Want more traffic? Publicize now makes it easy
We’ve made some big user experience improvements to how the traffic building feature called Publicize works. This feature allows you to connect your WordPress.com blog to your account on social networking services like Twitter and Facebook, broadcasting your posts to your friends automatically for you.
In the past it took a few steps to figure out how to get going. Now it’s just a click away.
Starting today, when you publish a post, you’ll see a mention of the Publicize feature.
If you click Turn on the publicize feature, it will take you to the Sharing Settings page in your Dashboard. Here you can configure any of the Publicize services you like.
Pick one or more of the services you want to turn on. It’s required that you already have an account with each service you want to use, as you’ll be sent to the service and asked to log in to connect your WordPress.com blog.
Then, as seen above on the Edit Post page, WordPress.com will let you choose which services you want to send your post to. You can also customize the message you send along with the URL.
It’s now easier than ever to grow traffic to your blog. If you have more questions, you can read more about how Publicize works here. Happy publicizing!
Feb 4th at 9:10 pm
AWESOMENESS! I LOVE IT! SERIOUSLY!
I use it on my site! THANK YOU so much!
Feb 4th at 9:12 pm
This is a really nice feature! Thanks.
Feb 4th at 9:13 pm
Fantastic!
Feb 4th at 9:23 pm
Wew, that’s a good idea
Feb 4th at 9:29 pm
This is a great feature! I enjoy using it to share my posts on Facebook and Twitter to let fellow homemakers and aspiring bakers know about my latest adventures and the advice I pick up along with it in my blogs! The more integrated the social networking worlds and the blogging worlds become the greater the audience the words we post will reach! Good work WordPress
Feb 4th at 9:32 pm
thanks a lot
Feb 4th at 9:37 pm
I absolutely love this but didn’t realize I could customize my message for Twitter! Going to enable the Twitter function again and makes it so easy now to let people know I’ve posted.
Thanks WordPress!
Feb 4th at 9:38 pm
i love the customizable message part – this is a great idea!
Since we’re in the spirit of sharing, does the customization of the message also include the small share buttons at the bottom of each post. ie when someone would like to tweet my post after reading it, will it offer the already customizable message?
thanks in advance guys for all your great work
Feb 4th at 9:51 pm
Convenient! Just to confirm, does this mean that, for example, if you choose to publicize a post on facebook, a message would be sent to each of your friends (which wouldn’t necessarily be ideal!), or would it just be publicized with a status update? Thanks!
Feb 4th at 10:02 pm
Everybody should use this features.
Feb 4th at 10:04 pm
I use the Facebook publicise feature all the time. I didn’t know there was an MSN feature too. Does that work like the others?
Feb 4th at 10:04 pm
I noticed publicize recently and found some use for it. It’s very convenient, and a most helpful feature!
Feb 4th at 10:10 pm
I’ve used this, though it is not clear that a Twitter link will be generated after the message. Anyway, the Twitter one works – I’m considering spamming my friends on Facebook, though I hate publicizing my own stuff.
Feb 4th at 10:11 pm
When exactly will this take effect? And is there a way to turn it on for posts I’ve already published?
Feb 4th at 11:01 pm
Took effect this morning – Sorry, but it will only work for new posts you publish.
Feb 4th at 10:15 pm
That’s a very helpfull step, thanks WP team!
Feb 4th at 10:16 pm
Love the Custom Message feature
Feb 4th at 10:25 pm
I really appreciate any help you can give us to get more traffic to our sites. After all, that is what blogging is all about. The “how Publicize works here” link is good because it is in depth for each service we can connect our blog to, giving us the confidence to take our blogs to the next level.
Feb 4th at 10:37 pm
Superb idea – thanks, wp.com!
Feb 4th at 11:05 pm
Looks like a neat feature — but is there maybe an equivalent plugin for the self hosted WordPress(.org) version?
Feb 4th at 11:05 pm
Looking forward to trying it out! Thank you.
Feb 4th at 11:10 pm
Only “114 bloggers” on this entire planet like this post? Am I missing something? Well, usually, but now?
Feb 4th at 11:11 pm
Good am Sir:
Is it possible to post on different services ? I want to publish my post to yahoo ; twitter ; face book and buzz.
Feb 4th at 11:12 pm
Thanks very much, you are cool helping others to be seen!r
Feb 4th at 11:12 pm
I was waiting it! Thank you, great!
Feb 4th at 11:12 pm
Can we publish to a FB page? I was told months ago that this was in the works.
Feb 4th at 11:14 pm
Looks like a great plugin, does anyone know if the wordpress.org setup has a plugin very similar? They all seem to be specific to one social media outlet.
Feb 4th at 11:20 pm
nice
Feb 4th at 11:25 pm
With regards to Facebook, is it possible to post to my fan page I have setup for my business rather than my personal Facebook page? Some applications I’m using give the option during the approval process, but I didn’t see that when I just tried the new publicize feature.
Feb 4th at 11:26 pm
I just tried to add a post and the publicize feature did not come up. Please resond byemail jschmieding@msn.com
Feb 4th at 11:53 pm
You can manually go to Settings.Sharing in your Dashboard to turn publicize on.
Feb 4th at 11:26 pm
Great feature
Feb 4th at 11:30 pm
Any chance of making this feature available when we publish new comments (e.g., beneath the articles that we post at our blogs)?
Feb 4th at 11:51 pm
Given how many comments some blogs get, this would probably annoy more people than not.
Feb 4th at 11:33 pm
Great features…currently using them.
Feb 4th at 11:37 pm
Re publicizing on Facebook – I have a personal account there and also a page for my business. One of my blogs is tied to my business activities and I’d like to publicise new blog entries on the business page, not my personal account. Facebook has an intricate process for doing this, which results in posts being imported as notes, usually two or three days after I publish the post! I’d prefer to just publicize the URL and have this happen in a timely way. Not sure if there is anything wordpress.com can do to facilitate this, except perhaps to nudge Facebook to allow pages to have their own identity for interaction with other social networks.
Feb 4th at 11:50 pm
We’ve been thinking about enabling Publicize for Facebook pages. Many folks have requested it and it is on our list, but can’t promise when we’ll get to it.
Feb 4th at 11:37 pm
Great idea. Cheers!
Feb 4th at 11:38 pm
Thanks. This will save me from having to link to my blog from Facebook. I like it.
Feb 4th at 11:38 pm
I can’t wait to try it,
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Feb 4th at 11:43 pm
I’ll use whatever works- Thanks
Feb 4th at 11:45 pm
My wish is that I could have it post only to my Crafty Staci Facebook page, but not my personal wall. Thanks for a step in a good direction, though!
Feb 4th at 11:46 pm
Cool feature!
Feb 4th at 11:53 pm
well glad it’s easier. but I already do all thay to publicize. I’ve done all the blog setup routines for yahoo and google. I use keywords. i manually tweet updates and thank users for their comment via FB and Twitter. I do a variety of writing, humor, pix, and polls.
what other tips do you have to help increase blog traffic?
Feb 4th at 11:53 pm
will it allow me to choose which posts I want to share? (not necessarily every post I write)
Feb 5th at 12:01 pm
Yes, you can unchecked the Publicize option on the Write Post screen.
Feb 5th at 12:02 am
This is really cool and I can’t wait to use it, but am not seeing it in my Edit Post screen as explained. Do I need to go somewhere else to turn it on?
Feb 5th at 12:04 am
never mind…I think you answered it above…only works on new posts as of today. Thanks!
Feb 5th at 12:05 am
Once again WordPress.com is super awesome. A very high proportion of my posts are on the first page of Google search results when searching for topics they cover. Thanks guys!
Feb 5th at 12:07 am
Nice .. i like it !
Feb 5th at 12:08 am
Grazie a WORD PRESS che mi consente di portare il messaggio di speranza che viene dal Vangelo di Gesù Cristo.
Grazie !
mons. Virginio Fogliazza
archimandrita d’Antiochia
Feb 5th at 12:12 am
Awesome!
Feb 5th at 12:17 am
I love this feature and have used it forever; I believe since WordPress first offered it… It totally Rocks!
Silly me, I had assumed everyone used the feature. Must add this to my post on PostADay lessons and update.
Have a great weekend all!
Eliz
Mirth and Motivation
Feb 5th at 12:21 am
Thank you! Now I have one less thing to do to get my Blog “out there”!
Feb 5th at 12:25 am
This feature is awesome. Looking forward to using it on my next post. Will save a lot of time.
Feb 5th at 12:36 am
Very cool. Saves a little time. And makes me write sexier headlines. I’ll be tracking my success with this, which can only be a plus. Thank you!
Feb 5th at 12:43 am
A lot more accessible and easier to manage. Thanks!
Feb 5th at 12:47 am
Thank you! Sharing posts to my friends made easy with this feature!
Feb 5th at 12:47 am
What about the WordPress.org blogs ?
Feb 5th at 12:48 am
Thanks, thats awesome!!
Feb 5th at 12:49 am
thankyou should make it easier to gain awareness and spread word about my gaming review blog. Thankyou.
Feb 5th at 12:50 am
Super Dooper! When will this be available on Self-hosted WP sites? I need it yesterday. ; )
Feb 5th at 12:56 am
This is great.
Feb 5th at 1:08 am
I’m a control freak so It may be a bit before I use the service. Glad to know its there for that day when I decide to lighten up. Keep up the good work.
Damon
Helfman Cars
Feb 5th at 1:25 am
really it is very nice
Feb 5th at 1:29 am
You never cease to amaze me! This will definitely make things easier going forward. Thank you very much!
Feb 5th at 1:33 am
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sdl0110
2011,2,5,
Feb 5th at 1:43 am
In my new wordpress i”m not find this feature, is this plugins? where I can get it? please help me. thanks.
Feb 5th at 11:58 am
In the Settings menu under Sharing.
Feb 5th at 1:56 am
Maybe I’m missing something, but haven’t I been able to do this for quite a while now? I set all my posts to automatically connect to facebook and twitter several months ago. How is this different than what I’ve already been doing?
Feb 5th at 2:11 am
This is awesome – thank you sooo much!!
You guys are doing great!!
Feb 5th at 3:24 am
Niiiice!
Feb 5th at 3:37 am
ever since i have Windows Live Writer, i always use it to compose/publish new posts.. it’s much more convenient than go to WP.. few months ago i activate Facebook and Twitter connect on WP, and since then, every time i publish a post via WLW, it’s automatically posted to my Facebook and Twitter account. Not that I have many readers or wish to have more.. I just love it! ha ha ha..
Feb 5th at 3:46 am
I love it
Feb 5th at 3:48 am
yaaaaay
Feb 5th at 3:54 am
What is different from how it use to work? I’ve been using “publicize” for both Facebook and Twitter for quite some time now, and this looks exactly the same as it did before. What exactly is new?
Feb 5th at 11:57 am
A new simpler to use interface to set it up.
Feb 5th at 3:54 am
cool. wordpress is growing younger.
Feb 5th at 4:07 am
thank you thank you thank you thank you!
I’ve been waiting for a feature like this.
Feb 5th at 4:12 am
Thanks WordPress!
Feb 5th at 4:18 am
Great addition, going to try to use it RIGHT NOW~!
Feb 5th at 4:19 am
I’ve been using this feature for some months. Previously I had a different way of uploading to Facebook from WordPress. Since I activated Publicize all my posts appear twice on my Facebook page which is annoying. Has anyone else had this experience? Has anyone managed to overcome it?
Feb 5th at 4:24 am
Thanks for making my life a little bit easier!
Feb 5th at 4:35 am
is this cheating?
Feb 5th at 4:38 am
This will save me time…which, I never seem to have enough of. I can’t wait to try this out.
Feb 5th at 4:40 am
Great idea, especially the customize message message part. Thanks WordPress!
Feb 5th at 4:43 am
wow ive been waiting for this one! thanks!
Feb 5th at 4:47 am
Love it :0 Thanks
Feb 5th at 4:48 am
I echo Judith’s request a few comments above mine…
Please, please, please give us the option of choosing between our personal FB profile and our own FB pages. This would be RAD!
Feb 5th at 5:20 am
Thanks a lot! This is very helpful, funny I was just here brainstorming how to link my blog to my other pages and attract more viewers.
Feb 5th at 5:36 am
I’d like to know how it works. New to the scene, but it’s very important. I’ll get there….
Feb 5th at 5:37 am
Great! This will make things so much easier.
Feb 5th at 5:45 am
i use this too on my blog..
but, is seem didn’t work for facebook..