PostCaster vs XPoster – Share to Bluesky and Mastodon

PostCaster publishes WordPress posts to Bluesky and Mastodon when a post goes live. It supports both site-wide accounts and personal author accounts, with previews, test posts, and per-post overrides on the post edit screen. This plugin is intended for editorial sites that want social posting to stay close to the WordPress publishing workflow. Key capabilities: Publish automatically when a post moves from unpublished to publish Use site-wide accounts in PostCaster > Global socials Let authors use their own accounts in PostCaster > My socials Preview the exact text before publishing Override the text per article Choose featured-image behavior per network Re-publish manually from the post edit screen when needed Quick start: Activate the plugin. Enable PostCaster in PostCaster > Settings. Choose which post types may be published automatically. Configure one or more site-wide accounts in PostCaster > Global socials. Send a test post for each configured network. Publish a test article and confirm the result on the target network. Supported networks: Bluesky Mastodon Permissions and publishing model: Editors and administrators can publish through configured global accounts. Authors can publish through their own personal accounts when personal publishing is enabled for them. A user who has access to both global and personal targets can choose which targets to use during manual publishing. If Co-Authors Plus is active, linked co-authors are also recognized for personal publishing. Templates and previews: The default message template is based on post title and URL. You can set a general template, network-specific templates, and post-specific overrides. The post edit screen shows previews for the currently available publish targets. If the final message is still too long for a network, PostCaster skips that target and stores an error on the article. For template details and examples, see docs/templates.md in the plugin repository. Troubleshooting highlights: Always use the built-in test-post buttons after changing credentials. If a network is enabled but not posting, first check credentials and article-level errors. If encrypted credentials can no longer be read, re-save them in Global socials or My socials. Publishing runs through Action Scheduler in the background; low-traffic sites still benefit from a real server cron job or scheduled task for reliable timing. External services: PostCaster connects to external social networks only after an administrator or user explicitly configures that network and saves the required credentials. When configured, PostCaster may send: text rendered from post fields and templates featured image bytes and alt text the configured account identifiers required by that network Relevant service documentation and terms: Bluesky developer docs: https://docs.bsky.app/ Bluesky terms: https://bsky.social/about/support/tos Mastodon API docs: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/api/ Privacy note: PostCaster does not send usage analytics or telemetry to the plugin author. Network requests are only made to the configured social networks for test posts and actual publishing.

Post Updates from WordPress to Bluesky, Mastodon, and X. New in version 4.3: Bluesky support. New in version 4.2: Mastodon support. XPoster is a time-saving tool for keeping your social media accounts up to date with news and posts from your site. XPoster uses customizable status templates for updates sent when updating or editing posts, pages, or custom post types. You can customize your messages for each post, using custom template tags to generate the status update. Free Features Support for Bluesky, Mastodon, and X. Use post tags as hashtags Use alternate URLs in place of post permalinks Support for Google Analytics Support for XMLRPC remote clients Use YOURLS, Bit.ly, jotURL, or Hum as external URL shorteners. Rate limiting: make sure you don’t exceed X.com’s API rate limits. Premium Features in [XPoster Pro](https://xposterpro.com) Authors can set up their own accounts in their profiles Time delayed status updates Scheduled update management Simultaneously post updates to site and author accounts Preview and send status updates for comments Filter updates by taxonomy (categories, tags, or custom taxonomies) Upload images with alt attributes Integrated Card support Support for Player Cards with integrated captions where supported Automatically schedule updates from old posts Want to stay up to date on XPoster? Follow me on Bluesky! or Follow me on Mastodon! Translations Visit the XPoster translation site to see how complete the current translations are. Translating my plug-ins is always appreciated. Work on XPoster translations at the WordPress translation site! You’ll need a WordPress.org account to contribute! Extending XPoster Check out my GitHub repository of plug-in extensions.