Before you start
TikTok lets scheduling tools post videos straight to your profile through its Content Posting API. Any TikTok account works, personal or business.
How to schedule a TikTok video
- Connect TikTokIn Smartplannr, open Settings, then Social Accounts, and sign in with TikTok.
- Add the videoAn MP4, WebM or MOV file, ideally vertical at 1080 × 1920 (9:16).
- Choose who can see itTikTok requires you to choose every time: everyone, friends, followers or only you. Then turn on comments, Duet and Stitch if you want them; each is off until you choose it.
- Disclose any promotionIf the video promotes your own brand or someone else’s, say so. TikTok labels it for you, and branded content can’t be private.
- Schedule itWrite a caption of up to 2,200 characters, pick the time, and it posts on its own.
Sizes and limits
- Videos: MP4, WebM or MOV, between 360 and 4,096 pixels on each side.
- Captions: up to 2,200 characters, hashtags included.
- The options you’re offered, such as who can see a video, come from your own TikTok account’s settings. If you’ve turned Duet off in TikTok, it stays off.
What Smartplannr can’t schedule on TikTok yet
- Photo posts and photo carousels.
- Choosing a cover frame. TikTok picks one; you can change it in the app.
- TikTok Stories, and sounds from TikTok’s library. Put the sound in the video file instead.