Postly for DEV.to
Connect a DEV.to API key and publish complete articles with tags, series, cover images, canonical URLs, organizations, descriptions, and draft controls.
Where you can publish
Content formats
Plan your first publish
Prepare the article for the connected DEV.to account and review its title, description, cover image, tags, series, and organization. If it was first published elsewhere, set the original canonical URL before saving a draft or scheduling.
Republish a debugging guide from your company blog. Check the code blocks, choose relevant tags, and link the canonical field to the original guide.
Inside your publishing workspace
Save named presets for your DEV.to workflows, choose a preset when preparing content, and review the settings before publishing. Create, rename, and manage presets in your workspace.
Presets supply reusable defaults. Review content-specific settings and account permissions for every post.
You can also apply presets across organization workspaces where you have permission to manage them.
Put it into practice
Follow these focused guides for the formats and publishing decisions that matter on DEV.to.
Select the connected author and prepare the article title and body.
Add relevant tags, a cover image, and the series name when the article belongs to a sequence.
Review the optional organization and choose draft or published status before scheduling.
Keep in mind: Preview code blocks and links so the technical content is easy to follow.
Copy the original article URL and prepare the content for DEV Community readers.
Set the canonical URL and write a concise description.
Preview images, headings, and code before scheduling the article.
Keep in mind: Use the canonical-cross-posting guide below for the complete workflow.
Current platform capabilities
Explore the publishing formats, creative tools, and controls available for your DEV.to content.
Use these shared creation, scheduling, collaboration, media, and analytics workflows alongside the channel-specific controls below.
Create one-off or recurring schedules, organize work in the content calendar, and publish now or later.
Draft, rewrite, shorten, expand, and adapt platform-specific copy with Postly's AI writing tools.
Use drafts, approvals, notes, publishing presets, and shared workspaces to keep reviews and handoffs clear.
Upload from the media library, preview each channel, and use built-in image and video preparation tools.
Reuse content across selected channels, import bulk posts, and keep campaigns organized from one calendar.
Review publishing results and channel analytics, then use the findings to improve future content.
Platform settings reference
Open Platform settings in the composer to tailor the post for DEV.to. Available options can depend on the selected account, content type, and API rules set by DEV.to.
Generate a DEV.to API key in Settings → Extensions; Postly stores it encrypted and workspace-scoped.
Set title, up to four tags, series, cover image, canonical URL, description, and optional organization.
Preview, apply presets, publish now, save a draft, schedule, bulk import, use Auto Post, or publish through API and MCP.
Use the article title, description, and canonical URL. Separate SEO titles and Open Graph or X overrides are not supported by this integration.
Set a main image and include images in the article body. Use publicly reachable image URLs.
Step-by-step
Open Social Accounts, choose the platform, and complete the platform's authorization flow.
Write a post, generate a draft with AI, reuse a template, or add content in bulk.
Choose the destination, format, audience, engagement, link, and media options available for this channel.
Check the channel preview, resolve media guidance, and send the post through approval when needed.
Publish immediately, choose a date and time, or use a recurring schedule where the platform supports it.
Republish a technical article on DEV.to with accurate original-source attribution, tested examples and a useful discussion prompt.
Frequently asked questions
Open DEV.to Settings → Extensions and generate an API key named Postly.
Yes. Choose draft or published status in the article settings or a publishing preset.
Not currently. DEV.to is available as a publishing channel; comments are not exposed in Postly CRM.
Delete from Postly, DELETE /posts/{postId}, and postly_delete_post remove only the post in Postly. Live content remains on every platform. Save live links and provider IDs before removing the post. The dashboard can move DEV articles to drafts; this is not permanent deletion.
Publish images using article Markdown and the main image URL. Postly’s image allowance is 10 MB. Direct video attachments are not supported. Use an embed supported by the article editor instead.
Postly accepts up to twenty selected media files for article preparation. Images use article Markdown or the main image; direct video attachments are unavailable. Supported embeds are separate.
Upload supported image formats, including JPEG and PNG. In the editor, Postly automatically converts supported images when a destination needs a different format, while keeping compatible images unchanged. Use Fix images in the channel preview for remaining size or aspect-ratio issues, then review the result. Repairs are checked again. Tiny originals, unreadable files and images that still exceed requirements need replacing or manual export. Enlarging cannot restore missing detail. Videos are not automatically compressed or re-encoded.
Review each destination separately. A successful destination should not be republished just because another failed. If the result is unconfirmed, check the live destination before retrying to avoid duplicates. Correct rejected media and retry only the affected destination.
Enter the exact original article URL in the canonical URL setting. Review the description, cover image, tags, and article preview before scheduling the cross-post.
Connect your account, build the post, review every platform setting, and schedule from one Postly workspace.
