Facebook & Instagram Stories: auto-post Stories from WordPress

Stories sit at the top of the app, and your followers check them every day. Making one by hand for each new blog post or product takes time, so most sites skip them.

FS Poster turns a WordPress post into a Story for you. It takes the post image, puts the title on top in your font and colors, and shares it to your Facebook and Instagram Stories when the post is published or at the time you schedule.

Three Instagram Stories made by FS Poster with a color, an image and a blurred background

Design the story once

The Story tab of Facebook and Instagram in Settings > Social Networks sets how every story looks: the text, its font, size, color and position, and the background. Each new post then becomes a story in the same style.

Three kinds of background

  • Color: a solid color of your choice.
  • Image: an image from your media library fills the story, for example your brand pattern.
  • Blurred image: the post image itself, blurred and slightly darkened, so every story matches its post.

The post image always sits in the middle, on top of the background.

Story background setting with Color, Image and Blurred image options in FS Poster

Emoji in full color

Emoji in the story text are drawn in color, the way they look on your phone, instead of empty boxes.

Links and hashtags on Instagram Stories

Instagram accounts added with the login and password method can add the post link and a hashtag to the story. Our guide on scheduling Instagram Stories with links shows how.

Facebook Stories

Facebook allows sharing to Stories only through the cookie method. Once an account is added that way, the account story and the stories of its Pages show up as separate channels. Add them to a post like any other channel.

Good to know

  • Instagram Stories work with the app method and the login and password method. Links and hashtags need the login and password method.
  • Keywords such as the post title are filled in when the story is created, so one template works for every post.
  • Stories are part of every FS Poster plan.

Looking for ideas? See how to make Instagram Stories more engaging and our templates for Instagram Stories.

Frequently asked questions

Can I schedule Instagram Stories from WordPress?

Yes. Add your Instagram story channel to a post, and FS Poster creates the story image and shares it at the time you pick, or when the post is published.

Can I add a link to an Instagram Story?

Yes, for accounts added with the login and password method. Turn on Add post link to story in the Instagram story settings.

Can FS Poster post to Facebook Page Stories?

Yes. Add your Facebook account with the cookie method, and the stories of your account and its Pages appear as channels.

Can I use my own background?

Yes. Choose Image as the story background and pick any image from your media library, or choose Blurred image to use the post's own image.

Do emoji show up in stories?

Yes. Emoji in the story text are drawn in color on the story image.

More features

Auto-posting
01.
Built-in feature

Auto-posting

Automatically share new WordPress posts to your connected social media accounts with FS Poster.

Schedule Posts
02.
Built-in feature

Schedule Posts

You will be able to create Schedules which allow you to share your blog posts within the determined interval and selected filters.

Manual Share Panel
03.
Built-in feature

Manual Share Panel

You will be able to share or schedule custom contents, images, links without creating any WordPress post.

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