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Connect Social Accounts

Learn more about connect social accounts in our help documentation.

Connect Your Social Accounts

Link your social media accounts to streamline content sharing.
Seamlessly integrate your social platforms for effortless management and scheduling.

Overview

We’ve done the grunt work to ensure your connected social accounts remain stable and uninterrupted for longer periods.

Note: Postly uses only official APIs from each social platform. This guarantees secure, reliable, and compliant connections that honor platform guidelines and privacy policies.

Steps

  1. Go to the Social Accounts section
    In the sidebar, click Social Accounts to view all available platforms.

  2. Select your social media platform
    Choose from popular options like Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), TikTok, YouTube, and more.

  3. Authorize the connection
    Follow the secure authentication flow. You'll be redirected to log in and approve necessary permissions.

✅ Connection Permissions

To ensure full functionality and prevent connection errors, you must accept all requested permissions during the connection process.

What to Do

  • Always check all boxes when permission prompts appear.
  • Do not edit or uncheck any permissions—especially for Facebook and Instagram.
  • These permissions enable scheduling, analytics, publishing, and connection refreshes.

Special Cases

Facebook & Instagram

These platforms offer granular controls, which can break the connection if altered. You must allow access to:

  • Page management
  • Instagram business accounts
  • Content publishing
  • Insights and analytics

Failure to grant full access can result in:

  • Post failures
  • Missing analytics
  • Expired connections

Other Platforms

Most other platforms (e.g., LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest) use standard OAuth scopes. Simply approve the request without changes.

⚠️ Postly does not request excessive permissions—only what’s required for publishing, syncing, and analytics.

🔁 API Token Duration & Refresh

Most social platforms issue access tokens that are valid for 60 days before they expire and require reconnection.

However, Postly has implemented advanced token management that automatically refreshes your token (where supported), keeping your accounts connected for much longer without manual action.

You will receive a notification before any connection expires, with clear steps to reconnect.

🔄 Disconnecting Accounts & Scheduled Posts

  • You cannot disconnect a social account if it has scheduled posts. Doing so will cause those posts to fail permanently.
  • Scheduled posts are not transferable.
    You cannot schedule a post to Facebook Page A, then disconnect and reconnect Facebook Page B, and expect the post to publish.

Always complete or delete any scheduled posts before removing a connected account.

Multiple Account Connection

Connecting multiple accounts (e.g., multiple Facebook Pages) may require careful session handling.

💡 Tip: Log in to each account in separate browser tabs before connecting them on Postly.

Platform Connections

Postly supports a wide range of platforms:

PlatformAccess Role and ConditionChannels
FacebookAdminFacebook Pages
InstagramAccount loginProfessional Instagram accounts
X (Twitter)Account loginUser Profile
YouTubeManager; only Owner channels are listedYouTube Channels
LinkedInSuper AdminProfiles & Pages
Google Business ProfileOwner access via GoogleGoogle Business Listings
PinterestAccount loginBoards
TelegramBot access requiredChannels
RedditReddit account loginUser profile & communities
TikTokAccount loginUser Profile
WordPressUsername or Email + Application passwordSelf-hosted WordPress account
BloggerGoogle account loginBlogs
ThreadsAccount loginUser Profile
BlueskyAccount loginUser profile
RSS FeedAccount loginUser profile

🔒 All connected platforms remain active as long as you publish at least once every 6 weeks.

Key Information

⚠️ Changing your password or logging out of the connected platform may require reconnection.
⚠️ Scheduled posts are not disrupted during reconnection, unless the account is removed.
⚠️ Only users with admin/owner access can complete the full connection process.

Supported Account Types

  • Facebook & Instagram: Only supports Business Pages and Creator Accounts. Personal profiles are not allowed.
  • LinkedIn: Supports personal profiles and company pages.
  • TikTok: Supports both personal and business accounts.

Troubleshooting Tips

  • Clear your browser cache and cookies before connecting.
  • Ensure pop-ups are enabled.
  • If an account fails to connect, try incognito/private mode.
  • Ensure your login has the required admin permissions.
  • Complete any two-factor authentication when prompted.

Security & Privacy

Postly does not store your account credentials.
We use secure OAuth flows that keep your login information private.
All permissions are limited to those required for publishing and analytics.

Auto-Reconnect & Notifications

Postly monitors token validity and will alert you before expiration.
You’ll get email and in-app notifications when reconnection is required.

Google Business Profile (GBP) Locations

Store addresses help identify locations with similar names:

  • BrandName Downtown
    123 Main St, City, ST 12345

  • BrandName Midtown
    456 Oak Ave, City, ST 12345

  • BrandName Uptown
    789 Pine Rd, City, ST 12345

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Postly is the best social media managing software. I have tried a few other social media scheduling apps, but this one is by far the easiest to use. I was able to schedule all my posts in less than an hour, and it took me 5 minutes to figure out how to do that.

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I own a marketing agency and getting…

I own a marketing agency and getting post approval to a good spot without having to pay all kinds of extra fees has been the biggest pain for us. After talking through our needs with my team, I went searching and tried dozens of tools that just didn't do what we needed or were so pricey that it stole all our profits. Postly's double approval makes it easy for my team to send over content and for another team member to approve before the customer ever sees it. It makes my job much easier and it gives us all piece of mind that branding and messaging will always be top notch with this tool. Thank you Postly!

Kabrina Budwell

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I absolutely love postly. It is the only social media scheduling website that I use and it's the best one out there. There are so many features that make my job so much easier, it makes my social media posts perfect every time. The fact that this site has a free plan too , gives me enough time to test everything for myself and see if I like the program or not before committing to buying a subscription which is very reasonable in price too!

Murphy Miller

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This is the best platform ever! And Paul is amazing! The customer service I get every time is amazing! I know this platform will become the best platform to manage your social media! Thank you for your hard work Team Postly!

Elena Diaz, Systemizit Limited

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Hi There, My name is Bud Chapplain and my company is The Self Employed Business Academy. Recently we started our Social Media Campaign and I was introduced to Postly. I am happy to say that the experience as been 100% positive. Easy to use and the platforms were just what we wanted. Keep up the good work and congrats with the new concepts.

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Andrea Forsthuber Lifeboxx

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Edwin Giliams

I have been using Postly for around 2…

I have been using Postly for around 2 weeks now, the platform is really easy to navigate and use, the AI writer feature makes life so much easier especially when having to write alot of captions for different clients, it generates copy that is actually usable, and if the content isn't 100%, you will definitely be able to bounce off it with ideas to write your own. Highly recommend for social media marketers looking for a reliable and easy software to use.

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Charlie

Excelente herramienta para la creación…

Excelente herramienta para la creación de contenido social. recomendado!!! atte Roger Bolivar

rogerfxbolivar

Clean Simple Social Media Posting

Postly has a great interface that makes social media management simple and clean. It's easy to use, works great, and has all of the popular platforms.

Josiah

Best Performer for the cost

Firstly, the pricing vs what you get is unbeatable in my opinion. It is quite easy to understand the interface and it has a very small learning curve. The unlimited team member feature helped us migrate all our Social media planning, scheduling and posting efforts to Postly, while saving hundreds of hours per year. Posting to multiple social media accounts might not be a big deal when you are sole manager and have a low post frequency. However, the chaos starts when you distribute this posting task to other employees. Even tracking who has social media posting access to which platform was a big issue even in our team of 4 people. It is saving us a lot of time and headaches. We have tried many tools for the job. Postly has the best price for the features you get.

can ogun

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I was using a social media management app which had very restrictions. like cant post videos, cant reschedule posts etc. Then in a facebook group someone suggested me to try postly! i first sign up as a free account to try the app. To my delight the user interface is so far the best i have seen! very easy to use even if you are a first time user you can directly start within 5 minutes! no steep learning curve. If you are looking for an app to manage multiple social media accounts then just go for postly! this probably the best app as of now!

Kashyap Rawat

Master of All!t

I have been looking for a social media automation tool for a long time, and finally, I think Postly is the one. At this price point, maintaining all my social media platforms should be hassle-free. Almost all the major social media platforms are included, 9 to be exact, and hopefully, more are on the way. Lastly, I was not looking for an AI writer but including that made it more lucrative. Hopefully, I will enjoy working with it, and Postly will continue to improve its service.

MMZ

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