Add Canva designs to your post

Aug 19, 2026
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Add Canva designs to your post

You can use the Hootsuite Media library to connect to your Canva account and add your Canva designs to your posts. You can attach multi-page designs, or selected pages from a multi-page design to your post.

This feature is available on the web version of Hootsuite only (not on mobile).

The design type you use for your assets in Canva determines the format you can use when attaching them to your post. Supported formats are as follows:

Documents: PDF
Whiteboards: JPG, PNG, and PDF
Presentations: JPG, PNG, GIF, MP4, and PDF
Videos: JPG, PNG, GIF, MP4, and PDF
All other design types: JPG, PNG, GIF, MP4, and PDF

The format you use for a multi-page design in Canva determines how it is translated into attached media:

Multi-page designs in GIF and MP4 formats are converted into one combined media attachment when added to a post in Hootsuite.
Multi-page designs in PNG and JPG formats are converted into individual media attachments when added to a post in Hootsuite.

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Attach a Canva design to your post

Follow these steps to attach one or more Canva designs to your post.

Go to Perch, then select Calendar to start and schedule your post in a calendar view, or select Create a post.
Select Add media, and then select Media library.
In the Media library panel, select Canva from the list.
When prompted, authenticate your Canva account.
Select a Canva design, and then select a file format to use when attaching the design to your post.
(Optional) Point to the Canva image thumbnail and then select Alt to add alt text to it and make it more accessible. Learn more about adding alt text to images.

Select Plan to start and schedule your post in a calendar view, or start your post from Create.
Select Add media, and then select Media library.
In the Media library panel, select Canva from the list.
When prompted, authenticate your Canva account.
Select a Canva design, and then select a file format to use when attaching the design to your post.
(Optional) Point to the Canva image thumbnail and then select Alt to add alt text to it and make it more accessible. Learn more about adding alt text to images.

Create a design in Canva

Create images and videos in Canva that grab your audience’s attention. Your posts can contain designs made in Canva, as well as images or video that you’ve uploaded or added from your media library.

The first time you use Canva in Hootsuite, you’ll need to sign up for Canva (for free) or log in to an existing Canva account.

Go to Perch, then select Calendar to start and schedule your post in a calendar view, or select Create a post.
Select Design with Canva to open Canva in the Media library panel.
Select Design with Canva and then choose a template for your Canva design from the list. Templates help set the size and shape of your designs, but you can use most of them for any post. See Template dimensions later in this article.
In the Canva editor, create your design. See Canva’s help center for instructions on designing in Canva. If you already have designs in your Canva account that you want to use, select More and then Folders to find them.
When you’re finished, select Return to Hootsuite to attach the Canva design to your post.

Select Plan to start and schedule your post in a calendar view, or start your post from Create.
Select Design with Canva to open Canva in the Media library panel.
Select Design with Canva and then choose a template for your Canva design from the list. Templates help set the size and shape of your designs, but you can use most of them for any post. See Template dimensions later in this article.
In the Canva editor, create your design. See Canva’s help center for instructions on designing in Canva. If you already have designs in your Canva account that you want to use, select More and then Folders to find them.
When you’re finished, select Return to Hootsuite to attach the Canva design to your post.

Note: When you create or update designs with Canva in Hootsuite, they are not saved to your Canva account. If you close Canva without selecting Return to Hootsuite, your design will be discarded.

Point to a Canva image thumbnail and then select Alt to add alt text to it and make it more accessible. Learn more about adding alt text to images.

Edit a Canva image or video

Once you have attached a Canva design to your post in Hootsuite, you can no longer edit it in Canva. However, you can edit Canva images in Hootsuite’s image editor. Learn more about editing images in Hootsuite.

Template dimensions

The following table lists the dimensions of the Canva template types in Hootsuite. Unless noted differently, you can publish any of these template sizes to any of your social accounts.

Learn about image and file requirements for each social network:

Canva templates and their dimensions
Template type	Dimensions
Facebook ad	1200 px x 628 px
Facebook post	940 px x 788 px
Facebook Story	1080 px x 1920 px
Infographic	800 px x 2000px (not compatible with Instagram direct publishing)
Instagram post/ad	1080 px x 1350 px
Instagram Story	1080 px x 1920 px
LinkedIn post	1200 px x 1200 px
LinkedIn single image ad	1200 px x 627 px
X post	1600 px x 1350 px
Threads post	1080 px x 1350 px
Videos	Landscape 1920 px x 1080 px Portrait 1080 px x 1350 px Square 1080 px x 1080 px

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