How to change the post types allowed on your subreddit
How to set up your subreddit to allow, or disallow, different post types - links, text, images, videos etc in classic and redesign reddit.
In redesign
Go mod tools at the top of your sidebar.
Image showing mod tools button
Select community settings.
Image showing mod tools sidebar
Use the left hand sidebar to go to Posts and Comments.
Image showing the posts and comments page in settings
Use the Post type options drop down to select your choice:
- Any - all post types allowed.
- Links only - only links to external websites allowed.
- Text posts only - only text posts allowed.
You can also choose if you accept crossposts to your sub, image uploads, and links to image hosting sites here using the toggle switches.
EDIT1: There's a new post type coming - polls. To turn this off (or on) use the toggle switch on this page (or the tick box in old.reddit settings).
EDIT2: And another one - Chat posts will be available on some (small) communities. Again there is a toggle switch in community settings under posts and comments. See the linked post for more info including crowd control (in safety and privacy in redesign, or a slider in old reddit settings).
Hit save, top right.
(Video setting is only in old.reddit but works on redesign)
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In old reddit
Go to mod tools at the bottom of your sidebar and select subreddit settings.
Scroll down to content options and make your selection.
The crosspost option is just below - to allow or disallow crossposts to your subreddit.
Image showing content options and crosspost options
Scroll down further for other options where you can choose if you allow video uploads, image uploads & links to image hosts and more.
EDIT1: There's now a new check box here for allowing/disallowing poll posts.
EDIT2: And a slider for crowd control for chat/live posts. See edits above.
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Troubleshooting
- Video and photo uploads (native hosting) are not allowed on NSFW/18+ subs, you'll have to link them.
- No video on private subs either, but you can upload images.
- Allow video setting is only available in old reddit settings (if your sub is public and SFW) - it works on redesign though. It sometimes seem to allow a video to be uploaded but will not allow it to be posted, so informing your users videos aren't allowed might save some frustration, assuming they read your subreddit information.
- Mods can always post text/links even if it's not in the settings.
- The links only setting includes video and image posts. For greater control use automoderator - See r/automoderator's sidebar and search there, and r/modhelp, for when this has been asked before.
- Automod can also comment on image posts, require direct image links, allow or disallow links from certain domains, and more.
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Related guides:
- Community settings in redesign
- How to change your community type (public, private, restricted) and 18+ setting
- Creating a new sub in old.reddit and redesign
- Automoderator - what is is, and how to set it up
Have I missed anything/got anything wrong?
Posted Feb 29, 2020, 8:15 PM UTC · edited