IFTTT Post Formats & Post Types
Set a post format or post type for your IFTTT-created posts via a post format or post type category.
5(2 reviews)
·70 active installs·Updated 9 years agoAs of April 2026, IFTTT Post Formats & Post Types is a WordPress ifttt plugin with 70 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WunderAutomation.
5/52 reviews
70active installs
7.9K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
IFTTT (if this, then that) is one of the coolest web services available, and allows you to connect your different web service accounts to create ‘recipes’. An example of a recipe that I have is to create a new WordPress post on my blog whenever I favorite a YouTube video.
Unfortunately IFTTT doesn’t have a way to specify a post format or a custom post type, so this plugin provides a couple ways to update them.
To set the post format, you need to set the category in IFTTT to one of the following categories:
ifttt-asideifttt-galleryifttt-linkifttt-imageifttt-quoteifttt-statusifttt-videoifttt-audioifttt-chat
So for my YouTube -> WordPress recipe, I have it adding the ‘ifttt-video’ category in IFTTT (IFTTT allows you to specify the category for the p…
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.1+ requiredTested up to 4.6.0 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
0.1.3
- Added the ability to set the taxonomy via the special
ifttt-taxonomy-{taxonomy_slug}category. - Added the ability to delete the
ifttt-*terms with theifttt_pfpt_delete_ifttt_catsfilter.
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