Post OnceConnect your source account
Your source account is the one you keep posting on, as usual. Pick it under "Where do you post first?" when you sign up, or on the Bridge page later, and sign in to that platform to connect it. Post Once can read from Instagram, YouTube, Facebook Pages, Threads and X.
The source account is where you keep posting, in that platform’s own app. Post Once never posts there. It watches it for new posts and reposts them to your other accounts. New to all this? Start with how Post Once works.
Which accounts can be a source?
| Platform | What Post Once picks up | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Reels and videos, photos, carousels, Stories | Needs a Business or Creator account. | |
| YouTube | Videos and Shorts | Public uploads only, at up to 1080p. |
| Videos and Reels, photos and albums, text and link posts, Stories | A Facebook Page, not a personal profile. | |
| Threads | Videos, photos, carousels and text posts | Any Threads account. |
| X | Videos, photos and text posts | Replies, reposts, text-only quotes and polls are skipped. |
Connect it when you sign up
- After you create your account, Post Once asks What slows you down most? Pick an answer and press Continue.
- Under Where do you post first?, choose the platform you post on and press Continue.
- Pick at least one destination under Where else should it land? See choose where Post Once reposts.
- On Connect your accounts., press Connect next to your source. The platform’s own sign-in page opens. Sign in, allow access, and you come back to Post Once.
- Connect your destinations the same way, then press Go to dashboard.
If you are not ready, Skip for now takes you to the dashboard. Press Connect accounts there to carry on where you left off.
Connect or change it later
Open Bridge in the top bar (or Manage bridge on the dashboard). In the Source card, press Connect as source next to a platform.
A bridge has one source. To switch to a different one, open the three-dot menu on the current source, choose Disconnect, then connect the new one with Connect as source. A destination that can also be a source has Make this the source in its menu, which swaps the two.
How quickly does Post Once see a new post?
It checks Instagram and X about every minute, and YouTube, Threads and Facebook about every five minutes. To check right away, press Check now above Your posts on the dashboard. Checking never sends a post twice.
Frequently asked questions
Can YouTube be my source account?
Yes. Connect your channel as the source and Post Once reposts each new public video and Short. See connect YouTube to Instagram.
Can I have more than one source account?
Each bridge has one source. To repost from a second account, make a second bridge. Free and Solo include 1 bridge, Studio 3 and Agency as many as you need. See bridges.
Will connecting repost everything I posted before?
No. Only posts published after you connect are reposted on their own. Older ones appear in Your posts, where you can post any of them by hand.