I already wrote about How to upload gifs (Graphics Interchange Format) on Faccebook. Now Facebook officially confirmed that it will support animated GIFs on Facebook. Facebook also cleared that GIFs update is still rolling out. According to techcrunch report, By using this GIFs sharing option you can share more fun and expressive things on Facebook with your friends and family. Giphy (Search engine of animated GIF files) also officially introduced how to share Giphy gifs on Facebook. Still you can’t upload GIF as like normal image it means still you need to share Giphy link of GIF on Facebook. Once you share Giphy link on Facebook the GIF will play in the your Facebook news feed, the profile page, the permalink of the post, embeds of the post, and as comments. Let see how to share Giphy GIFs on Facebook.
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How To Upload /Share Giphy GIFs On Facebook:
1. Go to Giphy.com and search GIF which you want.
2. Once you searched which GIF you want to share then just click the Facebook share button which is located on GIF permalink before hit to Facebook share button make sure you’re signed in to to your Facebook account.Here you can see two Facebook share buttons click on any one of them and sharelink of your favourite GIF on your FB wall and enjoy.3.You can also send Giphy GIF via sharing GIF link on your FB timeline. just want to do copy and paste the link for any Giphy GIF inside your Fcebook post.
4.First Click on share button which is below your selected GIF then select .gif url and copy it.5. Go to your Facebook account paste your copied .gif url into status bar and click on post and your GIF will play on Facebook :). You can remove url of gif once the GIF is previewed.
Bonus :You can also use/add Giphy GIFs as a comment. Just copy and paste the link inside the comment field and you’re done.
Point to keep in mind while posting GIF on Facebook:
1. It is still GIF links, not GIF uploads. At least for now you can share GIF links on Facebook which playable on Facebook.
2. Make sure your GIF link has .gif at the end of link.
3. Still GIF not works on Facebook pages but works on mobile.
GIF via: Giphy