Facebook has actually now begun supporting & playing GIFs animations, however the GIFs don't move if uploaded directly to the Facebook website. There's a specific simple method which has to be practiced to guarantee that your GIFs constantly stimulate on Facebook-- So here's a small tutorial on how you can Include or Upload & Post animated GIFs on Facebook PC & mobile Website as well as Facebook Mobile App for Android & iPhone-iPad (iOS). This method even lets you post GIFs as Facebook status upgrade, or in comments, or in Private Messaging as well! Post A Gif On Facebook.

 

Post A Gif On Facebook

1. Getting the Direct URL of GIF from another host, That is uploading GIF on some other server and copying its Direct Link.

2. Pasting the Direct Link of GIF into the Facebook Text Window (Status/ Comment/ Messaging) and Posting it! That's it! (You have successfully included an animated GIF on Facebook-- Now let's have a look onto each step in information).

Pre-Requistes.

• A GIF You can utilize the existing GIFs or you can even produce a brand-new one utilizing the respective techniques.

Developing GIF on Android-- Use Graphica App for Android. Graphica even lets you develop GIFs utilizing frames, and has an integrated direct facebook share choice which you can directly utilize to share Andimated GIFs on Facebook.

Create a GIF on iPhone-- Follow this linked tutorial to Create & View GIFs on iPhone (Uploading GIFs to facebook will need some additonal approaches).

Method.

• Now, considering you have your GIF files prepared, First of all Upload the GIF files to an image-hosting website which supports hotlinking, (for e.g You can utilize Giphy.com, UltraImg.com to submit your GIFs and get the direct links. for example in our tutorial we will be using Giphy.com as our image host.


• Navigate to http://giphy.com/upload and Submit your Existing GIF by drag and droping your GIFs onto the upload Window as displayed in the listed below image.

Now it will start publishing your GIF onto the Giphy server. Now you have to consent to their Terms of Service then click on the "Upload GIFs" button.

Now when you have actually uploaded your GIF onto Giphy, it will fill a sneak peek window, Now scroll-down to the bottom of the GIF image preview and select "Advanced" option.

• When you choose "Advanced" choice it will present you with numerous links, Now just "Copy" "ctrl+ c" the GIF Download Link as shown in the image below.

Note-- Giphy does notes that Giphy links preview in Facebook & Twitter however Giphy Links do not stimulate by default and hence we are using the GIF Download Links.

• Now, Open Facebook.com-- And Paste the GIF Download Link into the "Update Status" field, and wait till the sneak peek loads as revealed in the image below.

Note-- If the sneak peek does not load even if you pasted the

proper link, Please refill the page and attempt once again till the preview appears. (If you're utilizing the Facebook mobile app-- The exact same method looks for Facebook app too, paste the direct link into Update Status field and work for the sneak peek to load.

• Once the sneak peek is filled, Simply Click on "Post" and voila! you will see the GIF is stimulating and moving, thus you have successfully posted Animated GIFs on Facebook!


• Quick Suggestion-- You can even eliminate the pasted link, as soon as the preview is filled so that no one can guess how you did it, If you face any issues while using this technique don't hesitate to comment.

We extremely advise using Graphica App for Android for publishing the GIFs on Facebook, as it instantly does the total job of producing GIF, uploading, and copy-pasting the URL for you, and besides it also provides awesome Frame Live GIFs choice so you can style your GIFs as well!

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