How to Schedule LinkedIn Posts: Native Scheduler vs Tools

You can schedule LinkedIn posts in two ways: with LinkedIn's own scheduler, or with a scheduling tool. Both let you write now and publish later. This guide shows both and when each makes sense.

Option 1: schedule a post on LinkedIn itself

1. Click Start a post and write your post.
2. Click the clock icon at the bottom of the post box.
3. Pick a date and time, then click Next.
4. Click Schedule. Your post is queued and will publish automatically.

This is fine for an occasional post. The limits: you plan one post at a time, you cannot see all your posts on a calendar, and there is no AI to help you write.

Option 2: use a LinkedIn post scheduler

A scheduler connects to your LinkedIn account through LinkedIn's official login and publishes for you. The big benefit is planning: you write a week or a month in one sitting, see it on a calendar, and stop thinking about posting every day.

• Write and queue many posts in one session (batching).
• See gaps on a visual content calendar and fill them.
• Get a status for every post, with a retry if LinkedIn has an outage.
• Draft with AI, then edit with a live preview.

How to schedule LinkedIn posts with ViralPosts

1. Sign up and connect your LinkedIn account through the official login.
2. Describe your idea. The AI post writer drafts it in your tone.
3. Edit it with the live LinkedIn preview.
4. Pick a date and time, or drag the post onto the content calendar.
5. It publishes by itself. See how scheduling works.

Which one should you pick?

• Posting once in a while: LinkedIn's built-in scheduler.
• Posting weekly or more, or planning ahead: a scheduler with a calendar. Compare tools in our scheduler comparisons.

Want the full batching system? Read the complete guide to scheduling social media posts.