Auto-post to social media
Connect your accounts once under Settings → Auto-post: every News post you publish then goes out on them by itself, with its title, summary, image and a link back to your site.
The accounts
- Facebook and Instagram (Pro): a Connect Facebook & Instagram button signs you in with Facebook. Pick your Page: the Instagram professional account linked to it comes along. No keys to copy.
- Threads (Pro): Connect Threads, the same way.
- Bluesky: your handle and an app password (in Bluesky: Settings → Privacy and security → App passwords). Not your real password.
- Mastodon: your server and an access token (Preferences → Development → New application, with write:statuses and write:media).
- X: your own X developer keys (developer.x.com, "Read and write" permissions). X charges a few cents per post to your X account; Trinity adds nothing.
- Telegram: a bot token (@BotFather, /newbot) and your channel. Add the bot as an administrator of your channel.
- Discord: a webhook link (channel settings → Integrations → Webhooks).
Each account has a Send a test post button. Disconnect removes an account at any time.
How it goes out
- Facebook: a Page post with its link card.
- Instagram: your cover image with the text, ending with "Link in bio → yoursite.com" (Instagram doesn't allow clickable links). An image that's too tall or too wide is trimmed around its centre.
- Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon, X, Telegram, Discord: the text with a link preview.
Good to know
- A scheduled post goes out on its date.
- Posts published before you connected an account are never sent, so your followers aren't flooded.
- Language of the posts: the title and summary are taken in this language.
- Every link is tagged (bluesky-news, x-news…): Insights → Campaigns shows what each platform brings you.