Creating and organizing your own templates
|In MagicPost, you can write your own post templates and organize them with types, labels and favorites. Your templates live in the My templates tab of the template picker, in the Templates mode of the generator. Creating, duplicating and organizing templates is open on Growth, Creator, Agency, and Team and during the free trial. Only generating a post from a template requires AI post generation, included in Creator, Agency, and Team and also open during the free trial.
How to create a MagicPost template
In the MagicPost sidebar, click New post, then open the Generator tab.
At the top of the generator, switch from Standard to Templates, then click the Template field. The template picker opens.
Click Create a template. On mobile, this button shows only a plus icon.
Fill in Template title. This field is required.
Optional: choose a Type among Actionable, Inspiring, Promotional and Introspective. A template has one type at most. Click the selected type again to remove it.
Optional: select one or more Labels. This field appears only if you already have labels in MagicPost. They are the same labels as the ones on your posts.
Write the Template text. This field is required. Put the parts to customize between square brackets.
Click Create template.
The MagicPost template form does not save a title or a template text that exceeds its maximum length. Shorten the title or the text, then submit the form again.
On desktop, the MagicPost template form shows a live preview on the right: your template as a LinkedIn post, with the bracketed parts as purple chips. On mobile, the form has no preview.
MagicPost confirms the creation with a message that names the template. The new template is in the My templates tab.
How to write the text of a MagicPost template
A MagicPost template is plain text. The parts that change from one post to the next go between square brackets, for example: "[Number] things I got wrong about [topic]. I learned them the hard way, over [time period]." MagicPost also shows a part written between curly braces as a purple chip: a copy of a MagicPost library template keeps the curly braces of the original.
Bracket the specifics, keep the structure. Names, numbers and dates go in brackets. The hook, the line breaks and the transitions stay as written.
Say what goes in each bracket. [what it cost you] describes the expected content. [text] does not.
Keep each bracket short and on one line. MagicPost shows a long bracket, or a bracket split over two lines, as plain text instead of a purple chip.
Keep the shape of a real post. Line breaks and short paragraphs in the template text are part of the structure MagicPost follows.
How to edit, duplicate or delete a template
In the My templates tab of the MagicPost template picker, open the three-dot menu of a template:
Add a label opens your labels, where you choose a label or create one. A template can carry several labels. When the template already has a label, this menu entry shows the name of its first label instead of Add a label.
Copy text copies the template text to your clipboard.
Edit opens the template form. Click Save changes when you are done.
Duplicate creates a copy in My templates. MagicPost then offers to open the copy: click Edit, or Later.
Delete asks for a confirmation, then removes the template.
Deleting a MagicPost template is permanent. MagicPost has no trash for templates and cannot restore a deleted one.
Templates of the Library and Team tabs are read-only. Their menu offers Copy text and Duplicate, so you edit your own copy. Sharing one of your templates with your organization is covered in sharing templates with your team.
How to organize your MagicPost templates
Favorites. Click the star of a template. A Favorites entry appears at the top of the left column and lists your starred templates.
Group by. At the top of the left column, group My templates by Types, Labels, Source or Creator. Labels is the default. Click an entry of the column to show only that group.
Sub-group the list. This switch, in the Group by menu, adds a second level of grouping inside the list. The Sort by order then applies inside each sub-group.
Sort by. Choose Date added, Name, Uses or Creator. Date added is the default.
Search. The Search for a template field matches the title and the text of your templates.
Source tells you how a MagicPost template was created: Manually created, Adapted from a template for a duplicate, or Inspirations, Metrics and Engagement for a template saved from a post on those pages. A post saved from the editor is filed under Manually created. One of your own published posts saved as a template is filed under Metrics.
Creator groups your MagicPost templates by the person they come from. A template saved from another person's post is filed under the author of that post. A copy of a template from the Team tab is filed under the member who shared it, when MagicPost knows the LinkedIn profile of that member. Templates with no author are grouped under Others.
On mobile, the MagicPost template picker has no left column. A filter button next to the search field gives the same groups.
The usage counter
MagicPost shows on each template the number of times it was used to generate a post. A use is counted when a generation starts with the template, not when you select it in the picker. A template that was never used shows no number.
On a template you shared with your MagicPost organization, the counter adds up the uses of every member, not only yours. Sort by Uses to see which templates are used most.
FAQ
How many templates can I create in MagicPost?
MagicPost sets no limit on the number of templates in My templates.
Can I create my own template type?
No. MagicPost has no screen to create a template type. A template takes one of the default types, or no type. To file templates your own way, use labels: a template can carry several labels, and you can group My templates by Labels.
What is the difference between a type and a label?
A type is one of the default MagicPost categories, and a template has one at most. Labels are your own tags, shared with your posts, and a template can have several.
Why is there no Labels field when I create a template?
The Labels field of the MagicPost template form appears only when your account already has at least one label. Once the template is created, Add a label in its three-dot menu lets you choose a label or create one.
Can I recover a template I deleted by mistake?
No. A deleted MagicPost template cannot be restored. If the template came from a post, save that post as a template again.
Which MagicPost plans can generate posts from my templates?
Generating a post from a template is included in Creator, Agency, and Team, and in the free trial. The Growth plan does not include AI post generation: on Growth, you can create and organize templates, but not generate a post from them. On the Agency plan, only members whose seat type includes AI post generation can generate a post from a template. See how to generate a post from a template and the LinkedIn post template generator page.
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