How to make a post

Posts are where your audio, video, image and written creations live for your members to enjoy. Posts are accessible from your members’ account feed, your page and via email notifications for members who opt in. If you’ve enabled our RSS feature, your audio post content will also populate members’ private RSS feeds.

Posts are an instant and direct connection to your community. You can publish posts for select tiers, all of your paid members, or publicly for your free members and anyone who lands on your Patreon page.

How to make a new post

• 1. While logged in to your Patreon account, click on the Create button from the left-hand navigation while logged into your Patreon account
     • If you’re not seeing the Create button, then you may be viewing your member profile. To switch to your creator profile, click on your name in the bottom left corner > click on your creator profile
  2. Choose your Post type – this could be a text, image, video, link or audio post. If you’d like to open your draft in another tab, you can right-click or ctrl+click and select Open in another tab
  3. Once in the post editor, you’ll need to create a post title (required) and let us know to who you’d like the post to be viewable (required)Pro tip: Making public posts is a great way to give free members and fans an idea of what paid members can access!
  4. Optional post features include
     
     • Uploading attachment files for your members to download
     • Add tags to your posts to help you stay organised
     • Setting early access for a specific tier
     • Adding Preview Text for social sharing and public teaser
  5. You can add your post to a collection to help members find more of what they’re looking for. You can think of collections as your own library where you can get to organise your work however you want. Learn more about creating a collection
  6. On desktop, you can preview your post before publishing by clicking the View  button
• 1. While logged in to your creator profile, click on the Make a Post button
     
     • If you’re not seeing the make a post button, you may be viewing your member profile. To switch profiles, click on your profile image in the top left corner > click on Switch to Creator Profile > start at step 1
       
  2. You can embed a link or tap the Add Media button to choose an image or video from your phone camera or phone library
     
     • When creating a post, you can also add inline images by clicking on the image icon in the bottom format bar
       
  3. When you’re happy with your post, tap Next
     
  4. Tap Who can see this post to bring up your options: public, all members or select tiers
     
     • Note: Making a post for all patrons will make the post accessible to free members
       
  5. If you are on an iOS device, you can choose to add the post to a collection or create a new collection to house your post. You can think of collections as your own library where you can get to organise your work however you want. Learn more about creating a collection
     
  6. You can Publish, Schedule your post to publish later or exit the post editor, and we’ll save your progress in your Drafts

As you create your post, we’ll auto-save any changes you make. If you exit the post editor, we’ll save your post as a draft for you to work on later.

Creators in Pro and Premium platform plans: You can control tier access to your posts

As a creator on the Pro and Premium platform plans, you can control which paid members have access to your posts, depending on their selected tier. You can choose which membership tiers are allowed to access each post, giving you the ability to target your paid members with exclusive benefits and messages. To publish posts for a specific Tier, choose the Select Tier option, and select which Tiers have access to the post.