{"id":2987,"date":"2026-09-18T14:46:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T09:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=2987"},"modified":"2026-09-18T14:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T09:16:34","password":"","slug":"what-are-the-media-and-layout-requirements-for-rcs-rich-cards","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb\/what-are-the-media-and-layout-requirements-for-rcs-rich-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the media and layout requirements for RCS rich cards?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Card layout options<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Card Orientation:<\/strong> Vertical or Horizontal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Media Height:<\/strong> Short or Medium.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Card Alignment:<\/strong> Left or Right (the side the image sits on in horizontal cards).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The required image aspect ratio depends on the combination you choose, and the form shows the exact size for your selection. For example, <strong>Vertical + Short<\/strong> needs a 3:1 image, ideally <strong>1440\u00d7480 px<\/strong>. Use <strong>Edit image<\/strong> to crop and resize to the right ratio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">File limits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Media<\/th><th>Formats<\/th><th>Maximum size<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Card image<\/td><td>JPEG, JPG, PNG, GIF<\/td><td>2 MB<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Card video<\/td><td>Video file plus a thumbnail image<\/td><td>10 MB (thumbnail: JPEG\/JPG\/PNG, max 100 KB, about 40 KB recommended)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Card PDF<\/td><td>PDF only<\/td><td>100 MB<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Media template file<\/td><td>JPEG, JPG, PNG, GIF, MP3, MP4, PDF, MPEG<\/td><td>100 MB<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Text limits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Card title: 200 characters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Card description: 2,000 characters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Suggestions: up to 4 per rich card<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carousel: up to 10 cards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tip:<\/strong> smaller, optimised images load faster and look sharper on the recipient&#8217;s phone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Card layout options The required image aspect ratio depends on the combination you choose, and the form shows the exact size for your selection. For example, Vertical + Short needs a 3:1 image, ideally 1440\u00d7480 px. Use Edit image to crop and resize to the right ratio. File limits Media Formats Maximum size Card image [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[2260],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2987","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-rcs-templates"],"year_month":"2026-09","word_count":138,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"admin","author_nicename":"admin","author_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Templates","term_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb-cat\/rcs-templates\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=2987"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=2987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}