Write Once, Post Many? (WP, Facebook, Twitter, etc.)

raindog308

I'm looking for an app that will allow me to write a blog post, and then also post a notice that I've written a new blog post or an extract on Facebook, Twitter, etc.

I could write something myself to talk to those APIs but I'm sure someone has already done this...?

Blog is Wordpress, though I'm thinking of switch to Hugo.

WebGuru

Is it a self hosted wordpress? Try Social Media Auto Publish plugin

https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-media-auto-publish/

or you can try:

NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster

https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-networks-auto-poster-facebook-twitter-g/

TheLonely

Maybe you could try IFTTT?

MacPac

WordPress has a plugin that does that and it's jetpack

kkrajk

TheLonely said: Maybe you could try IFTTT?

definitely worth the try

nfn

I use https://dlvr.it

Hybrid

I wrote those for Yii2 modules, but should work for any PHP 5.5+ code

Post to FB Page

`use Yii;
use Facebook\Facebook;

class MFacebookHelper extends \yii\base\Object
{
public function postToFacebook($message, $url, $description, $image=null)
{
$params=array();
$params["message"] = $message;

    if(!is_null($url))
    {
        $params["link"] = $url;
    }

    if(!is_null($image))
    {
        $params["picture"] = $image;
    }
    $params["description"] = $description;

    $fb = new Facebook([
      'app_id' => Yii::$app->params['fb_app_id'],
      'app_secret' => Yii::$app->params['fb_app_secret'],
      'default_graph_version' => Yii::$app->params['fb_default_graph_version'],
      'default_access_token' => Yii::$app->params['fb_default_access_token']
    ]);
    $page_id =  Yii::$app->params['fb_page_id'];

    try
    {
        //$response = $fb->post('/'.$page_id.'/feed', $params, $page_access_token);
        $response = $fb->post('/'.$page_id.'/feed', $params);
        return true;
    }
    catch(Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookResponseException $e)
    {
        //echo 'Graph returned an error: ' . $e->getMessage();
        return false;
    }
    catch(Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookSDKException $e)
    {
        //echo 'Facebook SDK returned an error: ' . $e->getMessage();
        return false;
    }
}

public function postImageToFacebook($message, $url, $description, $image=null)
{
    $params=array();

    if(!is_null($image))
    {
        $fb = new Facebook([
          'app_id' => Yii::$app->params['fb_app_id'],
          'app_secret' => Yii::$app->params['fb_app_secret'],
          'default_graph_version' => Yii::$app->params['fb_default_graph_version'],
          'default_access_token' => Yii::$app->params['fb_default_access_token']
        ]);
        $page_id =  Yii::$app->params['fb_page_id'];

        $params["source"] = $fb->fileToUpload(Yii::$app->getUrlManager()->createAbsoluteUrl($image));


        try
        {
            // Returns a `Facebook\FacebookResponse` object
            $response = $fb->post('/me/photos', $params);
        }
        catch(Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookResponseException $e)
        {
            echo 'Graph returned an error: ' . $e->getMessage();
            exit;
        }
        catch(Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookSDKException $e)
        {
            echo 'Facebook SDK returned an error: ' . $e->getMessage();
            exit;
        }
    }
}

}`

Post to Twitter

`use Yii;
use Abraham\TwitterOAuth\TwitterOAuth;

class MTwitterHelper extends \yii\base\Object
{
public function postImageToTwitter($message, $url, $description, $image=null)
{
$params=array();

    if(!is_null($image))
    {
        $connection = new TwitterOAuth(Yii::$app->params['consumer_key'], Yii::$app->params['consumer_secret'], Yii::$app->params['access_token'], Yii::$app->params['access_token_secret']);
        $media1 = $connection->upload('media/upload', ['media' => Yii::$app->getUrlManager()->createAbsoluteUrl($image)]);

        $parameters = [
            'status' => Yii::$app->params['mainHashtag'] . ' ' . $message,
            'media_ids' => [$media1->media_id_string]
        ];
        $result = $connection->post('statuses/update', $parameters);

        //$params["source"] = $fb->fileToUpload(Yii::$app->getUrlManager()->createAbsoluteUrl($image));

    }
}

}
`

doghouch

Redacted - not clear

Hybrid

@doghouch said:
Much copy and paste, such difficulty

I wrote it. if you can find the same code on the web i'll give you a penny & a unicorn.

Catalin

I used IFTTT for over a year, and think is the best app do to a lot of things.

doghouch

@Hybrid said:

@doghouch said:
Much copy and paste, such difficulty

I wrote it. if you can find the same code on the web i'll give you a penny & a unicorn.

Wasn't talking about you

EDIT: Removed it for the sake of clarity

MTUser2012

NextScripts +1, I have the paid version. I think it is the all round best solution to this problem.

hynds

Did you try Shareaholic, I've been using it for a long time and it's really good. It's free and worth using.