# Plugin for auto posting to social media?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-auto-posting-to-social-media/92386
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 15, 2018, 10:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-auto-posting-to-social-media/92386 "2018-07-15T10:43:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@Fsantiago](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fsantiago)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2018, 10:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-auto-posting-to-social-media/92386/1 "2018-07-15T10:43:10Z")
Are there any openings anywhere that will auto post new topics to your chosen social media accounts? Such as Twitter or Facebook?
I saw one plugin for placing a live Twitter feed on your discourse site but what I’m looking for is something to accomplish the above. I’ve checked out dlvr.it but I’m looking for something better. They charge for full features and auto shorten your post url’s with their own shortener. Me no likey.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2018, 10:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-auto-posting-to-social-media/92386/2 "2018-07-15T10:55:35Z")
> [@Fsantiago](#):
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> auto post new topics to your chosen social media accounts? Such as Twitter or Facebook?
Now that’s quite a good strategy to invade a pre-existing Facebook group! (😡🤠)
Even better that they would not be able to retaliate in the same way 😉 … and if they did that would have served its purpose.
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### Author:  [@Fsantiago](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fsantiago)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2018, 11:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-auto-posting-to-social-media/92386/3 "2018-07-15T11:00:17Z")
Well I mean in a form where you’d have to authenticate as the page / account owner; my real need is just Twitter. Not post as comments but as original posts. Similar to WordPress’ publicize feature.
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2018, 11:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-auto-posting-to-social-media/92386/4 "2018-07-15T11:01:46Z")
For sure. I guess the challenge would be that every topic author would need their own login details included and the target (e.g. Newsfeed, FB Group etc.) unless you posted a preview with one account regardless of author.
Sorry, I was considering what I’d use such functionality for, and it would be this.
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### Author:  [@Fsantiago](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fsantiago)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-auto-posting-to-social-media/92386/5 "2018-07-15T11:09:55Z")
I do mean that; a preview of all posts. I would manage the social media connections centrally at the admin level. Basically taking what is published on /latest.rss and posting it to the social media pages of choice. This is how I linked to dlvr.it.
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### Author:  [@nothing](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nothing)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2018, 11:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-auto-posting-to-social-media/92386/6 "2018-07-15T11:10:33Z")
there is no need for an extension for it. I Use it [https://ifttt.com](https://ifttt.com)
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### Author:  [@robmc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robmc)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2018, 11:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-auto-posting-to-social-media/92386/7 "2018-07-15T11:15:53Z")
This could be useful
> [@Generate new topics, posts and PM via IFTTT](https://meta.discourse.org/t/generate-new-topics-posts-and-pm-via-ifttt/61336):
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> Want to use [IFTTT](https://ifttt.com/) to create new topics, posts and private messages? Let’s get started! Using [Maker Webhooks](https://ifttt.com/maker_webhooks) of IFTTT service we can make [Discourse API](https://docs.discourse.org) calls. For that we must generate API keys first. You can create API keys from the admin panel at /admin/api/keys. [[image] ](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/optimized/3X/9/1/9165372a47fa7a7f88adf252d9e56f649bf01b6c_1_690x143.png) Also we can generate user specific API keys through user admin pages. Now [create new applet](https://ifttt.com/create) on IFTTT and then choose your favorite trigger service. Now I am using [Google Calendar](https://ifttt.com/create/connect-google_calendar?sid=1) service f…
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2018, 11:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-auto-posting-to-social-media/92386/8 "2018-07-15T11:19:32Z")
Getting _warmer_, but isn’t that going the other way? What about the approach to post a Topic _to_ FB _from_ Discourse? That would surely require custom code to run each time someone posted on _Discourse_?
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### Author:  [@Fsantiago](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fsantiago)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2018, 11:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-auto-posting-to-social-media/92386/9 "2018-07-15T11:26:55Z")
I’m unfamiliar with ifttt but will surely check it out. @merefield , it doesn’t work like that then I guess?
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2018, 11:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-auto-posting-to-social-media/92386/10 "2018-07-15T11:28:54Z")
It’s the germ of a great idea and I could be wrong but what is proposed above is using Discourse API to post to _Discourse_ from an external source. That’s not what you requested?
Can IFTTT also _listen_ to Discourse?
Btw was also discussed here:
> [@Auto Post New Topics to Social Media](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-post-new-topics-to-social-media/77987):
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> Hi Guys Is there anyway that when a new topic is created it the link can be automatically posted to either Twitter, Facebook and/or Telegram
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2018, 11:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-auto-posting-to-social-media/92386/11 "2018-07-15T11:34:21Z")
Potential solution here:
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-webhooks-and-zapier/56753/3?u=merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-webhooks-and-zapier/56753/3)
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### Author:  [@robmc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robmc)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2018, 12:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-auto-posting-to-social-media/92386/12 "2018-07-15T12:50:53Z")
> [@merefield](#):
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> what is proposed above is using Discourse API to post to _Discourse_ from an external source
indeed - my apologies. I was spectating my son’s Taekwondo class when replying
I was thinking that the topic would give you feedback on doing the reverse, but maybe this topic will be relevant (see the final comment on the original post)
> [@Discourse Chat Integrations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chatroom-integration-plugin-discourse-chat-integration/66522):
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> information_source Chat Integration is for using an external chat system together with Discourse — you may be looking for [Discourse Chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat/230881) which adds Chat functionality directly to Discourse. discourse2Summaryopen_bookInstall Guide The Discourse Chat Integration plugin lets you send messages in your preferred chat platform when something happens in Discourse. Messages can be triggered by: New topics New replies Messages to a group Mentions of a group Functio…
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### Author:  [@Fsantiago](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fsantiago)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-auto-posting-to-social-media/92386/13 "2018-07-17T18:49:59Z")
so checking out webhooks pointed to zapier, the hooks don’t contain the topic URL in them for topic based events. can this be amended somehow? it seems like i can make it post just fine to Twitter based on new topics but it won’t have the URL for a link back to my discourse site. ???
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2023, 4:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-auto-posting-to-social-media/92386/15 "2023-03-16T04:49:45Z")
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-auto-posting-to-social-media/92386/16 "2023-04-29T13:41:16Z")