When you cannot embed a post

This is the part people hit unexpectedly. The "Embed this post" option is not always there, and it is not a bug.

• Private or connections-only posts. Embeds only exist for public posts. If a post's audience is set to "Connections" (or it lives on a private account), there is no embed option, because LinkedIn will not render restricted content on an open web page. The fix is upstream: the post has to be published publicly in the first place.

• Deleted posts break the embed. An embed is a live window into the real post, not a saved copy. If the author deletes the post, edits its audience to private, or deactivates the account, your embed goes blank. You do not control the post, so you do not control the embed.

• Some media types. Most text, image and article posts embed cleanly, but certain post types and media (and occasionally polls or particular video formats) may not render exactly as they do in the feed. Always preview the embed on a live page before you rely on it.

When you cannot embed (a private post, a post you are worried might get deleted, or one that just will not render), the reliable fallback is a screenshot plus a link. Capture the post, place the image on your page, and link to the original with clear attribution to the author. It loses the live likes and comments, but it never breaks, and it still credits the person who wrote it.

If your goal is really to show great LinkedIn content on your site rather than one specific post, you are better served by a curated set than a single fragile embed. Our roundup of strong LinkedIn post examples is a better starting point for "what good looks like" than embedding at random.

Want posts worth embedding in the first place? MagicPost helps you write, schedule and manage all your LinkedIn content in one place, so the posts you publish are the ones you will actually want to show off on your site later.