=== Simple Posting - Free social media scheduling with WordPress & Zapier ===
 
Contributors: Vispre
Tags: social, social media, social media scheduling, zapier, auto post, auto publish, social media automation, buffer
Requires at least: 6.1
Tested up to: 6.8.1
Stable tag: 1.0
Requires PHP: 8.0
Donate link: https://paypal.me/vispre
Author URI: https://stephanie-ruderer.de/
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
  
Send planned Post(ing) to a maximum of 5 Zapier Webhooks. Free Zapier account needed in order to use this plugin.
  
== Description ==
  
Use your Website as a free and simple social media tool for a maximum of 5 Zapier Webhooks.
Each hook can represent a different social media channel (or possibly any connection Zapier offers).

Save time and money as you don´t need any paid third party software to start with if you don´t want to.

Just like for standard posts you got a separate section in the WordPress admin for Simple Postings including categories and tags. 
The only difference is that you can select an Alt-Tag and the social media channels (Zapier webhooks) where you want it to be sent.

Like scheduling a standard post you can schedule your Posting for a specific date. 
As soon as you hit the Planning-Button the Posting gets sent to every activated webhook which schedules your data in Buffer for example.

Every Posting consists of a title, a text, a featured image and an Alt-Tag for this image. No videos possible.

Tipp: After scheduling a Posting you can replan it for another date and reuse it.
  
== Installation ==
  
1. Upload the plugin folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ folder.
2. Go to the Plugins page and activate the plugin.

Read more about [how to install plugins here](https://wordpress.org/support/article/managing-plugins/#installing-plugins-1).

== Who is Simple Posting for? ==

Simple Posting is for any person who is mainly posting text with image on social media channels like Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn.

== Important Note ==

Please note this is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) plugin.
You need a free [Zapier](https://zapier.com/) account to use this plugin.
Zapier itself uses other third party connections where your data is transferred.
  
== Frequently Asked Questions ==
  
= How do I use this plugin? =

1. Install the plugin as described in the Installation section.
2. Go to plugin settings page.
3. Go to Zapier and create a Zap with Webhooks by Zapier and the social planning tool you want to use. e.g. Buffer (if you don´t have an account please open one first).
4. Enter data for Zapier Webhook 1: name, webhook url and tick the checkbox to activate it. 
5. Create a new Posting with ‘New Posting’ in Simple Posting Submenu.
6. Give the Posting title, content, featured image and Alt-Tag (maybe Category and Topics as well) and select the channels you want to post it to.
7. Save as draft.
8. Select date and plan your post.
  
Repeat steps 3 and 4 for webhooks 2 to 5 if you need more.
  
After scheduling a Posting, it gets sent to every selected channel (webhook) automatically. 

For a full manual, please visit the [user guide](https://stephanie-ruderer.de/simple-posting).
  
= How to uninstall the plugin? =
  
Simply deactivate and delete the plugin.
All plugin settings will be deleted from database.
Your added Postings you need to delete yourself.

== Screenshots ==

1. Store and activate up to 5 Zapier webhook urls where your Posting gets sent to.
2. Overview of all Postings including Categories and Date.
3. Create new Posting.
  
== Changelog ==
= 1.0 =
* Plugin released.

== Upgrade Notice ==
= 1.0 =
* Important: WordPress minimum version is 6.1 and PHP minimum version is 8.0.