How to Pin a Post in Facebook Group: A Complete Guideline

If you are an admin of any Facebook group you are eligible to pin any post as a Feature in your group. But if you are only a member of the Facebook group you can not pin anything to the group. But you can add a Pinned Post to your Facebook profile.

What is a pinned post in a Facebook group?

The pinned posts are the important topics that are kept at the top of the group so that it doesn’t fall under other posts. This is an important feature of a Facebook group with many advantages.

The best suggestion I can provide for only group members is to create an excellent post or persuade the group admin to make your post Pinned or Featured on the Facebook Group.

I have a piece of exciting news for all the admins of various groups from now on you can add multiple posts as your feature where you may include trending topics, existing discounts, group rules and regulations, and anything else you count.

Remember any post can be pinned only after posting it in the group

How to pin a post in a Facebook group from a desktop.

Here are the simple steps to follow to pin a post in a Facebook group from Desktop.

Step 1. Create a new post or choose an older post that you want to pin in your Facebook group.

Step 2: Once you have posted something, click on the three dots beside the post and choose the option Pin to Featured.

Step 3: Once you have clicked on Pin to Featured, you will get that post at the beginning of your Facebook group under the Featured section.

The second option to pin a post in a Facebook group from Desktop.

Step 1: Click on the Add or Add more icon under the Featured section of your Facebook group.

Step 2: You will get Suggested cards and Recent admin posts.  Click on the Pin icon to feature that card or post it in your Facebook group.

How to pin a post in a Facebook group from a mobile

81.8% out of  2.33 billion Facebook users access Facebook only through a mobile phone. So the number of users on mobile is much higher.

Here are the guidelines about how to pin a post in a Facebook group from mobile. Remember, the process to pin a post from mobile and desktop is almost similar.

Step 1. Create a new post or choose an older post that you want to pin in your Facebook group.

Step 2: Once you have posted something, click on the three dots beside the post and choose the option Pin to Featured.

Step 3: Once you have clicked on Pin to Featured, you will get that post at the beginning of your Facebook group under the Featured section.

There you go. Your post has been successfully added to the Featured section at the top of the group.

How to unpin a post from a Featured post:

Once you have pinned a post in your Facebook group, you can also unpin the post. Group members generally unpin a post for the following reasons.

1. If the number of pinned posts number is comparatively higher.
2. Once the requirement of the pinned post is finished.
3. If the post is kept pinned for a specific time period. For example, the group admin has kept the welcome post for two days.

Let’s see the simple steps to unpin a Facebook group post.

Step 1. Click or Tap on the 3 dots in the top right corner of the pinned post available in the Featured section.

Your selected post is no longer in your featured section.

Move your Featured posts in your Facebook group.

Once you have a number of pinned posts under the featured section, you can move them. To do this, click on the three dots in the featured post that you want to move and choose Move or Move to front. What does this mean?

Move: You can move this post to any place you want.

Move to front: If you choose this option you can directly take this post to the first place under the featured section.

Advantages of Featured or Pinned Posts

A user of Facebook can join up to 6000 groups. Being an admin or moderator who doesn’t want to see his/her group is outshining other groups. Here I have some tips for you with Pinned posts/Featured.

1. With a pinned post you can show the important content to your Facebook group members.
2. Welcome posts can sometimes improve the involvement of newly joined members. You may make the welcome post as a pinned post or Featured for a week. Are you concerned about writing a welcome post? No worries, we have a complete guideline with samples about the Facebook group welcome post.
3. Group members can get a clear idea about rules and regulations at the very outset of scrolling the group post if "RULES" are set as Featured or Pinned Post. It will keep your group hygienic for sure. Here are some noteworthy guidelines for setting Facebook group rules.
4. If you believe you have the foremost information to share with your group members certainly choosing Featured or Pinning the post is the best possible option.
5. For any upcoming event for the group members, you can simply set a reminder post as a Featured or Pinned post.

FAQs related to Facebook group pin posts

1. How many posts can you pin on the Facebook group?

You can have up to 50 posts under the Featured section. That means total you can pin 50 posts in your Facebook group.

2. Can a moderator pin a post in a Facebook group?

Yes, both the admin and moderator can pin posts in Facebook groups.

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Bayazid Hossain

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