Plan, schedule, and automatically publish your Threads posts with Later!

Important:

• Threads scheduling is available on all plans, including Free
• Threads scheduling is available on app.later.com on desktop (not mobile)
• Threads posts are supported for Auto Publish only (no notification publishing)
• You can schedule the following types of Threads posts with Later:
  • Text-only (up to 500 characters)
  • Image
  • Video
  • Carousel (2-20 images, videos, or a combination of both)
• Link previews will appear for text-only posts that don’t contain images or videos
• One topic (tag) is supported for each Threads post

Connect Threads to Later

You can connect your Threads profile to Later as follows:

1. Navigate to Settings > Social Sets & Access Groups (or click here)
2. Select Edit next to the Social Set with an empty Threads slot:
   
3. Select Add Social Profile
4. Select an empty Threads slot:
   
5. Select Add Social Profile
6. You’ll be directed to Threads to log in using your Instagram username and password:
   
   
   Note: Threads is part of the Instagram platform, and is authenticated via Instagram; however, your Threads profile doesn’t have to be associated with an Instagram profile on your Later account.
7. Select Continue As [your username] without deselecting any permissions
   • This grants Later permission to post to Threads and collect analytics on your behalf
   

You’ll be redirected back to Later after connecting your Threads profile.

Schedule Threads Posts

Once your Threads account is connected to Later, you can schedule to Threads as follows:

1. From app.later.com on desktop, select Calendar from the left sidebar (or click here)
2. Select your Threads profile from the top of the Calendar:
   
3. From the left sidebar, select Create Post
4. Choose a date and time for your post to Auto Publish
5. In the Post Thread box, enter the text (caption) for your post
   • To include a topic (tag), enter the hashtag symbol and then the topic text  (1 topic per post)
   • Don’t include periods (.), ampersands (&), or spaces in topics—valid topic text will turn blue
   • The topic's hashtag will remain in Later, but it won't show on Threads
   Tip: Not sure what to write? Select Need Help writing a Thread? to try Later’s AI Caption Writer!
6. [Optional] Select Add Media to upload one or more media items to your post
   • Threads posts can contain 1-20 images, videos, or a combination of both
7. [Optional] Select Add Link to enter a link to include in your post
   
   Note: Link previews will only appear on posts without any media items.
8. Select Schedule Post
   • Alternatively, click the down arrow next to the Schedule Post button > Save as Draft to save your post as a draft and come back to it later

Your Threads post will be automatically published at its scheduled date and time!