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1. gregfenton
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   I have the latest edition of wordpress but it will not let me install the 'publicize' feature. I have tried following the instructions via http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/how-to-get-more-traffic/ but the 'sharing' option does not appear under 'settings'.
   Can anyone please help ?

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 9 months ago #

   You need to install the appropriate plugins on a self-hosted WordPress site.

3. lilpixie123
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   hi gregfenton. youre on a self-hosted wordpress.org site right? i am having the same problem. i dont see anywhere to activate publicize like there is on wordpress.com sites and then when i go to settings>sharing there are options for my social media sharing plugin but not the new Publicize that .org just released.....

4. gregfenton
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   thanks for the reply's. I am on a self hosted .org site. same here lilpixie i have a social media sharing plugin but not Publicize.
   Any suggestions how I can get the Publicize feature ?
   If i can find something i will post it back here...

5. lilpixie123
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   thatd be great. im looking around and just dont see it anywhere. feeling blind. :P if i figure it out will let you know. from reading the wordpress email that went around the other day (about publicize) it seemed like it would just automatically be an option when publishing new posts- if you have it activated, so says the page. where can i activate? it cant be that hard!

6. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 9 months ago #

   It's not yet available as a package for self-hosted WordPress sites.

7. lilpixie123
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   oh ho ho ho. that explains it. i thought i'd received an email about publicize from wordpress.org. its from .com. thanks for that, esmi. i will just look for a plugin then.

8. omaxwell
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   This morning I got a little blurb in the "referrers" section of my Jetpack stats: "Want more referrers? You could turn on Publicize, or you could comment on other blogs!" Several minutes then wasted before discovering it's a .com feature exclusively. It looks great and I agree it would be nice to have for self-hosted blogs!

9. efikim
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   me too - either it shouldn't invite self hosted users to use publicize, or it should be available. How many hundreds/thousands of users will waste time looking for it?

10. stryaa
    Member
    Posted 5 months ago #

    i used it to "publicize" my post to twitter.. haha

11. makeupedia
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    I'm one of those hundreds/thousands who wasted time looking for it now :(

12. irishlotterynews
    Member
    Posted 2 months ago #

    2 months since the last post in this thread and I was wondering if there was any news on the publicize feature? I've been using it with a .com blog for the last 2 years and it has been fantastic for generating traffic, for some reason I don't see the same benefits when using the currently available plugins on .org like sharepress and twitter this. Fingers crossed it turns up in JetPack soon!!

13. Eric McNiece
    Member
    Posted 5 days ago #

    2 months since the last post in this thread, no progress.

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