ideas for simple wordpress to social network connection?
this is for entirely personal use.
i will be running a wordpress blog of my own and publish from monday to friday.
i want to upload the post, but then have different sized photos for the various social media networks that account for their respective aspect ratios. i would also like to have custom captions for each network as well. i don’t need this process to be instant, as in it doesn’t need to post to the social networks right when i publish on wordpress.
another feature i would like is something with a unified inbox, a way to see who responds, respond to them, answer dms, track new followers if possible. the main attraction here is simply being able to respond to comments, everything else would be a nice bonus.
i’ve looked around and it seems like buffer would do this, but at a relatively expensive price for my needs. at least from what i can tell. i used buffer at a previous job and that integration was fine, but i only ever saw it from within wordpress. there was a social tab that allowed you to upload the facebook aspect ratio image and write a custom caption, then do the same for twitter and instagram etc.
however, afaik, buffer allows for posting to three networks with their free plan and does not include the unified inbox. i currently have four networks in mind right now, facebook, instagram, twitter, and bluesky. this could evolve to include youtube and tiktok and whatever else the future holds. those first four puts buffer at $20 a month or $240 a year. the additional two puts me at $30 a month or $360 a year. this is unfortunately just too rich for my bones.
i took a peek at oneup and that seems like the most cost effective and worthwhile solution, but i can’t find much information on how it works alongside wordpress. does anyone happen to have any input on this process?
it seems like i can do it manually, where i publish from wordpress, then take the link and schedule posts in oneup then keep it moving. however, i would kinda prefer if there was a process that automated the part when oneup “receives” that a new post is up on the wordpress blog and then i can just…go from there as far as what to do with it.
sorry for rambling, but i feel like i’ve been caught between the two dreaded houses of social media marketing solutions: too expensive or doesn’t do enough.
any help is appreciated! again, sorry for the long post and somewhat rambling nature of all of this.