Boost Your WordPress Blog's Reach: A Step-by-Step Guide to Adding a BlueSky Sharing Button

In my recent post, Navigating the Social Media Landscape: My Journey with Five Platforms, I shared my experiences with the social media platform BlueSky, which I am excited to embrace as a new user!

Since BlueSky is new and (at the time of this post) has over 30 million users, it’s an exciting opportunity for WordPress bloggers to enhance their posts by adding a BlueSky sharing button at the end of their posts!

Let me empower your blog by showing you how to connect it to BlueSky. Many blogs have yet to embrace this fantastic feature (and it’s not only BlueSky that you can connect to your blog).

A dark image with the words Social Media across it. — Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

How To Add A BlueSky Sharing Button

On the dashboard of your blog, go to Tools – Marketing.

On the Marketing and Integrations page, click on the Sharing Buttons icon.

An image highlighting the Sharing Buttons icon on the dashboard of a WordPress blog. — click the Sharing Buttons icon.

Click on the Edit sharing buttons icon.

An image highlighting the Edit Sharing Buttons icon on the dashboard of a WordPress blog. — Click the Edit Sharing Buttons icon.

In the Edit visible buttons box, click on the BlueSky sharing button. If you do not already have it as a sharing button, it will be ghosted out.

Image highlighting the BlueSky sharing button on WordPress. — Select the BlueSky sharing button.

Click the Save Changes button.

The BlueSky sharing button will now appear on your blog posts.

Image highlighting the BlueSky sharing button on a blog post on WordPress. — Visitors can now share your posts with BlueSky.

Click the Reorder button to rearrange the order of the sharing buttons on your blog posts. To do so, click on one of them and drag the button to where you want it to sit.

Click the Save Changes button.

How To Connect Your BlueSky Account To Your WordPress Blog

On the dashboard on your blog, go to Tools – Marketing.

On the Marketing and Integrations page, click on the Connections icon.

Image highlighting the Connections button on the dashboard of a WordPress blog. — Click the Connections icon.

In the Share posts with Jetpack social box, look for BlueSky and click the connect button.

Image highlighting the BlueSky connect button in the connections area of a WordPress blog. — Click the BlueSky connect button.

Add your BlueSky Handle and BlueSky app password in the boxes and click the Connect account button.

Image showing where to add your BlueSky account details when connecting your WordPress blog to BlueSky. — Add your BlueSky details.

You’ll be asked to confirm your BlueSky account by clicking another Connect button.

Image showing the connect confirmation button when connecting a BlueSky account to a WordPress blog. — Confirm your BlueSky account.

Your BlueSky account is now connected to your WordPress blog. WordPress will share your posts directly with your BlueSky account whenever you publish a new post.

Remember to connect other social media accounts to your WordPress blog by following the same instructions.

Are you on BlueSky? I’d love to connect! Please share your BlueSky details in the comments so I can follow you. If you have questions about BlueSky, adding a sharing button, or linking your BlueSky account to your blog, feel free to drop them in the comments section—I’m here to help!

To follow me on BlueSky, click my BlueSky User name – hughsviewsandnews.com

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