Post Forwarder

Post Forwarder is a powerful WordPress plugin that allows you to automatically Forward posts to multiple WordPress sites using the REST API. Perfect for content syndication, multi-site networks, or distributing content across related websites.

Key Features:

• Multi-Portal Support: Configure multiple destination WordPress sites
• Taxonomy Intelligence: Automatically maps custom taxonomies or falls back to regular tags
• Featured Image Transfer: Uploads and sets featured images on destination sites
• Custom Post Type Support: Works with any public post type
• Duplicate Prevention: Smart locking mechanism prevents duplicate posts
• ACF Integration: Transfers Advanced Custom Fields data
• Flexible Configuration: Easy-to-use interface or advanced JSON configuration
• Selective pushing: Choose which portals to push each post to
• Draft or Publish: Configure whether pushed posts are published or saved as drafts

How It Works:

1. Configure your destination WordPress sites (portals) with their REST API credentials
2. When editing a post, select which portals to push the post to
3. Upon saving, the plugin automatically pushs the post with all its content, taxonomies, meta fields, and featured image
4. Smart taxonomy mapping tries to preserve custom taxonomies, falling back to regular tags if needed

Perfect For:

• News networks with multiple websites
• Content syndication between related sites
• Multi-brand companies sharing content
• Blog networks and content distribution
• Development/staging to production workflows

Technical Requirements:

• WordPress REST API enabled on destination sites
• Application passwords configured for API access
• PHP 7.4 or higher

Technical Notes

REST API Endpoints Used: * /wp-json/wp/v2/posts – For standard posts * /wp-json/wp/v2/{post_type} – For custom post types * /wp-json/wp/v2/media – For featured image uploads

Security: * All data is properly sanitized and validated * Uses WordPress nonces for form security * Application passwords for secure API authentication * No data is stored insecurely

Performance: * Minimal impact on site performance * Efficient transient-based duplicate prevention * Optimized API calls with proper error handling * Smart taxonomy processing to reduce API calls

Support

For support, feature requests, or bug reports, please visit the plugin’s support forum or GitHub repository.

Minimum Requirements: * WordPress 5.0+ * PHP 7.4+ * REST API enabled on destination sites * Application passwords configured for API access