Post to LinkedIn with Jetpack Social

Share your blog posts to your LinkedIn profile automatically using Jetpack Social. Sharing your content to LinkedIn helps you expand your professional network and enhance your visibility in your industry.

Automatically share posts to LinkedIn

To automatically share your posts to LinkedIn, please follow these steps:

1. Connect your site to LinkedIn.
2. Create a new post on your site.
3. On the post page, in the upper right corner click the Jetpack icon (or the social icon if you use the Jetpack Social plugin).
4. In the Share this post section, toggle on the option Share when publishing.
5. Click the LinkedIn icon to select your connected LinkedIn account.
6. Publish your post.

Make the LinkedIn connection available to all site users

You can make the connection available to all users of the website. This means that when another user creates a post on your site, it will also be auto-shared to this LinkedIn account. Depending on the plugin used, Jetpack or Jetpack Social, you can do this by following these steps.

Enable the LinkedIn connection to all users when using Jetpack plugin:

1. Log in to your site’s WP Admin.
2. Navigate to Jetpack → Settings → Sharing.
3. Use the drop-down arrow from the right sidebar near the connection you want to share.
4. Check the Mark the connection as shared option.

Enable the LinkedIn connection to all users when using the Jetpack Social plugin:

1. Log in to your site’s WP Admin.
2. Navigate to Jetpack → Social.
3. Use the drop-down arrow from the right sidebar near the connection you want to share.
4. Check the Mark the connection as shared option.

Troubleshoot your LinkedIn connections

The auto-share feature of Jetpack Social relies on a working Jetpack connection. If your posts are not automatically sharing, first check the Jetpack connection. For further assistance, visit our Troubleshooting page. If the issue persists, feel free to contact us.

LinkedIn Connection Expiration

Jetpack Social uses refresh tokens to keep your LinkedIn connection active. Once connected, your LinkedIn account will remain active for up to 12 months without needing to reconnect, as long as you continue using the editor or wp-admin during that time.

When the refresh token approaches expiration, Jetpack Social will display a notice asking you to reconnect your LinkedIn account. Reconnecting will renew the token and extend the connection for another year.

If your LinkedIn posts stop auto-sharing, it may be due to an expired connection. Reconnecting your LinkedIn account will restore sharing functionality.

LinkedIn Company Pages

There is a known issue with the LinkedIn API, where permissions are cached for 5 minutes. As a result, if you attempt to connect LinkedIn company pages and do not see them after authenticating with LinkedIn, you should try connecting them again after 5 minutes.

Previously scheduled posts not sharing after LinkedIn reconnection

In certain situations, when LinkedIn is reconnected, previously scheduled posts may not be shared as anticipated. We are working on improving this issue.

Temporary workaround: In the interim, we suggest you implement the following steps to mitigate this issue:

1. Switch the status of the affected scheduled post to Draft.
2. Remove the existing LinkedIn connection.
3. Re-establish the LinkedIn connection.
4. Change the status of the post from Draft to Scheduled.

By following these steps, you can ensure that your posts are shared on LinkedIn as planned.