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FormatoCD Publish with Buffer

Generates Buffer posts automatically from WordPress posts. Connect your site to the Buffer GraphQL API.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.2.1
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 5.8 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update14 Sept 20261mo ago
Active installationsNewAdoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records FormatoCD Publish with Buffer version 1.2.1 as active, updated 1mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

FormatoCD Publish with Buffer is a powerful, lightweight plugin that automates the publishing of your WordPress posts to your social media channels using the modern Buffer GraphQL API.

Stop copying and pasting links! With this plugin, you can easily share your content across multiple social networks as soon as you hit “Publish”, or add them to your Buffer queue.

🚀 Features

  • Automatic Publishing: Automatically sends your WordPress posts to Buffer the moment they are published.
  • Multiple Publishing Modes: Choose between Share Now or Add to Queue.
  • Customizable Message Templates: Create your own message format using dynamic variables like {title}, {url}, {author}, and more.
  • Smart Hashtags: Automatically converts your WordPress tags into #hashtags for social media.
  • Category Filtering: Restrict automatic Buffer posting only to posts belonging to a specific category.
  • Featured Image Support: Automatically attaches the post’s featured image to the Buffer publication.
  • Duplicate Prevention: Internally tracks when a post has already been shared to Buffer to avoid duplicate submissions upon post updates.
  • Translation Ready (i18n): Fully prepared for translation. English and Spanish ( es_ES ) languages are included by default.

External Services

com) to automatically publish your social media posts.

Data is sent to Buffer ONLY when a WordPress post is published (or automatically published via WordPress cron) and the user has actively checked the “Send to Buffer on publish” option.

The specific data sent to the Buffer API includes:

* Post Title

* Post URL

* Post Excerpt

* Author Display Name

* Post Categories and Tags (formatted as #hashtags)

* Featured Image URL

This service is provided by Buffer. By using this plugin, you agree to their legal terms:

com/legal/terms

com/legal/privacy

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WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • auto publish
  • social media
  • buffer
  • graphql
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.8 · PHP 7.4
Update activity14 Sept 20261mo ago

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Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex

Recent tracked changes

Version1.3.01.2.1
Version1.1.01.3.0
WordPress compatibility7.0.47.1
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