LinkedIn pre-publish checklist: check your post in 10 seconds
Paste your text: the tool checks length, the hook before “see more”, links, hashtags, Unicode bold, capitals and forgotten placeholders, then gives you a tick list before you publish. Everything stays in your browser.
Your post
The checks run in your browser: your text is not sent. It is saved only if you click “Keep as draft” (on your device only); otherwise, everything is erased when you reload the page.
Length, an overlong hook, a wall of text, a link in the post body, too many hashtags or emojis: the tool spots what reads badly once published.
Where “see more” falls
An estimate of the cut, to check the key idea is visible before the click.
A tick list
Six points only a person can check: proofreading, visual, confidentiality, mentions, being ready to reply.
How to use it in 3 steps
Paste your post in the box above.
Read the flagged points, sorted from most important to simple tips.
Tick the list before publishing on LinkedIn.
These checks are field-tested best practices, not official LinkedIn rules: the algorithm is not public.
Why proofread a post before publishing?
A LinkedIn post is judged in seconds. The first line decides whether people click “see more”, and one forgotten detail (a bracket to replace, a broken link, an 800-character paragraph) is enough to lose the reader.
This checklist gathers the checks that get skipped when you are in a hurry. It does not rate the quality of your idea: it makes sure the form does not get in its way.
To polish the formatting, use our text formatter (bold, italic, lists, mobile preview) before running this checklist again.
Pre-publish checklist: frequently asked questions
No. The checks run in your browser. Nothing is sent. Nothing is saved either, unless you click “Keep as draft”: the text then stays on your device.
No. The 3,000-character limit is a real LinkedIn constraint. The rest (short hook, link in a comment, 3 to 5 hashtags) is a set of common best practices, to adapt to your audience.
The tool gives an estimate around 210 characters. The exact point varies with screen, font and line breaks, and it comes earlier on mobile.
Unicode bold letters are symbols: screen readers read them poorly and search cannot find them. Use them sparingly, mostly for the hook.
