> ## Documentation index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://dash.robopost.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connect WordPress

**You need:** a self-hosted WordPress site (version 5.6 or later) where you're an Admin, or a WordPress.com
account that can publish on your site.

Robopost connects both kinds of WordPress site, with a different card for each:

| Your site | Card | How you sign in |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Self-hosted (WordPress.org software on your own hosting) | **WordPress self-hosted** | Username and an application password |
| Hosted on WordPress.com | **WordPress.com** | Your WordPress.com account |

Want new blog articles shared to your social channels automatically instead? That's an automation:
[WordPress and Ghost](https://dash.robopost.app/docs/automations/wordpress-and-ghost.md).

## Connect a self-hosted WordPress site

Your site must run WordPress 5.6 or later, and you must sign in as an Admin user. If you're not an Admin, ask one
to help.

### 1. Create an application password in WordPress

1. Log in to your WordPress admin and go to **Users → Profile**.
2. Scroll down to **Application Passwords**.
3. Under **New Application Password Name**, type a name you'll recognize, then click
   **Add New Application Password**.
4. WordPress shows the new password once. Copy it and keep it somewhere safe.

### 2. Connect the site in Robopost

1. Go to **Channels → [Connect channel](https://dash.robopost.app/channels-connect)** and click **WordPress self-hosted**.
2. In the **Connect WordPress hosted Site** window, fill in:
   - **Site URL**: your site's full address, such as `https://www.example.com`.
   - **Username**: the WordPress username you log in with. Not the name you gave the application password.
   - **Password**: the application password from part 1.
3. Click **Connect**.

Robopost signs in to your site and creates and deletes a test draft to make sure it can publish. When that works
you'll see "Successfully connected", and the site is listed in **Channels → [Channels](https://dash.robopost.app/channels)**.

### "Connect error. Please verify your login credentials."

Robopost couldn't sign in, or couldn't create a draft. Check these, then try again:

- The application password is pasted completely, without spaces added at the start or end.
- **Username** is your login username, and that user is an Admin.
- **Site URL** is the address of your site, starting with `https://`.
- Under **Plugins**, the separate **Application Passwords** plugin is not installed. WordPress 5.6 and later has
  application passwords built in; if the plugin is there, delete it and create a new application password.
- A security plugin, firewall or host setting isn't blocking the WordPress REST API or application passwords.

### Edit your WordPress posts and pages from Robopost

For a self-hosted site, Robopost can open the posts and pages already on your site:

1. Go to **Channels → Channels**, click the **⋮** menu on the site's card, then **WordPress Dashboard**.
2. Pick the **Posts** or **Pages** tab and click an item.
3. Edit it and click **Update**. From the same screen you can see or preview it on your site, or delete it.

## Connect a WordPress.com site

1. Go to **Channels → Connect channel** and click **WordPress.com**.
2. WordPress.com opens. Sign in and approve access for Robopost.
3. Robopost opens **Connect Wordpress.com** with your sites. Turn on each site you want.
4. Click **Connect**.

"Successfully connected" appears, and each site is listed in **Channels → Channels**.

If the list shows "We could not find any data.", the WordPress.com account you signed in with has no sites.
Sign out of WordPress.com and connect again with the right account.

## Daily limits

A self-hosted site can publish up to 1,000 posts a day through Robopost; a WordPress.com site up to 10. See
[Posting limits](https://dash.robopost.app/docs/channels/posting-limits.md).

## Reconnect a WordPress site

If you revoke the application password, or the channel shows **Reconnect Required**, create a new application
password, open the channel's **Settings**, click **Refresh Channel Connection** and enter it. The **Site URL**
can't be changed there. See [Reconnect a channel](https://dash.robopost.app/docs/channels/reconnect-a-channel.md).

## Next

[Reconnect a channel](https://dash.robopost.app/docs/channels/reconnect-a-channel.md)