Many people who are on the WordPress platform rely on being able to share their posts onto Twitter via functionality built into WordPress Jetpack. But those days are effectively over as WordPress no longer supports posting to Twitter and has pointed the finger at Elon Musk and his API price hike as the reason:
In early April, we experienced an unexpected suspension of our Twitter API access. This access is what powers Jetpack Social, which in turn helps you automatically share your blog posts to Twitter. Though the service was restored that same day, it turns out that there were bigger changes looming on the horizon.
Twitter decided, on short notice, to dramatically change the terms and pricing of the Twitter API. We have attempted to work with Twitter in good faith to negotiate new terms, but we have not been able to reach an agreement. As a result, the Twitter connection on Jetpack Social will cease to work, and your blog posts will no longer be auto-shared to Twitter.
You will still be able to share your posts to Twitter manually by pasting the post link into the body of your tweet.
Now I turned this functionality off when I more or less abandoned Twitter. But those who rely on this functionality for marketing purposes are going to be very unhappy campers. Though there is good news, if you want to call it that:
In addition, you can still auto-share your posts to Tumblr, Facebook, and Linkedin. In the near future, we are adding the ability to auto-share to Instagram and Mastodon. We are continuing to release new features in Jetpack Social, so keep an eye on the Jetpack blog for more updates.
Now I have been auto posting to Mastodon (where you can find me at @The_IT_Nerd@noc.social by the way) since the start of the year via a third party plug in. But it will be nice to have native Jetpack functionality. That way people can move their followers from Twitter to Mastodon much easier. Seeing as Twitter is becoming an increasingly hostile place under Elon.
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WordPress Won’t Be Sharing Your Posts To Twitter Because Of Elon Musk’s API Price Hike
Many people who are on the WordPress platform rely on being able to share their posts onto Twitter via functionality built into WordPress Jetpack. But those days are effectively over as WordPress no longer supports posting to Twitter and has pointed the finger at Elon Musk and his API price hike as the reason:
In early April, we experienced an unexpected suspension of our Twitter API access. This access is what powers Jetpack Social, which in turn helps you automatically share your blog posts to Twitter. Though the service was restored that same day, it turns out that there were bigger changes looming on the horizon.
Twitter decided, on short notice, to dramatically change the terms and pricing of the Twitter API. We have attempted to work with Twitter in good faith to negotiate new terms, but we have not been able to reach an agreement. As a result, the Twitter connection on Jetpack Social will cease to work, and your blog posts will no longer be auto-shared to Twitter.
You will still be able to share your posts to Twitter manually by pasting the post link into the body of your tweet.
Now I turned this functionality off when I more or less abandoned Twitter. But those who rely on this functionality for marketing purposes are going to be very unhappy campers. Though there is good news, if you want to call it that:
In addition, you can still auto-share your posts to Tumblr, Facebook, and Linkedin. In the near future, we are adding the ability to auto-share to Instagram and Mastodon. We are continuing to release new features in Jetpack Social, so keep an eye on the Jetpack blog for more updates.
Now I have been auto posting to Mastodon (where you can find me at @The_IT_Nerd@noc.social by the way) since the start of the year via a third party plug in. But it will be nice to have native Jetpack functionality. That way people can move their followers from Twitter to Mastodon much easier. Seeing as Twitter is becoming an increasingly hostile place under Elon.
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