How to add GIFs to your Medium Blog

If you’re trying to spice up your Medium blog posts with timely and relevant GIFs, you can do that in just a couple clicks.

Step 1: Have the GIF URL from Gfycat handy for the GIF or GIFs you want to insert into your post. The correct URL from Gfycat will look like “https://gfycat.com/JovialOrnateAppaloosa” to work properly on Medium.

Step 2: Go to your Medium draft

Step 3: Paste the Gfycat URL and hit Enter. Medium will do the work in a couple of seconds and display the embedded GIF.

Step 4: Finish your Medium blog post and publish!