Post to Tumblr with Jetpack Social

Thanks to Jetpack Social‘s auto-sharing feature, you can automatically publish each one of your blog posts to your Tumblr blog.

Connect your site to your Tumblr account

To connect your site to your Tumblr blog, follow these steps.

1. Log in to your Tumblr account.
2. From your WP Admin dashboard, go to Jetpack → Social
3. Under Automatically share your posts to social networks, click on Connect an account.
4. You’ll be taken to Tumblr, where you’ll be asked to approve the connection between your site and your Tumblr account. Click Allow.
5. Select the Tumblr blog you’d like to connect to and press Confirm. If you have more than one Tumblr blog, you will be prompted to choose one.

Make the Tumblr connection available to all users

You can also make the connection available to all users of the site so that when another user creates a post it will also auto-share to this Tumblr connection. To make the Tumblr connection available to all users of the blog by marking it as a shared connection, follow these steps:

1. From your WP Admin, navigate to Jetpack -> Social.
2. Find your Tumblr connection under Connected accounts.
3. Click the ⌄ arrow next to the Tumblr connection.
4. Click and enable Mark the connection as shared.

When the connection is shared, it will be available to all administrators, editors, and authors.

Reconnecting Tumblr

If your Tumblr connection gets disconnected or needs a reset, follow these steps:

1. From your WP Admin dashboard, go to Jetpack → Settings → Sharing.
2. Under connected accounts, find Tumblr and click the ⌄ arrow next to the connection.
3. Press Disconnect and make sure the notification confirms the disconnection.
4. Log in to your Tumblr account, go to App Settings, and remove the WordPress app.
5. Return to your WP Admin dashboard and follow the steps to reconnect Tumblr.

Image display for Tumblr

• If the post uses an image post format, the image will be included.
• If an image is embedded within the first 256 characters of the post, that image will be used.

Troubleshooting Jetpack Social Tumblr Connections

As a first step, check that your Jetpack connection is working properly. Jetpack Social will not work correctly otherwise.

If you continue to have trouble with Jetpack Social, take a look at our Troubleshooting page or feel free to contact us.

Known Issue: Previously Scheduled Posts Not Sharing After Tumblr Reconnection

In certain situations, when Tumblr is reconnected, previously scheduled posts may not be shared as anticipated.

Status: Our developers are currently working to address this problem. We appreciate your patience while we work towards a permanent solution.

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

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

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