Joost

PostCaster publishes WordPress posts to Bluesky and Mastodon when a post goes live. It supports both site-wide accounts and personal author accounts, with previews, test posts, and per-post overrides on the post edit screen.
This plugin is intended for editorial sites that want social posting to stay close to the WordPress publishing workflow.
Key capabilities:
<ul>
<li>Publish automatically when a post moves from unpublished to <code>publish</code></li>
<li>Use site-wide accounts in <code>PostCaster > Global socials</code></li>
<li>Let authors use their own accounts in <code>PostCaster > My socials</code></li>
<li>Preview the exact text before publishing</li>
<li>Override the text per article</li>
<li>Choose featured-image behavior per network</li>
<li>Re-publish manually from the post edit screen when needed</li>
</ul>
Quick start:
<ol>
<li>Activate the plugin.</li>
<li>Enable PostCaster in <code>PostCaster > Settings</code>.</li>
<li>Choose which post types may be published automatically.</li>
<li>Configure one or more site-wide accounts in <code>PostCaster > Global socials</code>.</li>
<li>Send a test post for each configured network.</li>
<li>Publish a test article and confirm the result on the target network.</li>
</ol>
Supported networks:
<ul>
<li>Bluesky</li>
<li>
Mastodon 
Permissions and publishing model:
</li>
<li>
Editors and administrators can publish through configured global accounts.
</li>
<li>Authors can publish through their own personal accounts when personal publishing is enabled for them.</li>
<li>A user who has access to both global and personal targets can choose which targets to use during manual publishing.</li>
<li>If Co-Authors Plus is active, linked co-authors are also recognized for personal publishing.</li>
</ul>
Templates and previews:
<ul>
<li>The default message template is based on post title and URL.</li>
<li>You can set a general template, network-specific templates, and post-specific overrides.</li>
<li>The post edit screen shows previews for the currently available publish targets.</li>
<li>If the final message is still too long for a network, PostCaster skips that target and stores an error on the article.</li>
</ul>
For template details and examples, see <code>docs/templates.md</code> in the plugin repository.
Troubleshooting highlights:
<ul>
<li>Always use the built-in test-post buttons after changing credentials.</li>
<li>If a network is enabled but not posting, first check credentials and article-level errors.</li>
<li>If encrypted credentials can no longer be read, re-save them in <code>Global socials</code> or <code>My socials</code>.</li>
<li>Publishing runs through Action Scheduler in the background; low-traffic sites still benefit from a real server cron job or scheduled task for reliable timing.</li>
</ul>
External services:
PostCaster connects to external social networks only after an administrator or user explicitly configures that network and saves the required credentials.
When configured, PostCaster may send:
<ul>
<li>text rendered from post fields and templates</li>
<li>featured image bytes and alt text</li>
<li>the configured account identifiers required by that network</li>
</ul>
Relevant service documentation and terms:
<ul>
<li>Bluesky developer docs: https://docs.bsky.app/</li>
<li>Bluesky terms: https://bsky.social/about/support/tos</li>
<li>Mastodon API docs: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/api/ 
Privacy note:</li>
</ul>
PostCaster does not send usage analytics or telemetry to the plugin author. Network requests are only made to the configured social networks for test posts and actual publishing.

PostCaster

Publishes WordPress posts with featured images to Bluesky and Mastodon.

Alex Hedström

BlueFeed lets you embed your Bluesky feed anywhere on your WordPress site using the <code>[bluefeed]</code> shortcode. Choose from five beautiful layouts:
<ul>
<li>Classic – A familiar social-media timeline look</li>
<li>Cards – A responsive card grid, great for visual content</li>
<li>Compact – A minimal, space-efficient list view</li>
<li>Images – A square image grid showing only posts with images, with hover overlays for stats</li>
<li>Videos – A card-style video grid showing only posts with videos, with natural portrait/landscape thumbnails and a play overlay on hover</li>
</ul>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>5 layout styles (classic, cards, compact, images, videos)</li>
<li>Gutenberg block with live preview and full settings panel</li>
<li>Configurable column count for grid layouts</li>
<li>Profile header with avatar, banner, bio, and stats</li>
<li>Clickable links and @mentions auto-linked</li>
<li>Follow button linking to the Bluesky profile</li>
<li>Color customization via admin settings or per-shortcode attributes</li>
<li>Automatic caching with configurable duration for fast page loads</li>
<li>Stale-cache fallback. Serves cached content if the API is temporarily unreachable</li>
<li>Test Connection button in admin to diagnose API connectivity</li>
<li>Compatible with page builders (Breakdance, Elementor, Beaver Builder, etc.)</li>
<li>Responsive design for all screen sizes</li>
<li>Translation-ready</li>
<li>Works with the public Bluesky API. No authentication required</li>
</ul>
<h4>Shortcode Examples</h4>
<pre><code>[bluefeed]
[bluefeed layout="images" columns="4" count="12"]
[bluefeed layout="videos" columns="3" count="9"]
[bluefeed layout="compact" count="5" show_header="false"]
[bluefeed handle="other.bsky.social" layout="classic"]
</code></pre>
<h4>Shortcode Parameters</h4>
Layout & Display:
<ul>
<li><code>layout</code> – classic, cards, compact, images, or videos (default: classic)</li>
<li><code>count</code> – Number of posts (default: 9, max 100)</li>
<li><code>handle</code> – Override the Bluesky handle from settings</li>
<li><code>columns</code> – Grid columns for images, cards, and videos layouts (default: 3)</li>
<li><code>gap</code> – Space between posts/cards in pixels (default: auto per layout)</li>
<li><code>border_radius</code> – Corner rounding in pixels (default: 12, use 0 for square)</li>
<li><code>border_width</code> – Border thickness in pixels (default: 1, images layout defaults to 0)</li>
<li><code>show_header</code> – Show profile header: true/false (default: true)</li>
<li><code>show_replies</code> – Include replies in the feed: true/false (default: false; not used by images or videos layouts)</li>
<li><code>show_images</code> – Show images in classic/cards layouts: true/false (default: false)</li>
<li><code>show_videos</code> – Show video thumbnails in classic/cards layouts: true/false (default: false)</li>
<li><code>show_follow</code> – Show follow button: true/false (default: true)</li>
<li><code>show_caption</code> – Show post caption on hover in images layout: true/false (default: false)</li>
<li><code>show_avatar</code> – Show post author avatar: true/false (default: true)</li>
<li><code>show_name</code> – Show post author display name: true/false (default: true)</li>
<li><code>show_handle</code> – Show post author @handle: true/false (default: true)</li>
<li><code>show_time</code> – Show post timestamp: true/false (default: true)</li>
<li><code>show_stats</code> – Show stats bar (replies, reposts, likes) on all layouts including images overlay: true/false (default: true)</li>
</ul>
Color Overrides (hex values, e.g. #ffffff):
<ul>
<li><code>card_bg</code>, <code>placeholder_bg</code>, <code>post_text</code>, <code>meta_text</code>, <code>card_border</code></li>
<li><code>link_color</code>, <code>link_hover</code>, <code>row_hover_bg</code>, <code>header_name</code></li>
<li><code>follow_text</code>, <code>follow_bg</code>, <code>follow_border</code>, <code>follow_hover_text</code>, <code>follow_hover_bg</code></li>
</ul>
<h3>External services</h3>
This plugin connects to the Bluesky public API to retrieve and display Bluesky social media content on your WordPress site. It is required for all plugin functionality. Without it, no feed or profile data can be displayed.
<h4>What data is sent and when</h4>
<ul>
<li>Profile requests – When a page containing the <code>[bluefeed]</code> shortcode is loaded, the plugin sends the configured Bluesky handle to the endpoint <code>https://public.api.bsky.app/xrpc/app.bsky.actor.getProfile</code> to retrieve the user’s profile information (display name, avatar, banner, bio, and follower/following/post counts).</li>
<li>Feed requests – On the same page load, the plugin sends the Bluesky handle along with display parameters (post count, filter type) to the endpoint <code>https://public.api.bsky.app/xrpc/app.bsky.feed.getAuthorFeed</code> to retrieve the user’s posts.</li>
</ul>
No visitor personal data, cookies, or tracking information is sent to the API. Responses are cached locally on your server (default 15 minutes, configurable) to reduce the number of external requests.
<h4>Service provider</h4>
This service is provided by Bluesky PBC (<a href="https://bsky.app" rel="nofollow ugc">bsky.app</a>).
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bsky.social/about/support/tos" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bsky.social/about/support/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>

BlueFeed

Display your Bluesky feed on any WordPress page or post with a simple shortcode. Five layouts: classic, cards, compact, images, and videos.

PostCaster vs BlueFeed