XPoster – Share to Bluesky and Mastodon icon

XPoster – Share to Bluesky and Mastodon

by Joe Dolson

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77 Quality Score
Active Installs
18/30

Around 10,000 active installs is modest, and it is a clear niche choice compared with general sharing plugins that pass 100,000+ installs.

Update Freshness
25/25

Updated within the last few weeks and explicitly tested against WordPress 7.0, which is the strongest signal in this report.

User Rating
11/15

A 76 out of 100 from 68 ratings is a decent but not glowing score, suggesting most users are satisfied without being enthusiastic.

Support Health
8/15

Only one support thread exists and it is resolved, which is a small sample size but a clean record so far.

WP Compatibility
15/15

Requires WordPress 6.4 and PHP 7.4, and is tested up to WordPress 7.0, which lines up well with current standards.

Scores higher than 54% of indexed plugins

About

Posts to Bluesky, Mastodon or X when you update your WordPress blog or add a link, with your chosen URL shortening service.

Active Installs 10k+
Rating ★★★½ 3.8/5
Last Updated 2026-09-09 9:21pm GMT
Requires WordPress 6.4+
Tested Up To 7.1
Requires PHP 7.4+

Security History

1 known vulnerability, all patched
1 High

Most recent: February 25, 2019

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What It Does

XPoster automatically publishes a post to Bluesky, Mastodon, or X whenever you publish or update content on your WordPress site, with an optional URL shortener to keep links tidy. It handles the OAuth connection and per-network message formatting so you do not need to copy and paste links into each social app manually. It is designed for one-way broadcast sharing rather than two-way engagement or on-page share buttons.

Who It's For

This plugin fits solo writers, indie journalists, small publishers, and nonprofits who want every new blog post to land on Bluesky or Mastodon (or X) without manual effort. It is a good fit if you treat social posting as a fire-and-forget distribution channel and you already prefer the fediverse or X over Facebook and LinkedIn. Agencies managing a handful of blogs for clients will also find the per-network template settings useful.

Who Should Skip It

If you need on-page share buttons, share counters, or scheduling of social posts independently of new blog entries, this is not the right tool, and AddToAny or a dedicated scheduler would serve you better. Sites whose audience lives mostly on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, or Threads should skip it because those networks are not supported.

The Bottom Line

XPoster does exactly one job, automated cross-posting to Bluesky, Mastodon, or X, and it does it on a current and well-maintained codebase with a tidy support record. Its narrow install base and middling rating keep the overall score in the 70s, but for fediverse-friendly publishers that single job is genuinely useful. Treat it as a specialist tool, not a replacement for a full sharing or scheduling suite.

Tags

bluesky mastodon post sharing social