Publicize: Facebook
You can now send your WordPress.com posts to Facebook.
Joining our Yahoo and Twitter features is the latest in WordPress.com’s Publicize family: Facebook.
The feature can be enabled from your Dashboard → My Blogs admin page. Once you enable it, you’ll be directed through an authorization procedure to confirm that you want to connect your WordPress.com blog and your Facebook account.
These connections are per blog and per user, so those of you with several blogs can choose which ones to connect, and those of you with multiple authors on one blog can each hook up your Facebook accounts separately.
More details can be found on the Publicize support page.
Update
Some of you may have been getting error messages asking you to authorize your connection with Facebook even though you already did that.
We think we’ve found this bug, so the error message will go away, but you’ll have to re-authorize that connection once more. Go back to My Blogs, uncheck Facebook, recheck Facebook and click the authorization button again. If that doesn’t work go through the steps outlined here. Failing that, we’ll be happy to help you out if you contact support.
February 27th, 2010 at 3:42 am
coool
February 27th, 2010 at 3:50 am
cool!
February 27th, 2010 at 3:51 am
Cool indeed as Viki says! I wish WordPress development blog also had comments enabled like here. I have shifted my primary blog to .org but like it here more!
February 27th, 2010 at 3:53 am
Great to know!
February 27th, 2010 at 3:56 am
OMG! just the thing I have been waiting for a long time! Other alternatives just aren’t the same.Thanks WordPress!
February 27th, 2010 at 3:57 am
Alright
February 27th, 2010 at 3:59 am
Very nice!
February 27th, 2010 at 4:16 am
This brings in another WOW factor at wordpress!
February 27th, 2010 at 4:23 am
k, not sure how much different that would put things for me since I already have them linked ina couple of different ways. Thx for adding something new though.:)
February 27th, 2010 at 4:23 am
very good
i have to create a facebook account asap …
February 27th, 2010 at 4:27 am
i’ve been waiting for this.. thanks WORDPRESS!
February 27th, 2010 at 4:30 am
This is nice but how do I post my WordPress.com blog posts to a Facebook Page Wall? i.e., my blog has its own Facebook page. It’s tied to my personal Facebook account. I want the posts to appear on the page’s wall — not on my personal wall.
February 27th, 2010 at 6:01 am
We don’t currently support Facebook Pages. It’s something we’re looking into, though.
February 27th, 2010 at 4:35 am
very cool…love it…
February 27th, 2010 at 4:36 am
Finally!! Thanks so much!
February 27th, 2010 at 4:37 am
does this support normal posting of P2 theme?
February 27th, 2010 at 6:03 am
When you post to a P2 blog from that blog’s home page, the default Publicize settings are used. So if you have Publicize: Facebook (or Twitter, or Yahoo!) set up on that blog, the post will get sent to Facebook (or Twitter or Yahoo!).
There’s no way to opt-out on a per-post basis from the front page of a P2 blog, though. For that, you’ll have to post from the blog’s admin.
February 27th, 2010 at 4:38 am
Andrea likes this *thumbs up*
February 27th, 2010 at 4:47 am
Awesome!
February 27th, 2010 at 4:55 am
Great option, thanks! Question: If you run a facebook page (separate from your personal one) is it possible to direct the post to the page?
February 27th, 2010 at 6:05 am
Not right now. See http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2010/02/27/publicize-facebook/#comment-82360
February 27th, 2010 at 4:56 am
I feel like most people comment on these announcements in hopes that other viewers will be redirected to their blogs. I hope it works.
February 27th, 2010 at 4:57 am
Although this application comes late, I still appreciate your innovation. THX
February 27th, 2010 at 4:57 am
Would be great to be able to post to a Facebook Page instead of a user account. Is that planned or supported? Thanks.
February 27th, 2010 at 6:06 am
We’re looking into it. http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2010/02/27/publicize-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-82360
February 27th, 2010 at 5:10 am
Although it’s a popular platform, Facebook is turning into just a big spam place. I wouldn’t use your new feature. Already there is a repetition of information, no need to include another. (Twitter, Youtube, Flickr, Feeds, all of that connected to facebook, you read the same information again and again. Recently I’ve read many people being tired of this merging or everything together while the idea is the separation of the small talk of Twitter and Facebook and the more private, intimate connection with blogs.)
February 27th, 2010 at 5:15 am
This is the update I’ve been waiting for!
February 27th, 2010 at 5:21 am
Pardon me Matt,
How does this differ from my blog posts that have been posting automatically to Facebook all along? When I created my Facebook account over a year ago, this feature was available (I added my blog to my FB account) and hasn’t changed. I love WordPress and the awesome work you do – I just want to make sure I am not missing something in this announcement…. Thank you!
Cheers,
E
February 27th, 2010 at 6:10 am
For the speed freaks, Publicize: Facebook should get your blog posts onto your Facebook profile faster than the method you mention. It also gives you a bit more control (opting out for specific posts, customizing the title).
February 27th, 2010 at 5:33 am
Will this go to Facebook Fan Pages or just the individual Profiles?
February 27th, 2010 at 6:12 am
Only profiles for now. We’re looking into pages.
February 27th, 2010 at 5:33 am
Excellent
February 27th, 2010 at 5:35 am
Very Nice…. It’s very Good
February 27th, 2010 at 5:50 am
About time!
February 27th, 2010 at 6:05 am
Wow. I bet a lot of people are going to like this.
February 27th, 2010 at 6:10 am
Wowwww,,, this is what i’ve been waiting for. mantab gan!
8) 
February 27th, 2010 at 6:24 am
This makes me so unbelievably happy since I never was able to get the other Facebook posting feature to work properly. Thanks, as always, WP.com for yet more great and useful features!
February 27th, 2010 at 6:31 am
Yeah, we’re phasing that old method out (sssh… it’s a secret
).
February 27th, 2010 at 6:26 am
Wonderful!…
But I don`t use Facebook!
February 27th, 2010 at 6:33 am
Thanks for your quick reply!
E
February 27th, 2010 at 6:34 am
Awesome, love this
February 27th, 2010 at 6:35 am
Good one WP!!
Hey BTW Wouldn’t it be better to allow some level of customisation before the publicize automatically posts the new link onto facebook.
Something on the lines of this-
http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=
for ex:- http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://2600hertz.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/ntt-docomo-do-the-new-separable-phone/
allows me to share the link a new post of mine http://2600hertz.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/ntt-docomo-do-the-new-separable-phone/
How about that!!
February 27th, 2010 at 6:43 am
You can customize the title sent to Facebook now (see the support documentation). We may change things around a bit as we get more feedback (which is always welcome, so thanks
)
February 27th, 2010 at 6:48 am
Yay! You guys rockkkk!
I must stop sucking up to the WP team everytime a new feature is released, though. It’s corny…
February 27th, 2010 at 6:50 am
Fantastic , now we can really be read world wide…Good job WordPress…!
February 27th, 2010 at 6:53 am
I already do this with another utility, network blogs
February 27th, 2010 at 6:58 am
woo hoo! love this! especially that it’s customizable!
February 27th, 2010 at 7:13 am
But the post from “normal posting” of P2 hasn’t appeared yet…
February 27th, 2010 at 7:24 am
Please contact support if you’re still having problems.
February 27th, 2010 at 7:15 am
Aah, this is even better
February 27th, 2010 at 7:19 am
sorry my mistake i didn’t authorize it.
February 27th, 2010 at 7:26 am
GOOD! GREAT! GLAD!
February 27th, 2010 at 7:49 am
We like it! Cool.
February 27th, 2010 at 7:55 am
another magic feature from wp, it’s getting better all the time
February 27th, 2010 at 9:19 am
Thanks for this!
Just one question: other Facebook apps allow to include a thumbnail of a picture (included in my WP post) directly into the Facebook announcement (also choosing which picture).
Are you planning to do that with Facebook Publicize? Might be a great teaser for a link to WP.
Also, like many other users I’m looking forward to this app to go with Facebook Pages as well!!
February 27th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
We’re working on setting up photos and videos.
February 27th, 2010 at 9:44 am
cool and kereeeeeeenn
February 27th, 2010 at 9:54 am
Just in time.
I was going to dismiss the FB importing feature through “My Notes” cause it’s worthless and not flexible.
February 27th, 2010 at 10:05 am
Nice…… Really Really Nice
February 27th, 2010 at 10:24 am
fantastic! so if I put some photos in my wordpress post, they’ll be visible on my facebook wall if I choose to “publicize” the post, right?
February 27th, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Photos and videos aren’t quite set up yet. Soon though!
February 27th, 2010 at 11:25 am
Awesome…I love this!
February 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
AAAAUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOO!
February 27th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
@Vikas you can use Network Publisher for your .org blog – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/network-publisher/
February 27th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Cool!!!
February 27th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
Thanks.
February 27th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Thanks for doing this! I have two facebook pages – one personal and one fan page. Will the posts go to both sites? Or is there a way to direct the posts to both?
February 27th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
You can only send your WordPress.com posts to one place on Facebook.
February 27th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
great …i will have this when i join facebook
February 27th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
wow, i m lovin it. really useful. kudos to wordpress!
February 27th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
echt cool
February 27th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
great thanks
February 27th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
NEVER TOO LATE I BEEN WATING ON THE GATE
February 27th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
It is great, thank u!
Now waiting for a option to post to a facebook page, not personal acc
February 27th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
This is too awesome!!! Thank you WordPress. Love you
February 27th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Ooh-la-lah!!!
Veddy, veddy nice to know!
Thanks!
February 27th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
way awesome!!!! =D
February 27th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
wow…kereeeen.
February 27th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
Great I think
February 27th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Awesome!
Finally, an update that affects me! 
But does this import all your WordPress posts?
February 27th, 2010 at 7:40 pm
No – it does not import old posts, just the ones you write after you set it up.
February 27th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
If I already have my blog linked with facebook like I did when I 1st set up my facebook account,wouldn’t this cause double posts to facebook if this feature was enabled now? Seems like it would the equivalent to double linking.
February 27th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
There are several services (not just Publicize by WordPress.com) for linking your various accounts together (Facebook, Twitter, WordPress.com, …). If you set up multiple such services for whatever reason, you should probably experiment to make sure things don’t get double posted.
February 27th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Yeah boyeee
February 27th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
This was one feature i was waiting for since so long!
February 27th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Love it – well done!
February 27th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
I agree with some of the other comments. It really needs the option of posting to my fan page. When you do, PLEASE make sure to handle photos as well as text.
February 27th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
This is awesome and fun
February 27th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
thats awesome!
February 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Love the ease of use and user friendly downloads, rules, etc. Liking WP more every day. Awesome!!
February 27th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
So glad you’re looking into linking to pages — any sense of timeframe on that?
February 27th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
finally it’s here
February 27th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
This is a great functionality making it easier to share blog’s release from the dashboard.
Thank you guys.
February 27th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
Are WP blogs opened up within Facebook, or do these register as Facebook blogs? The latter would undercut WP readership and WP pageview numbers, not a very beneficial outcome.
February 27th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
very useful feature.although I had use import blog feature in facebook notes.
February 27th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
This is wonderful! I’m using it and it’s easy and handy. Saves work and time too.
February 27th, 2010 at 6:27 pm
This is great, now we (or at least myself) don’t have to use multiple apps/sites just to publish to Facebook.
Thanks.
February 27th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
Great
where can i find plugins menu?
February 27th, 2010 at 7:46 pm
Plugins are not available on WordPress.com
February 27th, 2010 at 8:40 pm
I think that it’s a really useful feature… before this I have to use other “tool” to post my post on FB… Thanks WP.com
February 27th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
I just installed this capability to post to Facebook. I must say that it WAS a tedious process, but it finally executed. This will be a real time-saver resulting in greater exposure and “reach;” Reach, that is, provided it works seemlessly. Time will tell.
February 27th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Great!
I have been waiting for it.
Thank you.
February 27th, 2010 at 9:47 pm
cool, much needed
February 27th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Very nice – much appreciated!
February 27th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
I already did that using the Blog/RSS import on Facebook (I can never remember how to get to it, so I’ll mention, you go to your profile page, click options, then settings [because somehow settings are different from options?] then Blog/RSS and paste in the RSS url of you blog.) I’ll try doing it this new way though, since Facebook quite often imports things multiple times via the method I’m using now, and also, it copies the content from the RSS feed, which can sometimes have stuff from unpublished drafts in it that I don’t want people to see (as I mentioned on http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/rss-showing-unpublished-draft-of-post-as-well-as-the-finished-version )
February 27th, 2010 at 11:48 pm
hi please help me connect with facebook…..
February 28th, 2010 at 12:03 am
good job guys
February 28th, 2010 at 12:25 am
Finally WP supports update to facebook status…. NICE
February 28th, 2010 at 12:53 am
Thanks for this new feature! I’ve been using FB’s method of posting my blog there, but haven’t really liked it–and I never know when it’s going to post. You put us in control! Thanks!