Posted: Friday, July 16th, 2010 at 8:46 pm. Filed in Uncategorized.
Publicize: Facebook — Images
Back in February, we launched Publicize: Facebook as a way to connect your WordPress.com account to your Facebook profile.
In March, VideoPress added support for Facebook so that when using Publicize, your videos would get added to your Facebook update as well.
Until now, we’ve neglected your images.
Starting today, however, we’ll cherish your images as much as we already do your text and video; when sending a Facebook Profile update, WordPress.com will include any image you upload to the post. Image support was the #1 most requested feature for Publicize: Facebook, and we’re happy we finally got around to it 
(Before you ask, the #2 most requested feature is the ability to update Facebook Pages as well as Profiles, so it’s already on our list.)
Since we started, you’ve sent out nearly 1.3 million Facebook updates from WordPress.com. Keep them going!
NB: Only the first five images uploaded to a post and included directly, in a gallery, or in a slideshow will be sent to Facebook.
July 16th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
Virtual high five! Love it.
July 16th, 2010 at 8:49 pm
This is great news! I have relented from automatic facebook publishing because of the fact that there was no photo involved. Thanks for this!
July 16th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
awesome, i think I might try this soon
July 16th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
Can’t wait to use this new feature!!
July 16th, 2010 at 8:55 pm
Awesome! Thanks for keeping up with my jonesin’!
July 16th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Finally, I’ve been waiting for that a long time. Thank you, love it.
July 16th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Great news, indeed! This is definitely a good thing.
July 16th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
Thanks very much for this improved version for publicizing via Facebook. Am very grateful for all that the WordPress team offers. How you are all taking some time off for summer fun, too.
July 16th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Yay!! This rules!
July 16th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
WordPress is way better than Facebook; I don’t know why anyone still uses FB, as if tiny status updates and profiles filled with the names of your favorite bands and products could show who you are. WordPress is an outlet for creativity, to say something more intimate and meaningful than 450 words, and has better resources without giving up your privacy to companies. Just my opinion, though.
July 16th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
Thanks! This is a great add
July 16th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
Ya, the last post I did that had pics, one of them showed up and it had me wondering. Thx!
July 16th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
Hmmm. Not useful to me.
July 16th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
I just noticed that today on Facebook… Thank you! I have been waiting for this.
July 16th, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Now I don’t have to cut and paste the web address to get the images to follow! This is great!
July 16th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
As we say in Wales – bendegedig!
July 16th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
Gally (up above) has it right…I use F/B space as an ad to get people here because WordPress is Home.
July 16th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
This is absolutely awesome because I run a photoblog about shelter cats, and without images, the Facebook link was not very effective. Thank you for making this easier for us photobloggers!
July 16th, 2010 at 9:49 pm
Great news!! Thanks!
July 16th, 2010 at 9:52 pm
Just a question… If you have 5 or 6 images in your post, how does it choose? Can you pick which one it chooses?
July 16th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
You cannot choose; it’s all automated. It takes the first image from your post and shows it next to the update in your Facebook profile. You can see up to a total of five images on the Facebook update, though, by clicking a “see more” link in the update. So it takes the first image and up to the next four for a total of five.
July 16th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Hmmmmm, thinking, thinking …about the possibilities! I may have to actually try this one out soon!
July 16th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
Saw it earlier today on my FB. Great job! =D Thanks!
July 16th, 2010 at 10:10 pm
Nice addition.
July 16th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Great!
July 16th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
This is great news!! Thanks!!
July 16th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
OH!!! This is fantastic! It always looks a little bare when it posts to facebook!
But wait, can you elect NOT to post a picture to facebook with the blog entry?
July 16th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
Nope. Your pretty pictures will automatically show up on Facebook.
Remember, though, this is only for images you upload to your WordPress.com post, not images you embed from other URLs.
July 16th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
Awesome! I look forward to the facebook page update too. Right now my blog is all about my tea business not me personally. Go the Page!
July 16th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
Gally.. I agree Facebook isn’t the place to blog.. but its still a great place to get the word out about your blog! Thats pretty much what I use it for.
July 16th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
Thanks — what will you come up with next?!
July 16th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
Thanks for this! My only problem with it might be it’s choice of photo. I post a lot of tutorials, and a step out of order might look a little strange. I’ll definitely give it a try though.
July 16th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
Ok, duh. I just read the article again and it says the first 5 photos, which is completely within my control. All I have to do is show the finished item in the first photo. Thanks!
July 16th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
Now if only WordPress would actively promote the photo blogs that are on WP. Why is it that writers, no matter how bad or boring they are, are always featured in Freshly Pressed and never once does WP exhibit the same courtesy to photographers???
July 19th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Hi there! Actually, we feature photo-based posts on Freshly Pressed every day — just look right now to see what I mean!
To make sure you’re content is included for contention, add the “photography” tag to your posts.
July 16th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
It’s great you’re able to work with Facebook to improve the WordPress.com experience. I know they change things around a lot on their end and it takes a dedicated effort on your side to help make sure things don’t break.
July 16th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
At last!
Thank you.
July 16th, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Brilliant!
July 16th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
AWESOME!!!
July 16th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
WordPress is awesome.
July 16th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
sweetness
July 16th, 2010 at 11:29 pm
Finally!
Thank you, WordPress!
July 16th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
I don’t know about this. Facebook is more of a personal spot for me, and so is WordPress, but they’re still two different things. I use them for different purposes, so, this, this is weird, to me.
July 16th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Thank You!
July 17th, 2010 at 12:18 am
You are so awesome, and every time you make a change it just cements my loyalty to WordPress that much more. Thanks!
July 17th, 2010 at 12:49 am
Well golly gosh and gee guys-I sure didn’t know about this fantastically fun little hook-up here. FaceBook is not so intimidating to me as is launching myself into the blogging world by the seat of my pants. FaceBook I (pretty much) understand. Thank you from a “senior” who’s just “found her bliss”; right here, right now, in real time, with the internet.
Kudos peoples of WordPress!
Sincerely,
A Newbie
July 17th, 2010 at 1:06 am
Wow! This gives self-promotion in Facebook a shot-in-the-arm! Love it!
July 17th, 2010 at 1:31 am
Thank you, so much
July 17th, 2010 at 1:40 am
YEA. More people to be shocked by sick freaks like me!
July 17th, 2010 at 1:49 am
Fantastic! Thank you!
July 17th, 2010 at 2:08 am
Love ette!
July 17th, 2010 at 2:13 am
That’s cool. Much needed feature.
July 17th, 2010 at 2:13 am
This is just great. Thanks.
July 17th, 2010 at 2:39 am
That is awesome!
July 17th, 2010 at 3:56 am
May the blessings always be!
July 17th, 2010 at 4:15 am
I have been using this feature for the last 3 weeks or so……via the sharer.php functionality in Facebook. Good to know all this will be automatically done now. Good going !
July 17th, 2010 at 5:33 am
I saw that happening. I pressed my posts yesterday and day before, and this time, they were also alongwith the images of my post. May I say I absolutely love it??
July 17th, 2010 at 5:59 am
Thanks! Wonderful feature.
July 17th, 2010 at 6:01 am
Wow I didnt even know we had the facebook feature – how cool!!
July 17th, 2010 at 6:56 am
Thanks! That’s a good news~
July 17th, 2010 at 7:59 am
Great news! Great feature! Can’t ask for anything more! Thanks!
July 17th, 2010 at 8:46 am
I agree with Gally! I deleted my FB account as i started my wp blog…
July 17th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Thanks a ton, this is brilliant! I’ve been using Networked blogs to include images, but this is much slicker.
July 17th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
I think this is great!
July 17th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Great feature! I just update! Thank you very much!
July 17th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
That is off course a great news. WordPress features are lovable. thanks
July 17th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
Thank you so much, yeay ….. you guys are the best! muah …
July 17th, 2010 at 2:43 pm
Agree with Gally to an extent… however, they serve two different purposes… fb gave me a start to trying some writing and then I moved on to WordPress to really do it right… now, in addition to me posting photos and making snarky comments on people’s pages, facebook promotes my ‘TedBook’ blog.
July 17th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
I won’t use this because I don’t link any of my accounts. My family discovered Facebook but they have not yet discovered WordPress! It’s not that big of a deal, I’m just a private person. A million strangers could read my most personal stories or opinions but, I just don’t feel like I’m good enough to please the people around me. I need to find weird people on the internet, people who actually read the news once in a while or can articulate a valid argument without turning it into a war ::sigh:: around here… there’s not many people like that, or at least I can’t find them!
July 17th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Perfect! thanks people
you ROCK 
July 17th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Finally! Thanks for that! I’ve seen other blogsites using that function and I knew you would do the same one day! Thanks again!
July 17th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Thanks for that feature. Greatly appreciated!
July 17th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
Love it! great job!
July 17th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
Maybe I’ll try this again now that it shows photos.
July 17th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Great idea. People are more likely to visit your blog if there is a photo to click on!
July 17th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
Adding facebook and WordPress together is more convenience for me. Great work.
July 18th, 2010 at 1:38 am
Yay! I can’t wait for these features for facebook pages! Thank you!
July 18th, 2010 at 2:37 am
Not sure if it’s been mentioned yet or not, but I think there needs to be more control on what is shared and not. For instance, if I’m trying to lure readers from FaceBook with promise of pics on my blog, them already being able to see the pics does me no good. See what I mean? An across the board share policy it a bit tough to swallow. I only want to share some, not all.
July 18th, 2010 at 2:57 am
Cool! A picture says a thousand words!
July 18th, 2010 at 8:36 am
Great my work is visual and I use WP and FB for that so a great add!
July 18th, 2010 at 11:55 am
Another win for WordPress me thinks
July 18th, 2010 at 4:36 pm
Great news! Although I appreciated the automatic Facbook updating, as an artist, my Dream Blog is rich with images and certainly lost something when the images were omitted. Thank you, WordPress Team! Victoria Rabinowe. Artist • Teacher • Author • Dreamer.
July 18th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Thank you for making this a priority! Having our before-after furniture & crafting projects in thumbnail form will surely entice more people to visit our budding blog.
July 18th, 2010 at 6:26 pm
That’s awesome, I guess now I need to make a Facebook Account. I’m not a fan of Facebook cause my Ex-Wife is on it constantly.
July 18th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
I really, really wanted that. Thank you!!!!
July 18th, 2010 at 11:17 pm
Huge service, my pics go with the post and they are the branding of my blog. thx!
July 19th, 2010 at 1:10 am
Sounds great, I am looking forward to using this new feature!
July 19th, 2010 at 7:26 am
Thanks for this feature – and looking forward to your adding the “Update Facebook Page” option as well.
Denise
July 19th, 2010 at 11:01 am
I didn’t know about this. I’ve been using Networked Blogs to do this and I don’t like using third party apps on Facebook. I’ll have to give this a try.
July 19th, 2010 at 4:36 pm
This is SO helpful, thanks!
July 19th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
Awesome update, once we get the Pages update, then we’ll be all set.
Keep up the great work WP team!
July 19th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Nice feature! Thanks!
July 19th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
This is great! On the same topic, is there any way to add Facebook “Like” buttons to wordpress.com blogs? I know there are tons of ways on self-host blogs, but on wordpress.com blogs, there doesn’t seem to be a way.
August 4th, 2010 at 1:24 am
No Facebook Like but we now have our own Likes. Check out http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2010/08/03/like-a-post/
July 20th, 2010 at 3:56 am
I was excited to have the image show up on my Facebook page. HOWEVER, people are being directed to the image itself (and it is huge so they can download it) rather than the blog which is a HUGE disappointment. I have been trying to figure out how to not have this happen, but haven’t done so. Any suggestions?
July 25th, 2010 at 8:47 am
Images in Facebook now link to the blog post instead of the image page.
July 20th, 2010 at 7:15 am
At last! Thank you
July 20th, 2010 at 9:36 am
GREAT NEWS!! Thank you WP team for such wonderful updates!
July 20th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Great! I love it!
July 20th, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Hi there, regarding the “see more” option to display the 5 pictures?
Can they be configured to automatically spread the 5 pics at posting? rather than clicking it as an option.
As it makes the post a more interesting preview if you see a bunch of pictures rather than just 1.
Thanks.
July 25th, 2010 at 7:43 am
No, sorry. Showing only the one image to begin with is the all that Facebook allows.
July 20th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
Nice! I haven’t used any images in my posts yet, but this might give me a reason to start doing it.