Padlet

The Padlet sharing extension has been completely revamped. If you've ever shared photos to Padlet from your phone's photo library or another app, you've already used the share extension. It's the Padlet logo that appears in the iOS or Android share sheet. The existing sharing extension worked, most of the time. However, when I tried to select 11 photos, after careful selection, it told me I could only share 10. Then I had to go back and start all over again, trying to remember which 10 photos I'd chosen. It was a familiar pain, like waiting in line for 15 minutes only to be told, "This line only accepts credit cards." We've completely rebuilt this from the ground up. Here's what's changed. Why did you start over from scratch? Because we couldn't even upload our own photos properly. Padlet has a small celebration at the end of each release cycle. However, whenever we tried to share photos, we encountered all the limitations of our own sharing extension: hundreds of photos, no control over their order, and no ability to edit anything before publishing. We were building a product for sharing content, but we were struggling to actually share it. Our engineering team couldn't accept this irony. What were the problems with the previous version? There are three. First, the 10-file attachment limit is invisible . I say "invisible" because you only discover this limitation after selecting all the photos. Second, the order wasn't preserved. If you uploaded multiple photos, they were all jumbled up on Padlet, like shuffled cards. Third, there was no way to edit a post before it was published. You had to accept the system's default settings. So what's changed? You can now select up to 100 photos or files at once . Each attachment becomes a separate post, and you can edit each one before publishing—add text, adjust details, and customize it as desired. If you want to apply color, sections, or positioning to all attachments at once, you can do so at once. And—a small but satisfying change—posts are now sorted chronologically, just as they appear in your photo library. Photo 1 becomes Post 1, Photo 47 becomes Post 47, and so on. Sorting the order seems simple, but is it really? Not at all! This type of problem seems trivial until you consider how file uploads work. Uploading photos one by one is slow. No one wants to watch 80 photos slowly scroll by on a progress bar. That's why we use parallel uploads—multiple photos upload simultaneously. However, parallel uploads complete in an unpredictable order. A 200KB photo will finish before a 5MB photo, no matter which one you select first. This "first-to-finish" approach is good for speed, but it messes up the order. Mobile engineer Chee Kit came up with a solution: uploads are done in parallel for speed, but post creation is processed sequentially in a second step . Post creation is much faster than file uploads, ensuring chronological order while incurring little additional time. This approach achieves both the speed of parallel uploads and the accuracy of sequential posting. Designer Zi Fong ensured that the overall flow remains intuitive despite the added internal complexity. Does it work on both iOS and Android? Yes, it provides the same experience on both platforms.

Did you know that to put a podcast on Spotify (or Apple Podcasts), you need to upload your audio or video files somewhere, organize the links to those files into a single document (called a feed), and then paste the link from that document into Spotify? This document follows a specific format called RSS, which tells Spotify what each episode is called, what audio file it's linked to, and so on. So we thought, wait a minute, a Padlet board is already a collection of posts. Posts can also include audio and video. So what if we just... create a feed? A feed that Spotify recognizes as a podcast when you paste it into it. So we did it. Now your Padlet can become a podcast. Why do you use this? Honestly? I made it because I thought it would be fun. (We've already launched a podcast, publishing all 12 episodes of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" on a single Padlet board. You can listen to it on Spotify and Apple Podcasts .) After making it, various ways to use it started to come to mind. When teachers upload lecture recordings to the board, students can subscribe using their preferred podcast app. No need to install a separate app or log in, the episodes will appear in the same order as their usual podcasts. You can even create a private podcast with your family. Grandma's stories. Travel updates. Voice messages are more memorable than text messages and less stressful than phone calls. You can even run an amateur podcast with friends without worrying about hosting services. Just upload a single audio file and publish it instantly. Does a podcast have to be something grand and professional? Sometimes, simply having an RSS feed of your content is enough. How does it work? What's what: The post title becomes the episode title. The body becomes the episode description. Attached audio or video becomes episode content. The thumbnail of the attached file becomes the episode artwork. The board title and description become the podcast title and description. The board background image becomes the podcast cover image. Supported formats: Almost any format is supported. Upload MP3s, record audio directly from Padlet, attach video files, or even generate audio from text using AI voice. We'll automatically convert the audio for seamless playback in podcast apps. Where to find it: Open the Share menu on any board. Locate the Feeds section. Copy the podcast feed URL. Paste it into your preferred podcast app. We've tested it on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. It should work in any app that supports RSS feeds—in fact, all podcast apps support RSS, because that's what podcasts are all about. What about privacy?

Sometimes one image isn't enough to fully convey your post. When recording field trips. When sharing step-by-step recipes. When creating a mood board that captures the atmosphere at a glance. For years, you've been asking for the ability to add multiple photos to a single post. And now, we've finally implemented it. You can now add up to six photos to any post in Padlet. We call this a Photo Album. Why did it take so long? Padlet was built from the ground up on the simple premise of "one post, one attachment." This concept was deeply embedded in every structure: how we store data, how we render posts, how we review content. Adding a photo album meant rethinking that premise. In fact, there's been a long-standing request for adding multiple attachments (photos, videos, links, documents, etc.) at once. However, the scope was vast. So, we decided to start with photos first. The concept of a "photo album" exists in the real world. Even your grandmother probably has one. It's a familiar concept that requires no further explanation. How do I create a photo album? We have prepared three methods depending on your working method. 1. Add from the attachment selector Click on the Photo Album option, select the images and you're done. 2. Drag and drop If you drag and drop multiple photos into the composition window at once, they will automatically be grouped into one album. 3. Continue adding after uploading If you've already uploaded a photo, you can continue adding more by clicking the "+ Photos" button.

Collaborate in real time in 47 languages, even Shakespearean English if you prefer. A few years ago, I heard that a school in Sweden was collaborating with a school in Korea (South Korea, of course). The teachers thought it would be valuable for students to see what children on the other side of the world were thinking and talking about. Although the students didn't speak the same language, they were using Padlet to bridge the gap. That scene lingered in our minds: two classrooms 8,000 kilometers apart, with different scripts and cultures, sharing ideas on a single board. Today, we've made it even easier. You can now translate any Padlet board—posts, titles, descriptions, comments, everything—into 47 languages. How does it work? If your Padlet account language is different from the language of the board you're viewing, you'll be prompted to translate. Clicking once will display the entire board in your language. If you don't see the guide (we may have misjudged it, as you're a multilingual user), you can find the translation option in the More menu. We intentionally placed it out of sight. Padlet is beautiful, and we didn't want to clutter up your screen with buttons you might not need. You can translate into any of the 47 supported languages, not just your account language. And you can revert to the original text at any time. This isn't just a static snapshot. You can still post, comment, rearrange posts, convert them into slideshows, and even redesign the board. The translated board is real-time and interactive. What happens if there are posts in multiple languages ​​on the board? The language of each individual post is detected. If you're viewing in Spanish and there are English, German, or Japanese posts on the board, only those posts will be translated. Posts already in Spanish will remain as is. We won't translate Spanish into Spanish again. Does it work while people are actively collaborating? Yes, this part was difficult. Imagine someone in Germany (viewing in German), someone in Brazil (viewing in Portuguese), and someone in Japan (viewing in Japanese) simultaneously viewing your English-language Padlet. All three are actively posting and commenting. All new content is simultaneously translated into all three languages ​​and delivered to the right people in real time. A Swedish student posts a message. A Korean student views it in Korean a second later. Then, he replies in Korean. The Swedish student reads it in Swedish. How is the translation quality?

Connect Padlet with over 7,000 apps to automate your posts, boards, and workflows. If you've ever copied something from one app and pasted it into another, you've already experienced Zapier's ability to do it. The difference is that Zapier doesn't forget, doesn't do anything else, and doesn't make typos. Padlet now supports Zapier integrations powered by the Padlet API, which launched in August 2023. Workflows can be triggered when posts are created, edited, or deleted, and activities in other apps can also create and update new boards and posts. How it works Zapier connects your favorite apps to automate tasks without coding. A new integration lets you set up Zaps between Padlet and over 8,000 apps. Triggers include: New Post Edit Post Delete post Change board Actions include: Create, update, upsert, or delete a post Create, update, or delete a section Create a board This means you can instantly connect Padlet to tools like Google Sheets, Slack, and Gmail without having to wait for separate custom integrations. Examples you can try Curate reading material with RSS feeds Import blogs, news, or professional publications directly into Padlet via RSS feeds to stay informed. Each new article becomes a post, which you can organize, color-code, and mark as read. Team performance that doesn't disappear Your team's monthly survey responses can get lost in a spreadsheet. With Zapier, you can choose which rows to send to Padlet, creating a celebration board that people can actually see.