=== ParrotPoster - Auto Post to Social Media ===
Contributors: parrotposter
Tags: auto post, auto publish, autopost, autopublish, social media automation, автопостинг, автопубликация, vk, telegram, facebook, instagram, ok
Requires at least: 5.0
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 1.1.0
License: GPLv3
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

Auto post or selective post of news and products from the site to social networks (media) Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, VK, OK (autoposting, autopost).

== Description ==

**Autoposting of news and products from the site to social networks - fast and convenient!**
Автопостинг новостей и товаров с сайта в социальные сети – быстро и удобно!

Easy to understand and configure plugin for auto publishing (auto posting) news and products to social networks*.

= Supported social networks =
* Facebook
* Instagram
* Telegram
* VKontakte
* Max
* Odnoklassniki

= Features and benefits =

**Quick and easy addition of social media accounts 🚀**
You don't need to configure your apps within social networks, just go to the social network button, allow access and add the accounts you want

**Selecting certain accounts when posting ✅**
Choose only necessary social media accounts when posting products or news directly 

**Auto publishing to multiple accounts of social networks 🤩**
When posting, you can select multiple social network accounts and ParrotPoster will automatically post news/products to the selected social network accounts

**Unlimited posts 📍**
The plugin has no limit on the number of posts, publish as many as you need

**Auto posting with flexible conditions (news, products, pages) 🔧**
Customize auto posting templates by post type, selection of certain headings, titles, authors, tags, maximum and minimum product price, with selection of certain social media accounts and publishing time (immediate/time delay after news/product publication)

**Easily customize post text template for auto posting 📄**
Add title, excerpt, full description (content), line breaks, product prices and sizes, currency, weight, link, tags and more to the post text

**Create multiple templates for auto posting 👍**
Create multiple templates with preset settings for specific social networks accounts and with your own posting parameters

**Automatically publish news/products when added to the site 📚**
When you set up auto posting, the plugin will automatically publish news or products from the site according to your parameters to selected social networks accounts

**Selective posting of news/products from a site 📌**
On the edit page of the published news or product, you can click on the "Post to social networks" button, customize the post and publish it to social networks

**Publish pictures, headlines, text, links, tags 📝**
You can publish the main image, images from content or product galleries. As well as news or product titles, excerpt or full text with description, links to the news/product site, tags, etc

**Convert tags into hashtags #️⃣**
You can convert tags from a news or product into hashtags to make them look more succinct on social networks

**Customize the publishing time (Immediately/Delayed/Attempted time) 🕘**
Customize the time for selective posting or auto posting, for example selective news can be published at a scheduled time, and in the auto posting template select to publish the news with a delay of 1-10 minutes

**Adding UTM tags to links 🔗**
Add UTM tags (utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign, utm_term, utm_content) to links and track traffic in analytics

**Excluding duplicates when posting 😉**
The plugin allows you to automatically exclude duplicate news and products from the site to social networks on a specific auto posting template

**View the status of posts💡**
View results and publication times along with links to social networks posts

= Supported languages =
* Russian
* English


\* The solution "ParrotPoster - Auto posting to social networks" works on the basis of cloud API service [parrotposter.com](https://parrotposter.com) and has built-in payment functions. The trial period is 14 days, after that - from 450 rubles (~$6) per month.

✉️ Technical support: [support@parrotposter.com](mailto:support@parrotposter.com)
🌐 Service site: [parrotposter.com](https://parrotposter.com)

== Installation ==

* Install the plugin
* Activate the plugin under "Plugins" in the Wordpress menu
* Register for the plugin to work with it (required, because the plugin is based on the cloud autoposting service [parrotposter.com](https://parrotposter.com))

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= How many posts per day can I publish? =
No limits, but in the social network VKontakte you can publish no more than 50 posts per day, and in other social networks, we recommend publishing no more than 15-25 posts per day, so that the social network does not block the account.

= How long is the trial version and can I change the tariff? =
When you register for the plugin, you get 14 days of free use with the option to add 3 accounts to test the functionality. If you need more accounts - you can change the tariff in the "Tariffs" section.

= How many social network accounts can I add? =
It depends on the chosen tariff. The trial version has 3 accounts, on paid tariffs from 5 to 22 accounts. If you need to add more than 22 accounts, send us an email at support@parrotposter.com.

= Why I cannot add a social account? =
* You are not an administrator of the group/page or you were not granted any access rights
* Your Instagram username and password are not correct
* You can also try turning two-factor authentication on or off in Instagram, or changing your password
* You did not specify the Telegram Bot Token for your Telegram group/channel correctly
* You did not specify the Telegram link to your channel/group correctly

= Are there any plans to add new social networks? =
Yes, we plan to do this in the near future.

= Have not found an answer to your question or do you have a suggestion on how to improve the plugin? =
Email us at [support@parrotposter.com](mailto:support@parrotposter.com)


== Screenshots ==
1. Sign up for the plugin
2. Social network accounts
3. List of autoposting templates
4. Create autoposting (general, post template)
5. List posts
6. Post results

== Changelog ==

= 1.1.0 =
* Reworked the plugin admin experience around an embedded ParrotPoster interface with short-lived session tokens, iframe messaging, and a safer login flow after authorization
* Reworked autoposting scheduling: tasks are queued locally and processed asynchronously, and the scheduler reacts when posts are published, updated, trashed, or permanently deleted
* When a published WordPress post already linked to ParrotPoster is edited, the plugin updates existing social publications where appropriate instead of only creating new ones
* Improved reliability when calling the ParrotPoster API (automatic fallback across domains and clearer behavior when the service is temporarily unavailable)
* Optimized duplicate checks and last-publication-time lookups when publishing via multiple autoposting templates
* Added WordPress AJAX nonce verification for admin requests and restricted sensitive plugin actions to administrators only

= 1.0.16 =
* Fixed the publication of news with a delay

= 1.0.15 =
* Fixed delayed post publication

= 1.0.14 =
* Added display of last post time by template

= 1.0.13 =
* Added the ability to publish posts via already created auto-publish templates
* Fixed publishing images from cloud storage (like s3)

= 1.0.11 =
* Fixed parse images from content, when a third-party plugin adding CDN is enabled

= 1.0.9 =
* Added support shortcodes in post text/tags/link

= 1.0.5 =
* Fixed the publication of products without review

= 1.0.4 =
* Improved truncate excerpt of post

= 1.0.3 =
* Added support mobile resolution

= 1.0.2 =
* Fixed ui multiselect field in custom conditions

= 1.0.1 =
* Fixed jquery-ui loading
* Updated translate files

= 1.0.0 =
* Plugin created
