Connect WordPress

What you can post: Your own WordPress site.

How to connect

1. Open Accounts in the SolMarrow sidebar.
2. Choose WordPress.
3. Enter your site address, your WordPress username and an Application Password, which you create in WordPress under Users → Profile (WordPress 5.6 or later). It's a separate key, not your login password, and you can revoke it whenever you like.
4. Back in SolMarrow, the account shows as connected. You can now pick it under Post to in the composer.

What you can publish

• Blog posts: A title of up to 200 characters, your text as paragraphs, and tags. If you don't set a title, SolMarrow uses the first line of the text.
• Posts with media: The first image becomes the featured image and the rest of your media appears inline in the post.
• WordPress drafts: Save the post as a draft on your site instead of publishing it, then add the final touches in WordPress.

Limits

• Text: up to 100,000 characters.
• Media: up to 10 images or up to 1 video.
• The first line becomes the title unless you set one.

Tips

• Name your Application Password: Call it something clear like "SolMarrow" when you create it. If you ever stop using a tool, you can revoke just that key without changing your login.
• Put your best image first: The first image becomes the featured image, which most themes show in post lists and many sites use when a post is shared. Choose a wide, clean image.
• Title for search: Use the words readers would type into a search engine and put the main phrase near the start. Short, specific titles are less likely to be cut off in results.
• Draft long pieces first: For long articles, save a WordPress draft and check headings, links and formatting in the block editor before you publish.

Questions

Does it work with WordPress.com?

SolMarrow connects to self-hosted WordPress sites running WordPress 5.6 or later, using an Application Password. That's the setup the WordPress connection is built for.

Do I have to give SolMarrow my WordPress password?

No. You create an Application Password in WordPress, which is a separate key just for SolMarrow. Your login password stays private, and you can revoke the key at any time.

Where do I create an Application Password?

In your WordPress dashboard under Users → Profile, in the Application Passwords section. It's part of WordPress 5.6 and later.

Can SolMarrow set the featured image?

Yes. The first image you add to the post becomes the featured image, and any other media appears inline in the post.

See everything SolMarrow does for WordPress on the WordPress page.