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).
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.
- Click on 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.
- Click the Save Changes button.
- The BlueSky sharing button will now appear on your blog posts.
- 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.
- In the Share posts with Jetpack social box, look for BlueSky and click the connect button.
- Add your BlueSky Handle and BlueSky app password in the boxes and click the Connect account button.
- You’ll be asked to confirm your BlueSky account by clicking another Connect button.
- 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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I have the share button, and I have had several people sharing my posts on Blue Sky – thanks so much! I don’t think my posts share automatically on Blue Sky, though. I need to update that if I can.
It’s very easy to set up automatic sharing of your posts to BlueSky, Marsha. This post provides all the details.
Thanks, Hugh. I needed that.
Thank-you Hugh for the step by step dicrections they were very helpful.
I’m glad they helped, Brenda.
This is a great step by step guide Hugh. I might set up Bluesky purely for blogging. Thank you!
Great to see you on BlueSky, Wayne. I’ve followed you and will add you to my Bloggers Starters pack so other bloggers can find you. Check the starter pack out so you can see who is there and follow who you want to follow, or follow everyone with one click.
Thanks a lot Hugh. I will certainly do that.
Thanks for the tips, Hugh. I now, very happily, have a BlueSky share button. :-)
Good to hear, Diana. I only wish other bloggers would do the same. I could share a lot more then.
It makes it a lot easier. I’ll have to start looking for the button as I wander blogland. :-)
Thank you for this, Hugh. I love Bluesky, however, I found I have to be careful of who I follow. When I gain a new follower who has nothing posted, I don’t follow them back. I prefer to follow those with like-minded interests.
I’ve been contacted a few times by what I thought were authors trying to sell me marketing for my books, Eugi. I’ve noticed that they have very few of their own posts on their account, have lots of shares, few followers. are following lots of people, and have no details of any of their own books. I now stop following those accounts.
Good for you, Hugh. We’re on the same page.
Thanks for the perfect timing Hugh (hope this comment goes through, I’ve been having difficulties leaving them. I like Bluesky for its engagement and photo challenges. But, I added the Bluesky and Facebook Widgets to my sidebar and they both appear blank (white boxes). Weird. If this comment goes through, I might have fixed the issue by changing my time zone back to Pacific.
I had a quick look and both boxes do open to BlueSky and Facebook, but why they are blank is a mystery, Terri. It could be a bug associated with the theme you’re using. Only WordPress would know.
I got your email – thank you. This comment was waiting in my moderation queue, but it was the only comment from you. Looks like you found the fix, though.
I know you already have the BlueSky sharing button at the end of your posts, but were you able to connect your BlueSky account to your blog?
Thanks for checking, Hugh. I may have to change the colors of the background.
That’s a good idea. Not something I thought about.
Yep, changing the theme background colors worked! I’m still having trouble leaving comments using my computer. Jet pack app on my phone seems to be OK.
I got the same errors yesterday when leaving comments on my desktop computer. I slept on it and considered what could be causing the problem, which I will try tomorrow. I’ll keep you posted, Terri.
I’ve since discovered, I can’t comment on a post I read and open from my email account. I finally went into the reader on my phone in order to leave comments.
That’s interesting. Thanks for letting me know, Terri. More for me to ponder over. I’ve had a busy day today but have made time tomorrow to try a few things out and then tackle WordPress with my findings. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
I wrote a comment on another post after yours and the comment wouldn’t post. Sigh.
I had a few of them yesterday, Terri. At the moment, I am copying any comments I leave as if the error occurred, when I try a second time, it seems to work.
If I get any today, I’ll send a screenshot to WordPress.
I can leave a comment in Jetpack. Yesterday evening, on my PC, I wrote a comment and got that same error message. I also copied and saved some comments and tried again.
Thanks Hugh, appreciate the tip.
I hope you’re enjoying BlueSky, Paul.
Thanks for this Hugh. In the coming weeks, I plan to do a full audit of all my social media accounts—both personal and for my blog. I suspect I will be deleting some (e.g. Twitter and Threads), and will take some time to consider if I want to add any new ones.
Curious…are you using Substack at all?
Good to hear you’ll be doing an audit of your social media accounts, Michelle.
No, I’ve not tried Substack. I’ve heard a lot about it. Am I write in that readers have to pay to read some blog posts on it?
Yes, it seems most creators on Substack offer free content and an option to upgrade to a paid subscription. I am only using it to access free content so far, and I haven’t published anything there yet. I find it has a lot of thoughtful information and good discussion.
The ‘good discussion’ in interesting, Michelle. Unfortunately, good proper engagement on WordPress seems to have dropped off. I may check Substack out.
I find the same, Hugh. There’s about a dozen people who regularly read and comment on my posts but there has definitely been a drop in overall engagement.
Likewise, Michelle. There are now way too many ‘These are nice photos,’ and ‘This was a nice post,’ commenters now.
Great post! I didn’t know about Bluesky. Just created my account. @emwritescopy
Thank you. I’ve followed you on BlueSky.
I have added the BlueSky button to my blog and my website. I’m happy with the atmosphere there and I am following you already. I do wish WordPress would add the BlueSky sharing option in WP reader. Thanks, Hugh!
They only offer Facebook and Twitter sharing buttons in the Reader but there is an option to copy the post’s link and share it elsewhere.
Glad to hear you are enjoying BlueSky, Jan.
Done. Is there a widget so folks can follow you from your WordPress blog? (like there is for facebook, twitter etc.)
Yes, there is a BlueSky widget.
Thanks.
Another helpful and informative post, Hugh. I’m bookmarking and saving it for the future, in case I decide to become a BlueSky member. I haven’t made the jump yet. I’m quite happy on Facebook right now, to which I have a sharing button on my WordPress blog. :)
That’s great, Liesbet. Have you connected your facebook account to your WordPress blog?
Yes! :)
Great post, Hugh. I know we’re connected, but here’s how to find me on Bluesky. @dantion.bsky.social I’m being more careful about growing connections there than I was with Twitter, but I am certainly open to the bloggers that follow your blog.
Thanks for the details, Dan.
Likewise, I’m being careful who I follow, but another great feature with BlueSky is that you can block people easily so they never see your posts. Of course, they can re-register, but I’m vetting everyone that follows me. I’ve blocked lots of accounts, mainly spambots, but they seem easy to spot.