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Connect WordPress to X

A WordPress blog only brings readers if people hear about new posts, and X is one of the fastest places to tell them. Connecting the two announces every article as it goes live, and can turn one piece of content into both a blog post and a thread.
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Ideas

What you can do with WordPress and X

Announce new WordPress posts on X, and turn content into posts and threads together. These are ready-made starting points. Anything else you can describe works too.
Every 15 minutesAI

Announce new WordPress posts on X

Each new post on your WordPress blog is announced on X with an AI-written post and the link.

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On a scheduleAI

Publish an AI blog post and announce it on X

On your schedule, AI writes a blog post from your keyword list, publishes it on WordPress and announces it on X.

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Every hourAI

Turn videos and docs into a blog post and an X thread

Each new item on your source list becomes a WordPress blog post and an X thread linking to it.

See how it works Your own logic

Any other automation you can describe in words

Your own rules, schedule and AI steps with WordPress and X, plus any other app. Describe it and your assistant builds it.

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Build your own

Build any WordPress and X automation you can describe

The ideas above are ready-made starting points, not a fixed list. Describe what should happen between WordPress and X in your own words, with your conditions, other apps or an AI step, and your assistant writes it, tests it and runs it on ClickRuntime.

  • Your own rules

    Conditions, thresholds, filters and exceptions, written the way you'd explain them to a colleague.

  • Any number of apps

    One automation can read from one app and update several others. Over 248 apps are ready, and anything with an API works too.

  • AI where it helps

    Summaries, classification, extraction and drafts use ClickRuntime's built-in AI, with no extra key.

  • On a schedule or on each event

    Runs as often as every 5 minutes, or the moment an app sends an event, and keeps track of what it already handled.

For example, ask your assistant

Only share WordPress posts in the "News" or "Guides" categories, and write a thread for posts over 1,500 words.

Each month, collect my X posts with over 50 likes and save them as a WordPress draft roundup.

Use cases

Why people connect WordPress and X

How the two apps work together

  • A check every few minutes looks for newly published WordPress posts through the REST API.
  • The script writes an X post or thread and posts it with the article link.
  • It stores the post ID so each article is shared once, and can write drafts back to WordPress.

  • Bloggers promoting each article

    New WordPress posts are shared on X with a hook and link. Readers find new posts.

  • Publishers resharing older posts

    Evergreen articles are posted again on X on a rota. Older content keeps getting traffic.

  • Marketers threading long posts

    A long article becomes an X thread with its main points. People get value before clicking.

  • Writers turning X posts into articles

    Popular X posts are gathered into a WordPress draft. Short ideas grow into posts.

More apps

WordPress, X and other apps in one automation

An automation isn't limited to two apps. Add the next step in another app and it runs as part of the same automation.

Share to X and LinkedIn

When a new WordPress post is published, share it on X with a hook and on LinkedIn with a summary.

Evergreen rota

Each weekday, pick the next article from my Google Sheet of evergreen WordPress posts and share it on X with a new hook.

Share confirmation

After each WordPress post is shared on X, post the link to #content.

Setup

Connect WordPress and X once

Every idea on this page uses the same two connections, so you set them up once. If one is missing, your assistant tells you and links to the right place.

WordPress

CMS

  1. In wp-admin, go to Users and open your profile, or the profile of the user the automation should act as.
  2. Scroll to Application Passwords, type a name such as ClickRuntime, and choose Add New Application Password.
  3. Copy the generated password straight away, along with the WordPress username it belongs to.
  4. In the ClickRuntime dashboard, save the username and Application Password as a secret on Connections & secrets, together with your site address.

X

Social

  1. In the X Developer Console, create an app and buy credits.
  2. Under User authentication settings, choose OAuth 2.0 as a Web App (confidential) with the callback https://clickruntime.com/oauth/callback.
  3. Use the scopes tweet.read, tweet.write, users.read and offline.access, adding media.write for images.
  4. Enter the client ID and secret under Connections in the ClickRuntime dashboard. You can use an OAuth 1.0a consumer key and access token for your own account instead.

FAQ

Questions about connecting WordPress and X

How does ClickRuntime connect to my WordPress site?
With an application password, which you create in your WordPress user profile and save in your ClickRuntime dashboard. Reading published posts needs no password at all.
Does it work with WordPress.com and self-hosted sites?
It works with any WordPress site that has the REST API enabled, which is the default on self-hosted sites and on WordPress.com business plans.
Can it publish posts on my blog, not just read them?
Yes, with an application password for a user with Author or Editor rights. It can also save drafts for you to review instead.
Will it post old articles to X when I first turn it on?
No. It starts from your latest post and only announces articles published after that.
Can it use the featured image?
Yes. The featured image can be uploaded with the X post.
Can it share pages as well as posts?
Yes. It can watch posts, pages or custom post types exposed in the WordPress REST API.
Can I write the X text myself?
Yes. The script can use an excerpt or a custom field you fill in, and only use AI when it is empty.

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