Key takeaways
- LinkedIn’s own composer has a built-in scheduling option, free for personal profiles and Company Pages alike.
- You access it from the clock icon in the post composer before publishing.
- SkedCast has a permanent Free plan as well — 2 connected accounts and up to 3 posts a day, no card and no time limit — and each workspace can additionally take one 7-day Studio trial.
- A free third-party plan mainly helps once LinkedIn is one of several platforms you schedule for from one place.
Schedule LinkedIn posts for free: LinkedIn’s native scheduler
Unlike several other platforms, LinkedIn built scheduling directly into its own composer: when writing a post, a clock icon lets you pick a future date and time instead of posting immediately. This works for both personal profile posts and Company Page posts, at no cost.
What it does not include
LinkedIn’s native option schedules one post at a time from the composer — there is no bulk import, cross-platform calendar, or approval workflow attached to it. For a single post here and there, that is enough; for a planned content calendar, it starts to feel manual.
Where a free plan adds value
SkedCast has a permanent Free plan as well — 2 connected accounts and up to 3 posts a day, no card and no time limit — and each workspace can additionally take one 7-day Studio trial. If LinkedIn is one of several platforms in your routine, a free scheduler plan that covers all of them from one composer and one calendar usually beats scheduling LinkedIn natively and everything else separately.
FAQ
- Where is LinkedIn’s scheduling option in the composer?
- It is the clock icon in the post composer — clicking it lets you pick a future date and time instead of publishing immediately, at no cost.
- Does LinkedIn’s native scheduler support bulk posting?
- No, it schedules one post at a time from the composer. Bulk import and a cross-platform calendar need a third-party scheduler.
- Is there a free LinkedIn content scheduler beyond LinkedIn’s own composer?
- Yes — many third-party schedulers, SkedCast included, offer a free tier that covers LinkedIn alongside other platforms in one content calendar, on top of LinkedIn’s own free native option.