be scaled for display in your expanded Tweet and in your Twitter gallery.
5. Photo and GIF attachments are not counted as characters on a Tweet.