Fake LinkedIn Post Generator
A LinkedIn post mockup with the headline, connection degree and impression count the real feed shows.
For parody, education, and mockups only
The line under the name. No other platform shows this.
Blank for your own post.
Blank lines are preserved.
Reactions
Hidden when Promoted is on.
Replaces the timestamp, as the real feed does.
Only the author sees these.
This is a generated image for entertainment purposes.
Everything here runs on your device. Nothing you enter is uploaded or stored.
Enter a name, a job headline and some text, and this draws a LinkedIn post with the two-line author block, the reaction cluster and the impression count the platform actually shows.
How to use it
- Enter the author name and the professional headline that sits beneath it.
- Pick a connection degree, or leave it blank for a post of your own.
- Write the body. Blank lines survive, so the short-paragraph style that performs well on the platform renders as written.
- Set the three reaction counts, plus comments, reposts and impressions.
- Pick light or dark, then Download PNG or Copy image.
The headline is the tell
Every social platform shows a name and an avatar. LinkedIn is the only one that shows a job headline directly underneath, inline in the feed, on every single post.
That one line — “Director of Software Engineering · Apollo Programme” — is doing an enormous amount of work visually. It makes the author block two lines tall instead of one, which changes the entire vertical rhythm of the post header. It pushes the timestamp down to a third line. And it signals professional context before you have read a word of the content.
A mockup that shows just a name and a timestamp is not a LinkedIn post. It is a Facebook post in LinkedIn’s colours, and anyone who uses the platform will feel the difference immediately even if they cannot name it. This is why the headline is a required field here rather than an optional extra.
The connection degree is the second LinkedIn-only detail. A small ”· 1st”, ”· 2nd” or ”· 3rd” after the name tells you how far the author is from you in the network. It appears on other people’s posts and never on your own — so if you are mocking up your own content, leaving it blank is the accurate choice, and this tool treats an empty or unrecognised value as “no degree” rather than defaulting to something.
Promoted replaces the timestamp, it does not join it
Sponsored posts on LinkedIn show the word Promoted exactly where the timestamp would be. Not next to it, not above it — instead of it. A promoted post does not display an age at all.
This is a small thing that mockups get wrong constantly, usually by adding a “Promoted” badge somewhere in the corner while leaving “3d” in place. The result looks like a platform that cannot decide what it is showing you. This tool swaps one for the other, so turning on the promoted flag removes the timestamp.
Impressions are the author’s private view
The impression count below the action row is only ever visible to the person who posted. It sits under a divider, in the accent blue, formatted with comma grouping rather than abbreviated — “128,400 impressions”, not “128K”.
Including it makes a mockup read as a screenshot the author took of their own post. Omitting it makes it read as what a visitor sees. Both are legitimate, which is why it is a toggle, but they are different images and it is worth knowing which one you are producing.
The reaction cluster follows the same ranking logic as Facebook’s — most-used reaction left-most, zeros hidden entirely — but with LinkedIn’s own palette: blue for like, green for celebrate, amber for insightful.
What it does not do
It renders a single text or single-image post. Document carousels, polls, article previews with fetched metadata, comment threads and video players are not implemented. The headline is truncated to one line, since a two-line headline is unusual in the feed. There is no way to import a real post.
Nothing is uploaded. The canvas is drawn in your browser and the PNG is produced on your device.
Reaction colours
| Reaction | Badge colour |
|---|---|
| Like | #378fe9 |
| Celebrate | #6dae4f |
| Insightful | #f5bb5c |
Layout measurements
| Element | Value |
|---|---|
| Post width | 520px |
| Avatar | 48px diameter |
| Header block | 74px, three text rows |
| Body text | 14px, 21px line height |
| Attached image | Full bleed, 300px tall |
| Impressions | Comma grouped, accent colour |
Questions
What is the connection degree suffix?
The 1st, 2nd or 3rd shown after a name, indicating how far someone is from you in the network. It appears on other people's posts and never on your own, so leaving it blank is correct for a mockup of your own content.
Why does the headline matter so much?
Because no other platform shows a professional headline inline under the author name. It is the single fastest visual cue that a screenshot is from LinkedIn rather than Facebook, and a mockup without it reads as generic.
What is the Promoted label?
It replaces the timestamp on sponsored content. A post cannot show both, so this tool swaps one for the other rather than showing them together, which is what the real feed does.
Why are impressions shown separately?
Because only the author sees them. They sit below the action row, divided off, in the accent colour. Including them makes a mockup read as the author's own view of their post rather than a visitor's.
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