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Using Frontend Post Submission and Auto Blogging Plugins

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Overview

WordPress to Buffer Pro sends status(es) to Buffer when a WordPress Post, Page or Custom Post Type is published or updated.

WordPress to Buffer (and numerous editorial Plugins) rely on WordPress’ status transitions to perform these tasks – for example, the Plugin knows to send your Publish status(es) to Buffer when a WordPress Post transitions from draft/scheduled to publish.

This transition should be the final step performed by any third party Plugin creating/updating a Post (in the same way that WordPress themselves do) after the Post content is completed, a Featured Image defined, Custom Field / Meta data has been set etc.

However, there are several frontend post submission, autoblogging Plugins and RSS aggregator Plugins that wrongly perform these status transitions before assigning a Post’s Featured Image, Taxonomy Terms, Custom Field / Meta data etc.  As a result, you’ll find that status(es) are either missing image / custom field data, or have incorrect data.

To resolve this, you’ll need to enable WordPress to Buffer Pro’s Use WP Cron feature, by:

  • Navigating to WP to Buffer Pro > Settings in the WordPress Administration menu
    WordPress to Buffer Pro: Settings Menu
  • Clicking on the General Settings tab