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Plugin info

Total downloads: 27,290
Active installs: 1,000
Total reviews: 10
Average rating: 4.8
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 4 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 10/14/2025 (78 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 11/17/2019 (6 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 5.9
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: 7.2

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Actively maintained • Last updated 78 days ago • 10 reviews

63/100

Is Share on Mastodon abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 78 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 5.9
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: 7.2

Ratings

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Developers

Jan Boddez (Owner)7

Languages

Dutch30,206German19,853German (Formal)9,953

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Description

Automatically share WordPress posts on Mastodon.

You choose which post types are shared, and sharing can still be disabled on a per-post basis.

Supports WordPress’ new block editor, image uploads and alt text, “template tags,” and comes with a number of filter hooks for developers.

More details can be found on this plugin’s web page.

Credit

Share icon by Heroicons, licensed under the terms of the MIT License. Elephant illustration sourced from Mastodon’s Press Kit.

Installation

Within WordPress’ admin interface, visit Plugins > Add New and search for “share on mastodon” to locate the plugin. (Alternatively, upload this plugin’s ZIP file via the “Upload Plugin” button.)

After activation, head over to Settings > Share on Mastodon to authorize WordPress to post to your Mastodon account.

More detailed instructions can be found on this plugin’s web page.

Frequently Asked Questions

No FAQ available

Review feed

Tim Nolte
4/29/2023

Excellent Support and Features

This plugin has always worked amazing for me and also supports hooks that allow for additional customization. I would highly recommend it as my first choice for anyone looking for this functionality.
Shelby DeNike
5/4/2023

Works great

This plugin does exactly what it says it will. No complaints on it at all and the developer seems to be on top of fixing, and adding features. Keep up the good work!

Screenshots

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Changelog

0.20.0

Support for PKCE.

0.19.4

Added the %category% “template tag” to share a post’s first category as a hashtag.

0.19.3

Improved detection of “in-post images.”

0.19.2

Address potential conflict with other plugins’ (or core WordPress’) classic meta boxes. Prevent double ellipses in autogenerated excerpts.

0.19.1

Auto-disable share toggle (“block editor”) for older posts. Fix default “share” value. Provide fallback when mime_content_type() is undefined.

0.19.0

Update share_on_mastodon_enabled filter. Improve compatibility with Syndication Links. Rework Options_Handler.

0.17.4

Also allow pages.

0.17.3

Fix max images option.

0.17.2

Fix permalinks with emoji in them. Somewhat smarter %excerpt% lengths.

0.17.1

Various bug fixes.

0.17.0

Introduce Gutenberg sidebar panel.

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