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Create custom visuals for your social media with the Jetpack Social Image Generator

Posted on June 30, 2023 by Jeff Golenski

Traditionally, creating unique and engaging imagery for social media platforms often required a basic understanding of image editing tools. Adding text to images, changing photo orientation, and tinkering with different visual styles for each social network was tedious and frustrating. But not anymore.

With Jetpack Social Advanced, you can overlay custom text onto your images and choose from a variety of styles to increase engagement on your social posts. Most importantly, you’ll save time by doing it all within the WordPress editor.

Continue reading → Create custom visuals for your social media with the Jetpack Social Image Generator

Posted in Jetpack News, Photos & Videos, Social Media | Tagged Facebook, Jetpack Social, LinkedIn, mastodon, Publicize, sharing, Social, Social Media, Tumblr | Comments Off

Jetpack 9.0: Continue sharing Facebook and Instagram posts on your site

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Jeremy Herve

In this month’s release, we’re offering new ways to transform your content and extend your reach. Now it’s easier than ever to move content from your site to social media and vice versa.

Even better, all updates included in Jetpack 9.0 are available for free.

Read on

Posted in Releases | Tagged 9.0, AMP, Facebook, Loom, Publicize, Twitter | 20 Comments

Jetpack 6.3.3: Important Change to Facebook Shares via Publicize

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Nicole Kohler

Jetpack 6.3.3 is now available for download. This point fix addresses an important change to our Publicize feature, which will limit your ability to share content to a Facebook Profile.

We’ve broken this post down into a few sections to help you understand the change, how it may impact your site, and how you can share your feedback with Facebook, so please read carefully.

What’s new in 6.3.3

Starting August 1, 2018, a change to Facebook’s API means that third-party tools can no longer share posts automatically to Facebook Profiles. This includes Publicize, our feature that connects your site to major social media platforms like Facebook.

As a result, this release includes both the change to the Publicize feature, and a notice that is designed to help you with next steps:

The update first: we have removed the ability to select Facebook Profile connections in the Publicize UI. Facebook Page connections are not affected by this change (see below for more information).
Second, Jetpack will now show you a notice regarding your existing connections to a Facebook Profile, if you have any. This will allow you to quickly understand what has changed and which connections you will be losing as a result of the update to 6.3.3. Publicize will also allow you to add new connections to Facebook Pages in the place of Profile connections, if you prefer.

We understand that you probably have some questions about this update, so here’s a little more information that will help you after you navigate this change easily.

Will this affect my ability to share content on Facebook?

It depends. If you’ve connected a Facebook Profile to your site, then yes: Publicize will no longer be able to share your posts to Facebook.

On the other hand, nothing will change if you keep a Facebook Page connected to your site — all your content should still appear directly on Facebook via Publicize.

If you’re not sure what the difference is between a Page and a Profile, here’s Facebook’s explanation.

How can I share my new posts to Facebook now?

If you still want your Facebook followers to see your new posts from your Jetpack-connected site, you have two options:

Go the manual route: once you publish a new post, copy its URL and share the link in a new Facebook post.
The other option, which isn’t for everyone, but works if your site focuses on a business, organization, or brand: convert your Facebook Profile to a Page. Facebook has some information on this process right here.

Why did Facebook do this? How do I let them know I don’t like the change?

Facebook says that they’re updating their API to improve their platform and prevent the misuse of personal profiles. But we know that this might cause a disruption in the way you schedule and promote content, especially if you schedule promotions of your content on Facebook far in advance.

If you’d like to share your concerns on this change with Facebook, you can head to their Help Community and let them know your thoughts.

Final notes on 6.3.3

If you’re having trouble managing your connections to a Facebook Profile or Page after updating to 6.3.3, our experts are always available to answer questions and troubleshoot Publicize connections with you via our support channels. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if we can lend a hand.

If you’re looking for more details on this update, as always, the full changelog has what you need.

Thanks for your understanding, and please let us know if there are any further questions we can answer for you about this release, Publicize, or changes to the Facebook API.

Posted in Releases | Tagged Facebook, jetpack 6.3, Jetpack 6.3.3, Publicize, social sharing | 4 Comments

Social Media Scheduling is Here

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Richard

Once you’ve created your latest piece of content, you naturally want to let the world know about it. But up until now, sharing your content on social media was a manual process, and one that ate up a lot of time you could have spent doing other things.

We wanted to make it easier for Jetpack users to share the great content they’ve been creating. That’s why we’re excited to add social media scheduling to Publicize, exclusively for our Premium and Professional plan customers.

With this new feature, you can choose specific times to share your content on your favorite social media networks, like Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. You can schedule one or many shares in advance, and Jetpack will take care of the rest, publishing your custom messages at the times you specify.

Up until now, Jetpack’s Publicize feature would allow you to share content manually. But now you can:

Plan all your social shares in advance to save valuable time.
Re-share previously published posts so newer followers get exposure to them.
Preview each share before it’s scheduled to be sure you’re happy with the content.
View all previous shares of your content.

If you’re already a Jetpack Premium or Professional plan customer, you can try this new feature now. Look for the Share button under any single Post:

When you click Share, you can either share a post immediately or use the calendar tool to choose a time in the future that your content will be posted, tweeted, or shared on the network of your choice.

The social media accounts that you have connected to Jetpack will be displayed on the right side. You can choose which accounts to share to by clicking the toggles on and off (or, if you need to add a new account, clicking the icon in the top right).

To make sure you get the best results, click the Preview button to view what your content will look like when it’s shared. If you don’t like what you see, just keep on customizing until you’re happy with the results.

We hope you enjoy this new addition to Publicize — give it a try and let us know what feedback you have in the comments!

Publicize Scheduling is available to Jetpack Premium and Professional plan customers. Upgrade now to give it a try.

Posted in Releases | Tagged Facebook, scheduling, Social Media, Twitter | 11 Comments

How to increase your blog’s traffic with Jetpack

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Richard

Jetpack comes with a set of features specifically designed to help you increase your site’s traffic and grow your audience. That is after all the reason we build websites and blogs and write content – for people to see them, read them and enjoy them 🙂

Jetpack helps you tackle this along two fronts: attracting new visitors to our sites and encouraging the existing ones to keep coming back.

Getting more traffic

Its worth mentioning what countless people have said before: writing well-written, useful and targeted content is eighty percent of the job. Neither Jetpack nor any other plugin, is a silver bullet that can ever be a substitute for that. However, if you’ve got that nailed, these features will help you with the other twenty percent:

Publicize
Publicize simply automates what you probably do already: posting your articles directly to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and a few more social networks. Once you set this up (about 5 minutes usually) you can sit back and not worry about this and focus on writing great content while your friends and followers read what you’ve just posted.
Sharing
The Sharing feature, when enabled, places share buttons at the bottom of your blog posts. This allows (and encourages!) your readers to share your content with their own networks giving you broader reach. Currently we support Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, StumbleUpon, Digg, LinkedIn, Google +1, Print, and Email. Additionally you can define your own custom services.
Site Verification
Verifying your website with external services like Google, Bing and Pinterest. This means you will be rated as “safe” by these services (e.g. by getting a “Verified” badge) and gives you to access advanced features (e.g. Webmaster tools).
Enhanced Distribution
At WordPress.com we have a service called “Firehose” which is a stream of the public data (public posts, comments, etc.) that flow through WordPress.com as well as Jetpack blogs that enable Enhanced Distribution. The firehose in turn is used by companies and people to display your content at which point they are required to link back to your blog. This means that you get both traffic back to your site as well as building up quality back-links.
Google+ Profile
Lastly, when you activate and connect this feature you connect your blog and with your Google+ accounts. Now, displayed below your posts, will be a link back to your Google+ profile, a Google+ follow button and a link will also be added to your Google+ profile allowing Google+ users to find you more easily.

Keep them coming back

The other side of the coin is staying in touch with the visitors who’ve seen and read your content so that they don’t forget about you and come back to see what else you have to say. You may not necessarily want to use all of these of course as it depends a lot on the kind of site or blog you’re running. But because Jetpack makes it easy to turn these on and off some of our users opt to try things one at a time to test out their effect.

Jetpack Comments
Comments are a great way of enabling your visitors to join the conversation. It can be a pain for them however to have to create a new account if its their first time visiting your site. Jetpack Comments enables your visitors to use their existing WordPress.com, Twitter, or Facebook accounts when commenting on your site making it more likely they’ll do so.
RSS Widget
RSS is used by millions of people to keep track of blogs they like. When you enable Extra Sidebar Widgets in Jetpack you can show widget that allows you to add links to your blog’s RSS feeds in your sidebar. This makes it easy for your readers to stay updated when you post new content or receive new comments.
Likes
Likes allow your readers to show their appreciation for your posts and other published content. They will then be able to review their liked posts from their WordPress.com Reader which will remind them your blog exists and encourage them to come back.
Subscriptions
Easily allow any visitor to subscribe to all of your posts via email through a widget in your blog’s sidebar. Every time you publish a new post, WordPress.com will send a notification to all your subscribers. Depending on their preferences this notification will either show up on their WordPress bar (top right) or they will receive an email directly in their inbox.
Notifications
Example of a comment Push Notification from the WordPress for iOS app

Finally, this last one is for you, the site owner. With Notifications enabled you will be instantly notified when somebody comments on any of your posts or previous comments. This means that you can instantly comment back making your interaction with your readers feel more personal and in real-time.

And of course, Jetpack also gives you great stats so that you can see the effect of your work! If you’ve not used Jetpack before, read our step-by-step installation guide here to try it out for yourself.

If you are a Jetpack user already please tell us what you think in the comments and, if you’d like to get involved by writing a guest post about Jetpack get in touch!

Posted in Tips & Tricks | Tagged blog traffic, Comments, Facebook, Jetpack, sharing, Social Media, Twitter | 6 Comments

Jetpack 2.5: Google Integration, VideoPress, and Facebook Embeds

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Carolyn S.

In the latest update to Jetpack, we have some exciting new features to share with you including integration of Google services and products, adding VideoPress to our list of modules, and the ability to embed your Facebook updates into your blog posts. Let’s take a closer look at each of these new features!

Continue reading → Jetpack 2.5: Google Integration, VideoPress, and Facebook Embeds

Posted in Releases | Tagged Facebook, Google+, Jetpack, release, VideoPress | 38 Comments

How to add a custom Open Graph image tag to your home page

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Jeremy Herve

When you share a post on Facebook, or when Jetpack Social auto-shares a post to your Facebook page, Facebook crawls the page and looks for Open Graph meta tags to build a complete post preview (with an image, title, description, …).

Jetpack automatically creates these meta tags for you, so you don’t have to worry about it!

Jetpack will also add an Image meta tag to your home page if you use a Site Logo, or a Site Icon. If you don’t use any of these 2 options, you might want to add your own custom image meta tag there. To do so, add one of the following code snippets to your theme’s functions.php file, or to a functionality plugin:

function fb_home_image( $tags ) {
	if ( is_home() || is_front_page() ) {
		// Remove the default blank image added by Jetpack
		unset( $tags['og:image'] );

		$fb_home_img = 'YOUR_IMAGE_URL';
		$tags['og:image'] = esc_url( $fb_home_img );
	}
	return $tags;
}
add_filter( 'jetpack_open_graph_tags', 'fb_home_image' );

Alternatively, you can change the default image used any time Jetpack can not determine an image to use:

function custom_jetpack_default_image() {
	return 'YOUR_IMAGE_URL';
}
add_filter( 'jetpack_open_graph_image_default', 'custom_jetpack_default_image' );

It’s worth noting that the fallback image has to be larger than 200 x 200px, as per Facebook requirements. If your image is smaller, Facebook will ignore it.

Posted in Code snippets, Tips & Tricks | Tagged Facebook, Open Graph | 1 Comment