Facebook announced that starting August 1, 2018, third-party tools can no longer share posts automatically to Facebook Profiles. This affects Publicize, the tool for WordPress.com and Jetpack-powered sites that connects your site to major social media platforms (like Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook).
If a user on your site has connected a Facebook Profile to your site, Publicize will no longer be able to share posts to a Facebook Profile. On the other hand, nothing will change if you have a Facebook Page connected to your site — all your content should still appear directly on Facebook via Publicize. (Not sure what the difference is between a Page and a Profile? Here’s Facebook’s explanation.)
If your site is connected to a Facebook Profile, and would like to followers to continue seeing posts, you have two options:
- Your user can go the manual route: once they publish a new post, copy its URL and share the link in a new Facebook post.
- You can convert the Facebook Profile to a Page.
In the meantime, the Publicize feature of Jetpack and WordPress.com (and social media scheduling tools) will continue to be available to you for posting to Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social media platforms.
If you have any questions, please open a support ticket, and we’ll be happy to help.
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