Editing a post after you've created it
Once you've created a post, you don't need to delete it and start over just to make a change. From the post's detail page - click any post in your Calendar or Posts list to open it - you can update most parts of it, as long as it hasn't been published yet on every platform you sent it to.
What you can change
- Caption - edit the text at any time before that platform has published it.
- Media - add a new photo or video, or replace one you already added. If the post is an Instagram Story, you can only have one media item, so adding a new one replaces the existing one.
- Platforms - add a new platform or account to a post that's already scheduled, without duplicating it. Click Add platform on the post's detail page, pick the channel and account, and it's added alongside your existing platforms.
- Threads options - if you're posting to Threads, you can still change who can reply, the topic tag, and whether it also shares to your Instagram Story.
- First comment - if your post doesn't have a first comment yet, you can add one directly from the post's detail page - even after the post has already been published. This works for Instagram and Facebook posts.
What's locked once a platform has published
Once a specific platform has published your post, that platform's version becomes locked - you can't change its caption or media anymore, since it's already live. Other platforms on the same post that haven't published yet are unaffected and stay editable.
Adding a platform to an existing post
- Open the post from your Calendar or Posts list.
- In the Platforms section, click Add platform.
- Choose the channel (Instagram, Facebook, Threads, LinkedIn, or TikTok) and the account to post from. If your workspace manages accounts for more than one brand, the accounts for that channel are grouped under each brand's name so you can quickly find the right one.
- Confirm - the new platform is added to the post and will publish on the same schedule as the rest.
This only works before the post is currently publishing or already live everywhere - if it's mid-publish, wait for that to finish first.
If your post is already posting to a channel through one account, that channel still shows up in Add platform as long as your workspace has another connected account on it - for example, a second brand's Instagram account. Pick that channel again and you'll only see the account(s) not already used by this post, so you can add a second brand's account alongside the first without any mix-up. Once every connected account on a channel is already used by the post, that channel stops showing up, the same as before.
When a post has two accounts on the same channel this way, the edit screen shows a separate tab for each one - labeled with that account's own username so you can tell them apart at a glance. Each tab's caption, schedule, and media override are completely independent: changing one account's tab never touches the other's. If a channel only has one account on the post, its tab looks exactly as it always has.
Using different media for one platform
When a post goes to more than one platform, you can give one platform its own photo or video instead of sharing the same media across all of them. On the edit screen, open the tab for that platform and turn on "Use different media for [platform]," then choose how to add the replacement:
- Upload - pick a file from your device.
- Library - reuse a photo or video you've already uploaded to Flomixy before.
- Stock - search free stock photos and add one straight into the post, no download/upload round-trip needed.
The Stock tab isn't available for platforms set to a video/Reel format, since stock photos are images only. Turn the toggle back off to go back to using the post's main media for that platform. This is only available for posts going to more than one platform.
Scheduling each platform separately
When a post goes to more than one platform, each one can have its own posting time instead of all going out at once. On the edit screen, below the main schedule, you'll see a row for each platform - a note above them explains that each can run on its own time. If you've set a different time for a platform, it shows a Custom badge next to its name so you can tell at a glance which ones have been adjusted. Platforms without the badge are still using the post's main scheduled time.
Duplicating a post to another account
Instead of retyping a post for a different connected account, open the post and choose Duplicate to another account. Pick the account or platform you want to copy it to and a new date and time - Flomixy creates a brand-new scheduled post with the same caption and media, ready for you to review before it goes out. The original post is untouched.
Copying a link to your published post
Once a post has gone live, you can quickly copy a link to it - handy for sharing it in Slack, pasting it into a Telegram message, or referencing it anywhere else.
- On the post's detail page, next to View on Instagram (or whichever network it published to), click Copy link. The link is copied to your clipboard.
- If a post went out to more than one network, each network has its own Copy link button in the Where this post goes panel - copy the exact link for the network you need.
- A post that hasn't published anywhere yet has no link to copy, so the button won't appear until it does.
- For an Instagram Story, the link only works for 24 hours after it goes live (same as viewing it on Instagram directly) - after that, Copy link is disabled.