SchedulePress allows you to automatically share WordPress posts on Mastodon social profile. Besides, with SchedulePress Instant Share options, you can share your WordPress post anytime you want on Mastodon.
Moreover, you can now share your posts on multiple Mastodon accounts simultaneously with SchedulePress Pro. This feature can be very useful if you want to enhance your social media presence and boost your brand’s exposure.
Note: Mastodon is available in both the Free and PRO versions of SchedulePress. The Free version lets you connect one profile per network, while SchedulePress PRO unlocks unlimited profiles.
Step 1: Create an Application from Your Mastodon Account #
Make sure you have an active profile on Mastodon. To let SchedulePress post on your behalf, you need to create an application.
Log in to your Mastodon account and navigate to ‘Preferences‘ → ‘Development.’ Then, click on the ‘New application‘ button, give it a recognizable name such as SchedulePress, and confirm.
Set these Scopes for your application while creating one as shown below: profile, write:lists, write:media, write: statuses
Now click on the application you just created & copy the Access Token as shown below to paste it while you connect Mastodon with SchedulePress in the next step.
Step 2: Go to SchedulePress and Activate Mastodon Profile #
Afterward, go to your WordPress Dashboard and navigate to ‘wp-admin‘ → ‘SchedulePress‘ → ‘Settings‘. Go to the ‘Social Profile‘ tab and scroll down to find the ‘Mastodon‘ option.
Toggle to enable the ‘Mastodon‘ network, then hit the ‘Add New‘ button. It will open a pop-up window where you can connect your account.
Step 3: Connect Your Mastodon Account with SchedulePress #
In the Mastodon connect window, you will find two fields. In the ‘Instance URL‘ field, insert your full Mastodon handle, for example, name.bsky.social. Then, paste the Access Token you copied earlier into the ‘Access Token‘ field.
Once both fields are filled in properly, click on the ‘Connect Your Account‘ button. If you have not created an Application yet, simply use the ‘Click here‘ link in the same window — it will take you straight to how you can create an application.
Step 4: Enable the Profile & Save Your Changes #
After a few moments, you will be successfully connected to your Mastodon profile. Your connected account will be visible as a card next to the ‘Mastodon‘ option in the ‘Social Profile‘ tab of SchedulePress settings, tagged as ‘PROFILE‘.
Now, make sure both the network toggle on the Mastodon card and the profile toggle on your connected account are switched on. Then, click on the ‘Save Changes‘ button. By following these same steps, you can add a new profile and connect multiple Mastodon profiles with SchedulePress as well.
Step 5: Customize the Templates for Your Mastodon Post #
Now go to the next menu, ‘Social Templates‘. Here you will get ‘Add Category as tags‘, ‘Content Source‘, ‘Status Template Settings‘, ‘Status Limit‘ and ‘How often to share a post‘ options. You can use tokens such as {title}, {content}, {url} and {tags} to control exactly what goes out with each post.
Customize them according to your preferences, and try to keep your template short.
Note: Remember that Mastodon allows only 500 characters per post.
Step 6: Automatically Share WordPress Posts on Mastodon #
Now, if you schedule your WordPress post, it will automatically be shared on your Mastodon account. Besides, if you want, you can even instantly share your live post on Mastodon as well.
To do this, proceed to edit your post and expand the ‘SchedulePress‘ → ‘Schedule And Share‘ panel from the right side panel.
From the ‘Social Share Settings‘ → ‘Selected Social Platforms‘ section, choose ‘Mastodon‘ along with your connected profile. Then, hit the ‘Share Now‘ button to instantly share the post on your Mastodon profile, without waiting for the publish or scheduled time.
You can also click on the ‘Manage Social Sharing‘ button and select the ‘Mastodon‘ tab to fine-tune the caption for this particular network. Here, a live 500-character counter will show you exactly how much space you have left, along with a live preview of precisely how the post will look on your Mastodon timeline before it is shared.
Now just click on the ‘Update/Publish‘ button, and your post will be shared on your Mastodon account once it goes live.
Final Outcome #
After all of these previous steps are finished, your scheduled posts on WordPress will be automatically shared on your Mastodon account when they go live — with your chosen title, content, link, hashtags and featured image, including a source link back to your WordPress site. This is how it will appear on your Mastodon timeline:
By using SchedulePress, this is how easily you can instantly share WordPress posts on Mastodon from your site.
Getting stuck? Feel free to contact our dedicated support team for any further assistance.
