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iA Writer for Mac allows you to share drafts directly from the app to various blogging platforms.

We currently provide this option for:

You can learn below how to add an account for each of those platforms.

Medium

  1. On the Medium website, go to your Settings → Integration Tokens.
  2. Enter a description (for example “iA Writer”) and get your token
  3. Add the token to iA Writer using: PreferencesAccountsAdd AccountMedium

WordPress

iA Writer supports a variety of WordPress setups:

  1. Publish to WordPress.com, and to WordPress sites with Jetpack plugin
  2. Publish directly to WordPress sites with WordPress 5.6 or later.

To add a WordPress account, follow the authorization flow in: PreferencesAccountsAdd AccountWordPress

Ghost

  1. Add a new custom integration in Ghost Settings → Integrations
  2. Add the custom integration Admin API Key and API URL using: PreferencesAccountsAdd AccountGhost

Micro.blog

Enter your account email, then open the sign-in link sent to you by Micro.blog.

Micropub

Enter your website URL, then follow authorization flow, or enter access token manually in: PreferencesAccountsAdd AccountMicropub

Publish Posts

Once you have added your blogging account(s) to iA Writer, you can start publishing your drafts directly from our app. You will see the option Publish appearing now under Export (if you do not see the Publish option, set up your account again).

You can publish in two ways:

iA Writer will create a new draft and open it in your browser every time you share a blog post.

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