Blog

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

We currently provide this option for Medium, WordPress, Ghost, Micro.blog, and Micropub.

Add Accounts

Medium

On the Medium website, go to your Settings → Integration Tokens.
Enter a description (for example “iA Writer”) and get your token
Add the token to iA Writer using: Preferences → Accounts → Add Account → Medium

WordPress

iA Writer supports a variety of WordPress setups:

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

To add a WordPress account, follow the authorization flow in: Preferences → Accounts → Add Account → WordPress

Ghost

Add a new custom integration in Ghost Settings → Integrations
Add the custom integration Admin API Key and API URL using: Preferences → Accounts → Add Account → Ghost

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: Preferences → Accounts → Add Account → Micropub

Publish Posts

Once you have added your blogging account(s) to iA Writer, you can start publishing your drafts directly from our app. In the settings, the Options… let you choose whether drafts for the selected account are posted in HTML or Markdown.

You will see the Publish option appearing now under Export (if you do not see it, set up your account again).

You can publish in two ways: