{"id":98314,"date":"2024-01-16T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=98314"},"modified":"2024-01-16T10:55:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T10:55:11","slug":"upload-tiktok-thumbnail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/upload-tiktok-thumbnail\/","title":{"rendered":"How to upload a custom TikTok thumbnail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 style=\"user-select: auto;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; user-select: auto;\">TikTok has finally added the ability to upload a custom cover when posting a video via the web on desktop.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep your TikTok profile consistent, with custom thumbnails now available when uploading on desktop. For a while now, short-form creators have been able to upload a custom thumbnail when uploading to Instagram Reels, however such luxurys have been limited when it comes to TikTok and YouTube Shorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until now, and still the case when uploading on the mobile app, TikTok creators can only select covers based on stills from the video. Now, when uploading via the web app on desktop, creators can either choose a still or upload their own custom thumbnail on TikTok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thumbnails on TikTok must be JPG, JPEG or PNG, and 3:4 ratio, but there&#8217;s a built-in handy tool to make cropping easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>How to add a custom cover on TikTok<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/creator-center\/upload\">Head to the upload page on TikTok<\/a>, then click <em>Select files<\/em>, or drag and drop your video onto the page<\/li><li>Click <em>Edit cover<\/em><\/li><li>Click <em>Upload cover<\/em><\/li><li>Click <em>select a file<\/em>, or drag and drop your thumbnail<\/li><li>Use the guide to crop your image to 3:4, then click <em>Confirm<\/em><\/li><li>Tap <em>Cover<\/em> above the video to preview the thumbnail in situ. Add any additional details to your video, such as a caption, then click <em>Post<\/em>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2880\" height=\"1804\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-15-at-13.17.46.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"98315\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-15-at-13.17.46.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=98315\" class=\"wp-image-98315 lazyload\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2880\" height=\"1804\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-15-at-13.18.01-copy.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"98321\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-15-at-13.18.01-copy.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=98321\" class=\"wp-image-98321 lazyload\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2880\" height=\"1804\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-15-at-13.18.06-copy.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"98322\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-15-at-13.18.06-copy.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=98322\" class=\"wp-image-98322 lazyload\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2880\" height=\"1804\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-15-at-13.18.08-copy.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"98323\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-15-at-13.18.08-copy.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=98323\" class=\"wp-image-98323 lazyload\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2880\" height=\"1804\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-15-at-13.18.13-copy.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"98324\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-15-at-13.18.13-copy.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=98324\" class=\"wp-image-98324 lazyload\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2880\" height=\"1804\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-15-at-13.22.05-copy.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"98325\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-15-at-13.22.05-copy.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=98325\" class=\"wp-image-98325 lazyload\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/can-i-add-my-music-to-tiktok-for-free\/\">Now that you&#8217;ve got your TikTok profile looking A+, it&#8217;s time to upload and start monetizing your music on the platform. Did you know that with RouteNote, it&#8217;s not only easy, but also free?!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TikTok has finally added the ability to upload a custom cover when posting a video via the web on desktop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":98329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6628],"tags":[10264],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to upload a custom TikTok thumbnail - RouteNote Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/upload-tiktok-thumbnail\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to upload a custom TikTok thumbnail - 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