An automated workflow using ifttt
Connects Twitter + WordPress
Create a draft in Wordpress with the text when you tweet with a specific hashtag
About this workflow template
This automation scenario allows you to connect Twitter and WordPress
It can be build using Ifttt, a no-code workflow automation tool. Ifttt allows you to create automated bots using a simple drag-and-drop interface for non-technical users. This is a ready-made scenario, but it can be customized by adding more apps, actions, filters or branches.
Twitter and WordPress can also be integrated using automation tools other than ifttt:
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How it works?
When this trigger fires in Twitter
New tweet by you with hashtag in Twitter
This Trigger fires every time you post a new tweet with a specific hashtag.
Then this action happens in WordPress
Create a post in WordPress
This Action will create a normal post on your WordPress blog.
How to set up this workflow
This guide contains information on how to set up an automatic workflow that allows to Create a draft in Wordpress with the text when you tweet with a specific hashtag.
Part I
Configure Applications
First, we need to connect Twitter and WordPress to IFTTT.
Create IFTTT account.
Create IFTTT account if you don't have one.
Connect Twitter to IFTTT.
Give IFTTT access to your Twitter account, using Twitter credentials.
Connect WordPress to IFTTT.
Give IFTTT access to your WordPress account, using WordPress credentials.
Part II
Build an integration workflow
Next, we need to create a workflow automation scenario using graphical no-code web interface of IFTTT.
Set up a Trigger action for Twitter
Choose the following trigger: New tweet by you with hashtag (This Trigger fires every time you post a new tweet with a specific hashtag.).
Then set up an Action for WordPress
Choose this action: Create a post (This Action will create a normal post on your WordPress blog.).
Part III
Test and Publish
Finally, we need to test this automation and publish it.
Customize data flow
Configure the data that is exchanged between Twitter and WordPress.
Test the workflow and turn it on for production use
Test your scenario and publish to production. Now you have an automatic workflow, that will Create a draft in Wordpress with the text when you tweet with a specific hashtag!
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Apps you need
A real-time social networking platform for connecting and engaging with people
Twitter, the real-time social network, lets you share ideas, follow trends, and join conversations worldwide. Stay connected with short messages called "tweets" and engage with a diverse community.
IFTTT helps to create applications connections with a simple statement: if this then that. For example: "Tweet your Instagrams as native photos on Twitter". You define a task by a trigger and an action.
