I just thought I’d write this short post on REBLOGGING. I’ve written, and mentioned before in some various posts about the inability for bloggers who move their WordPress.com sites over to WordPress.org, the self-hosted version, like I have, to be able to have a REBLOG button on their site.
I’ve done numerous searches to no avail, seeking to find a plugin to add onto my sharing toolbar, to enable readers to reblog my posts if they so chose to. Previously, I used a plugin called ‘Repost’, which has since been discontinued. Currently from what I came up with, and according to many unsatisfied bloggers who are in the same boat as I am, the only alternative I have found for myself to reblog others posts, is the PRESS THIS tool, which is available in all of our WordPress dashboards by going in and clicking on Available TOOLS.
There you will find the option to download PRESS THIS. PRESS THIS, has allowed me the freedom to capture text, photos, headlines, from whatever pages I’m on. A little screen will come up when you click on your upper tool bar (or listed in your favourites by clicking the star on your top right, main screen home bar where it may store itself). It will look like the draft screen in your WordPress, which it in fact stores the draft in your dashboard until you’re ready to come back to it and elaborate on it.
Many bloggers in the past, have asked me why they can’t seem to reblog any of my posts, and aren’t familiar with this little PRESS THIS tool. It’s actually a handy tool to download, not only for reblogging, but for a means to capture anything you may find on the web that you may want to use to include in your blogs.
I hope this solves some of the mystery of reblogging without a reblog button. And if anyone here has found a working plugin for their self-hosted site to add to the share buttons, I’d love to hear from you.
Below are two links you can click on to get a scope of this tool.
If you Google ‘Press This’, you will find more information.
https://en.support.wordpress.com/press-this/ http://www.wpbeginner.com/glossary/press-this/
DGKaye©July2015
I find it frustrating too Debby when you have a great post and I can share on the other sites but not wordpress… you have amazing posts and would be great. XXS
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Thanks Sally. Indeed it’s very frustrating. I can’t even access other people’s ‘press this’ button on their blogs because I’m not on wordpress.com. At least that tool allows me to capture the link to the pages I wish to reblog and then I go back to the site can copy and paste parts that I want to add to the post. 🙂
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Hmmm … come back to our side! Something else you may not be aware of Deb, we can’t comment directly onto a post of yours in our WordPress Reader. We have to go to your website each time. Did you know this?
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I pressed send before I wrote, there is a WordPress “Press This” button under our admin page. I’ve activated mine so it shows up on each post. Could this be the same as the tool you just told us about Deb? Bee xx
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I’m coming over to your blog to check. I’ll let you know after. 🙂
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Well this doesn’t surprise me Bee, as I always have to click onto an actual blog of anyone’s for me to comment as well. I’ll tell you, I’m so overwhelmed already at all this technical stuff. 🙂
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Do you need it all? If not … become a minimalist! 🙂 x
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Hmm, minimalist . . . a word that doesn’t usually exist in my world, lol. xo 🙂
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Try it! It’s wonderful! 🙂
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Such a shame about the Reblog feature.. I have seen Press This.. and never dared press it.. 🙂 Good luck in the future of sharing and being shared.. 🙂 xxx Love and Hugs your way.. Sue
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Thanks Sue. 🙂 xo Always something.
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I’ve never dared to press the Press This button either! I’m just learning a little more about what it does, thanks to this site!
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Thank you. Glad I could be of help.
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🙂
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I get so confused with technical stuff. I don’t even see a “press this” button on your site
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No Cat. Because it won’t offer me one. We all have the ‘press this’ tool available to download under ‘tools’ in our dashboards. Once you enable the tool, it gives YOU the opportunity to copy info, links, etc. from anywhere. You would click on YOUR ‘press this’ when you’re on a page you want to copy from and it will copy the link and whatever else you add to it to a draft page in your dashboard. 🙂
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It seems such a simple thing that sounds so complicated to achieve. I wonder why they don’t sort themselves out 🙂
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Ya think? LOL
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And that’s why I stick with the free version of WordPress, despite its shortcomings at least some things are more simple…
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I copy that! 🙂
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Thanks for the heads up, Deb. ‘Press This’ is now on my bookmarks toolbar. xxx
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So glad I could help T! ❤
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Thank you for this Debby. Just came from Tina’s site because you mentioned this. I’m going to try it out. ^_^
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Lovely Sara. 🙂
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I’ve never used Press This even though I’ve had the button on my Google page. Thanks for the tips.
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Most welcome Michelle. 🙂
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just trying to do this on my blog.
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I hope you were successful?
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