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jeherve on 11 Jun 2014

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Noting that is also tracked internally for our team as well. Not a current priority however.

jkudish on 25 Sep 2014

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Any progress on this? It's a shame that you can only post to personal accounts.

oojacoboo on 23 Oct 2014

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Any progress on this? It's a shame that you can only post to personal accounts.

I don't think LinkedIn has developed any API allowing automatic posting to
company pages yet, but when they do we'll be sure to consider adding the
option to Publicize.

jeherve on 24 Oct 2014

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Hey @jeherve this has been available for a year or more now.

https://developer.linkedin.com/creating-company-shares

oojacoboo on 24 Oct 2014

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Thanks for that, I didn't know about it. I'll let our team in charge of Publicize know.

jeherve on 25 Oct 2014

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Another request here:
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/linkedin-page-sharing?replies=2

jeherve on 16 Dec 2014

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Another request in 2056747-t

richardmtl on 14 Jan 2015

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Requested in 2111488-t

kraftbj on 25 Feb 2015

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The landscape for LinkedIn's API has changed a lot in the past 2 years, but sharing to a Company page is possible (and appears it will remain so for the foreseeable future). Here are direct links to some relevant sections in the (REST) API docs:

aensley on 25 Feb 2015

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@jeherve any update on this?

oojacoboo on 8 Mar 2015

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@oojacoboo I don't have any news yet, but we'll post here as soon as we start making progress on this.

jeherve on 8 Mar 2015

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Requested in 2126804-t

kraftbj on 16 Mar 2015

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Requested in 2134159-t

mikeyarce on 23 Mar 2015

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Please add this feature asap. I am also a PHP developer but I never contributed to any project online. I am ready to help if anyone can guide me.

divyadeepsawhney on 6 Apr 2015

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@divyadeepsawhney, you could do a pull request on the publicize module. Be sure to check out Jetpack's project-specific instructions too. I'd do it myself (as I badly need this feature as well), but I simply have no time right now.

aensley on 6 Apr 2015

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Also requested here:
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/publicize-to-linkedin-company-page-3?replies=1&view=all

jeherve on 10 Apr 2015

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jeherve on 16 Apr 2015

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Semi-related: #668

jkudish on 2 May 2015

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Requested here 2179590-t

jenhooks on 5 May 2015

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Requested in 2180984-t today.

csonnek on 7 May 2015

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@aensley It seems like a lot of the logic for sharing posts is within a web service call (https://public-api.wordpress.com/connect/?jetpack=publicize). I don't think adding the LinkedIn Company page logic to https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/tree/master/modules/publicize makes sense, unless I'm misunderstanding something?

glenscott on 13 May 2015

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Correct, an addition like this would require an update on the WP.com side not only in Jetpack.

jkudish on 15 May 2015

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Requested in 2203763-t

mikeyarce on 26 May 2015

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Requested in 2206512-t

mikeyarce on 28 May 2015

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Requested in 2213198-t

csonnek on 3 Jun 2015

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I would greatly appreciate this feature as well.

sdavids13 on 14 Jun 2015

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This feature would help our school tremendously! I hope it is added as soon as possible.

JacobJWalker on 19 Jun 2015

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Also suggested in 2238951-t

chaselivingston on 24 Jun 2015

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chaselivingston on 25 Jun 2015

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kraftbj on 30 Jun 2015

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annezazuu on 7 Jul 2015

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csonnek on 13 Jul 2015

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:+1:

cromulus on 29 Jul 2015

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jeherve on 30 Jul 2015

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csonnek on 31 Jul 2015

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:+1:

tareq1988 on 10 Aug 2015

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annezazuu on 14 Aug 2015

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Hi. What's the development progress on this feature. I have some free time & I may contribute this feature. Kindly update me about the progress & instructions.

divyadeepsawhney on 15 Aug 2015

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@divyadeepsawhney We haven't made any progress on this yet. I'm afraid you won't be able to contribute to get this feature added to Jetpack, as most of the Publicize lives on WordPress.com servers, and not on your site or in this GitHub repo.

We'll post here as soon as we make progress on this.

jeherve on 16 Aug 2015

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csonnek on 20 Aug 2015

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would be great to get this feature.
Exists any other plugin which is able to do that?

martinschenk on 27 Aug 2015

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ntpixels on 29 Sep 2015

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Also in https://wordpress.org/support/topic/linkedin-url-not-correct?replies=1

csonnek on 15 Oct 2015

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Also suggested in 2433382-t

jeherve on 25 Nov 2015

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I also want this one :(

tanujboy on 29 Nov 2015

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Ditto!

mikakaltoft on 1 Dec 2015

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Also in 2460137-t

lschuyler on 17 Dec 2015

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Also in 2462176-t

ntpixels on 18 Dec 2015

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I am also waiting for this..

iaikart on 5 Jan 2016

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This has been open for almost 2 years, has any consideration been given to it yet?

Korvacs on 8 Jan 2016

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@Korvacs We haven't made any progress on this yet. We'll update this issue as soon as we start working on it.

jeherve on 8 Jan 2016

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Requested in 2483159-t

annezazuu on 11 Jan 2016

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Would love to see this feature added

jpen365 on 25 Jan 2016

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would be lovely! - :+1: +1

mookid8000 on 25 Jan 2016

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Requested in 2511680-t

lschuyler on 30 Jan 2016

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same here, please!

pabloleone on 9 Feb 2016

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same here too!
Thanks

DennysDionigi on 10 Feb 2016

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same here too!
Thanks

AlejandroGiardino on 18 Feb 2016

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I don't mean to seem impatient, but how many users have to request something before it becomes a priority? This has been open for almost 3 years with nearly 50 different requests documented here and no progress. Were there really that many people asking for a Skype sharing button or yet another social icons widget?

The API calls are simple ( https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/issues/259#issuecomment-76062603 ), and many have stepped up willing to do the work, except that it has to happen in a place we can't access.

Please make this a priority or tell us how we can help you do that. I'll start a social media campaign for it if you want. :-)

aensley on 18 Feb 2016

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As there is still no progress, can anyone at least offer a workaround? Thanks

lannison on 24 Feb 2016

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@lannison Until this is implemented in Jetpack, you could try this plugin. It seems to offer the option to post to LinkedIn company pages:

LinkedIn - Autopost to your account. Ability to attach your blogpost to LinkedIn post. Autopost to LinkedIn Company pages and/or Groups (with third party API library)

jeherve on 24 Feb 2016

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That plugin requires a premium "API" plugin in order to enable that feature, which means we can't copy the code into our own solutions :-(. I may just have to write my own plugin for this one feature. If I do, I'll post a link here.

aensley on 25 Feb 2016

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aheckler on 25 Mar 2016

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ntpixels on 25 Mar 2016

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aheckler on 22 Apr 2016

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ntpixels on 6 May 2016

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Hi
Sorry for late response but that is possible with linkedln api an i am currently using that feature in my web app through which i can post my content into linkedln business page.

I am also attach my script file and my script so that it would be easy for your to take a look and if you need live example then i will share you screen shots or my web app link where it is working. But before
posting that link please check below files and script and if there is any issue then update me i will check that.

Where as is there any way to post content on google+ business page as same as linkedln web page?

/*------------------------------------ Script ------------------------------------*/
function linkedln_companypost(){
        $comment = $this->input->post('xxxxxxxx');;
        $title = $this->input->post('xxxxxxxxx');
        if($this->input->post('xxxxxxxxxxx') !='' && strlen($this->input->post('xxxxxxxxx'))>250){
            $description = substr($this->input->post('xxxxxxxxxxx'),0,250).'...';
        }else{
            $description = $this->input->post('xxxxxxxxxxx');
        }       
        $submitted_url = $this->input->post('xxxxxxxxx');
        $strShare = 
        '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
        <share>  
          <comment>'.$comment.'</comment>  
          <content> 
             <title>'.$title.'</title>  
            <description>'.$description.'</description> 
            <submitted-url>'.$submitted_url.'</submitted-url> 
            <submitted-image-url>http://example.com</submitted-image-url> 
          </content> 
          <visibility> 
            <code>anyone</code> 
          </visibility>  
        </share>';
        $access_token = 'your access token';
        $url = 'https://api.linkedin.com/v1/companies/7786995/shares?oauth2_access_token='.$access_token;
        // build your message
        $ch = curl_init($url);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,$strShare);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);  
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-type: application/xml','Connection: Keep-Alive'));
        $response = curl_exec($ch);
        $http_status = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
        curl_close($ch);    
        if($http_status == 201){
            echo true;
        }else{
            echo false;
        }       
    }

Piyush5767 on 15 May 2016

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I would like to add my voice to a request for this much-needed feature. We need to be able to use the Jetpack Social Media Icons to link to Linkedin business accounts on business websites!

Update: Looks like Jetpack Mechanic @jeherve actually provided a workaround in a thread here in the Wordpress Support forums.

You can hardcode a new LinkedIn Company page icon into the widget by putting the following code into your functions.php file. Just make sure to change the company name and URL to your own:

function jetpackme_linkedin_company_icon( $html_array ) {
    return
        $html_array +
        array(
            25 =>    // This key can be modified to change the order the new item will appear in the list
                '<a title="Automattic" '
                . 'href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/automattic" '
                . 'class="genericon genericon-linkedin" target="_blank">'
                . '<span class="screen-reader-text">Automattic Company Profile</span></a>'
        );
}
add_filter( 'jetpack_social_media_icons_widget_array', 'jetpackme_linkedin_company_icon' );

As far as the key, it appears that this is the list, in increments of 10, based on the code here. Your first icon has a key of 20, second is 30, etc...:

'facebook'   => array( 'Facebook', 'https://www.facebook.com/%s/' ),
'twitter'    => array( 'Twitter', 'https://twitter.com/%s/' ),
'instagram'  => array( 'Instagram', 'https://instagram.com/%s/' ),
'pinterest'  => array( 'Pinterest', 'https://www.pinterest.com/%s/' ),
'linkedin'   => array( 'LinkedIn', 'https://www.linkedin.com/in/%s/' ),
'github'     => array( 'GitHub', 'https://github.com/%s/' ),
'vimeo'      => array( 'Vimeo', 'https://vimeo.com/%s/' ),
'googleplus' => array( 'Google+', 'https://plus.google.com/u/0/%s/' ),

evelynriossf on 30 May 2016

Google+ pages already work with this plugin. If you're having a problem you should open a separate issue.

nemchik on 30 May 2016

@evelynriossf This issue is about using the Publicize plugin to share links to LinkedIn Company pages. Your post - while helpful - is about the Social Media Icons Widget. That's a separate issue.

aensley on 31 May 2016

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@aensley My mistake. You are correct. It is a very similar issue for a separate Jetpack function.

evelynriossf on 31 May 2016

jeherve on 13 Jun 2016

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requested here 2686724-t

annezazuu on 14 Jun 2016

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requested in 2700934-t

ntpixels on 15 Jun 2016

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Please!!! Please!!! Make this a top priority!
Pleeease!!!!!!

walexus2000 on 18 Jun 2016

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requested in 2704361-t

chaselivingston on 20 Jun 2016

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Common Automattic, I think it's high time you took this seriously.

samseen on 21 Jun 2016

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+1

The Jetpack developers should watch this.

MikeRuddock on 21 Jun 2016

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I support this request!

paramedicquebec on 21 Jun 2016

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To avoid repeating myself, I'll refer to my previous comment: https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/issues/259#issuecomment-185819753

aensley on 21 Jun 2016

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lamdayap on 9 Jul 2016

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I just read all of these +1 comments. There has to be more value in posting to company pages than personal pages. Could we at least get a reasonable status report on this much-requested feature?

mstarnes on 9 Aug 2016

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cena on 19 Aug 2016

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jeherve on 22 Aug 2016

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+1

jrosseel on 23 Aug 2016

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jeherve on 23 Aug 2016

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+1

naturalnetworks on 5 Sep 2016

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Also in 2819713-t

csonnek on 6 Sep 2016

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I support this request!

vaishalijp on 12 Sep 2016

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+1

raphadko on 19 Sep 2016

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annezazuu on 30 Sep 2016

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csonnek on 5 Oct 2016

+1

Actually, +10 -- if I could do that :-)

sanand0 on 15 Oct 2016

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+1

BenKalsky on 19 Oct 2016

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+1

hisnameisjimmy on 4 Nov 2016

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+1

laudesign on 10 Nov 2016

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+1

albertonieto on 16 Nov 2016

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+1

timmcdesign on 16 Nov 2016

👍1

+1

trsenna on 21 Nov 2016

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Guys, what are you waiting for :p ???!!!
+10000

cedriccharles4 on 23 Nov 2016

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+1

newlyregistered26 on 29 Nov 2016

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+1

MitchTalmadge on 3 Dec 2016

Requested in 2951321-t

csonnek on 8 Dec 2016

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Definitelly something I would really need. Thanks for any effort ...

davidovich1 on 15 Dec 2016

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Requested in 2962930-t

RCowles on 19 Dec 2016

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Any news? My company could really use this, as we have one person dedicated to merely copying and pasting our articles

ChiefGyk on 20 Dec 2016

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One of our clients is pretty bummed out that this isn't a thing and posts don't auto-post to his company page. Any news on this?

EmilyHerr on 20 Dec 2016

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@ChiefGyk @wdac-davy We haven't made any progress on this yet. We'll update this issue as soon as we start working on it. Until this is implemented in Jetpack, you could try this plugin. It seems to offer the option to post to LinkedIn company pages:

LinkedIn - Autopost to your account. Ability to attach your blogpost to LinkedIn post. Autopost to LinkedIn Company pages and/or Groups (with third party API library)

jeherve on 20 Dec 2016

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+1

davidcastrejon on 23 Jan 2017

Thumbs DOWN on using NextScripts. We bought their solution and since we've started having problems posting to LinkedIn company pages, they won't respond to anyone.

I (like many others I've seen posting) have both a ticket and a post in their support forum and all they have done in a week is to ask me to repeat myself. I've provided them with all the details including images in their support ticket system but they simply avoid me and others asking about this and similar problems.

Having this in wordpress, jetpack, what ever the politics are with Wordpress would be a plus after years of begging by countless people.

dac2020 on 28 Jan 2017

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MikeRuddock on 28 Jan 2017

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So, just went through the process of setting up a LinkedIn company page. Took forever: email setup, images, etc. etc. Then went back to Publicize in Jetpack to link the new page and to my "chagrin" (who uses that word anymore), it would only link to my personal page. ARRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!

On the other hand, Facebook was simple. I have 6 company pages setup in Facebook and Publicize recognized them no problem and allowed me to connect just to the one page that has to do with my website at www.FreeFXTradingStrategies.com. AWESOME.... If it can be done for FB, why not Linkedin?

PLEASE make it where Linkedin company pages can be linked and not the personal profile, Jetpack. It would help greatly!!!

FreeFXTradingStrategies on 28 Jan 2017

Everyone is going to like hearing this. It isn't the solution but it's simple enough to do.
LinkedIn has now added an opengraph type option in their new company pages they are testing.
Just like on Facebook, you simply enter the url of the post and the image, title and text get picked up on the blog site.

While it isn't 100% automatic, for me at least, this solves the problem.
I'm guessing this might also mean it will become a simpler solution for a plugin?

Update: Actually, on the second try, it didn't pick up the text, only the title in the new view but it does show both in the old non preview company page.
But then, it's a preview of what's coming so maybe there are bugs.

dac2020 on 28 Jan 2017

Also requested in 3028964-t

lschuyler on 31 Jan 2017

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3 years later... Still not a priority?
+1

marcuswallberg on 2 Feb 2017

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Requested in 3042716-t

lschuyler on 7 Feb 2017

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I'd love to see this feature still.

KraziyK on 9 Feb 2017

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publicize_linkedin

You have got to be kidding me.

I give up. This will never happen, folks. Automattic simply doesn't care about this feature. Don't waste your time hoping like I have for the past FOUR YEARS.

aensley on 10 Feb 2017

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This is outrageous.

evelynriossf on 10 Feb 2017

Maybe we should start bugging LinkedIn about this. Perhaps they will have more luck convincing Automattic to add it to JetPack than we all do!!!

NOTE: I want it JetPack - I've already got enough trouble with all the plugins I have not working well together or even actively interfering with each other. I'm not installing another plugin just for this, my site's LinkedIn presence is at the mercy of Automattic.

schultzter on 10 Feb 2017

I thought I should point out that LinkedIn seems to have made an update. I never noticed this before so am not sure if it's new or not but, they seem to have added opengraph import functions.

When I went to my company page, I found that I could now simply enter the URL of the post I wanted to import and just like FB, the image, title and text excerpt got pulled in. That's my simple solution to this problem at this point and can even get rid of a plugin that's costing me fifty bucks a year.

The subscription model everyone has gone to really adds up to heavy costs when running a number of web sites. Trying to consolidate costs is important these days.

dac2020 on 10 Feb 2017

Howdy y'all,

The Publicize Next milestone was one for an older initiative from another part of the company that did not include this enhancement. That project doesn't exist anymore and the removal of this from the milestone is meant to be reflective of reality (e.g. there is no "Publiclize Next" project).

We are very much aware of everyone here's desire for this feature and we are very mindful of it. We have been putting work into making this happen, unfortunately, there are a number of technical considerations that have made this much more complicated than it might seem at first glance. Thank you for your patience, and we look forward to sharing this feature with you as soon as possible.

kraftbj on 10 Feb 2017

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@kraftbj If you're "putting work into making this happen," then logically, it should be assigned to a milestone. For the first time since this Issue was opened, it has none.

aensley on 10 Feb 2017

@aensley We're experimenting with moving away from using milestones for future versions and using it for project milestones instead, e.g. https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/milestones . With our move to monthly releases, it isn't fair or accurate to assign PRs/issues to a monthly milestone unless it is ready to merge.

In other words, the lack of milestone is not indicative of potential for shipping or not with the system we're using now.

kraftbj on 10 Feb 2017

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Hi, I'm the developer that's been working on adding LinkedIn Company Pages functionality.

As a partial technical explanation of what's been so tricky about building it out, a lot of it comes down to managing authentication. The Publicize connection to LinkedIn was originally built out using a (then-current) OAuth1 implementation -- LinkedIn has since started offering a new OAuth2 implementation, which is what is required for using the endpoints and permissions to manage company pages. The tricky bit is sorting out how to either manage two different authentication methods for the same service, or how to migrate the entire existing user base to the new authentication method without breaking their existing sites connections to LinkedIn.

There are a few other technical considerations that aren't yet solved, but if LinkedIn allowed company pages to be managed through their legacy OAuth1 authentication implementation, we could have it shipped very quickly -- but they don't.

Long story short, the implementation is mostly completed, but we're trying to figure out how to roll it out without breaking everyone else's normal user LinkedIn connections, for the sake of a relative minority of business users.

georgestephanis on 10 Feb 2017

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I suppose to real question is, why are there free and paid plugins that do this just fine? they don't seem to have problems and update as needed. the one we pay for is no longer working with linkedin company pages but I am sure they will update soon since it is a paid product.

The point is, I would much rather consolidate our costs into one product that does most everything we need rather than having to dish out for dozens of costly plugins.

dac2020 on 10 Feb 2017

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@dac2020 As I just explained, a large part of it is legacy connections. If we were just starting from scratch instead of having many users already connected via the OAuth1 method, it would have already been shipped. We're working on solving this issue, but it's tricky -- it's not just Jetpack users, but every single WordPress.com blogger as well that has a LinkedIn connection. If we suddenly broke all their connections, that would be far worse than holding off on shipping a new feature until we have a way to provide a good user experience for them as well!

georgestephanis on 10 Feb 2017

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The usual way to solve that is to offer two options, one for those using an old method, one for those using a new method and explaining that they need to move to the new method and figuring out a good transition point so as not to need maintaining two options for good.

It's how we do it at least.

dac2020 on 10 Feb 2017

@georgestephanis Thank you for taking the time to explain the current situation. Obviously there is a decent number of people keeping track of this issue and hoping for an update. Just wanted to let you know that your comments here regarding the status of this issue and your involvement are very much appreciated and I wish you luck in finding a solution that meets the standards you wish to ship and I will cross my fingers for that to happen soon!

nemchik on 10 Feb 2017

@georgestephanis Thank you! Thank you for explaining what's going on. More information about this task in the past 2 hours than in the past 2 years. Just a little more communication than "we're working on it" would have prevented a lot of frustration on our part.

As @dac2020 mentioned, the way our company would do this is in stages. Might I humbly suggest the following:

Deprecate the Oauth1 method.
Make all new connections (company or not) Oauth2, while retaining Oauth1 for existing connections.
Issue deprecation notice to Oauth1 users with removal date far down the road (6 months maybe). Urge them to re-authenticate their connection before that date.
Remove Oauth1 method on the specified date.

aensley on 10 Feb 2017

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Sure, that's a possibility, but rather awkward and kludgey. Part of it is due to the large number of integrations with other parts of our codebase and external integrations, it's preferable to maintain the same identifier -- so running the two connections in parallel isn't exactly tenable, as then the new method would need to be named differently, and legacy systems wouldn't be able to use the new one.

Also, users shouldn't even have to know what OAuth1 is.

Just please know that yes, we are working on it, but it is in no way the simple solution that some folks above have suggested. If it were simple, it would be done.

georgestephanis on 10 Feb 2017

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@georgestephanis

Just please know that yes, we are working on it

We know that now, thanks to you. The previous years of correspondence haven't really communicated that to us.

10/24/14 - I don't think LinkedIn has developed any API allowing automatic posting to company pages yet, but when they do we'll be sure to consider adding the option to Publicize.
3/7/15 - I don't have any news yet, but we'll post here as soon as we start making progress on this.
9/16/15 - We haven't made any progress on this yet.
1/8/16 - We haven't made any progress on this yet. We'll update this issue as soon as we start working on it.
12/20/16 - We haven't made any progress on this yet. We'll update this issue as soon as we start working on it.
2/10/17 - We look forward to sharing this feature with you as soon as possible.

Hopefully, your team can see how that's frustrating your users. I'm not trying to be mean. I'm just hoping to show you that the stall tactics aren't improving user relations.

aensley on 10 Feb 2017

LinkedIn has provided the means for this for over 3 years now. The lack of development/support for this most-needed feature is unbelievable.

If you're worried about breaking connections send out a warning notice 3 months earlier, 2 months earlier, 1 month earlier, 15 days earlier, 1 week earlier, 2 and 1 days before, then do it.

Cause that thing of holding back a much requested (and needed) feature because of possible broken integrations can only apply if it's not planned. Sometimes it's something that must happen.
Maybe it will break many customers who have NO MAINTENANCE... but is any website supposed to be without supervision or maintenance? Are those inactive customers a good reason to hold back this? C'mon...

maverick85 on 13 Feb 2017

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Any updates on this, such a feature would be really welcomed as now I have to install and use a complete different plugin just to have this feature.

RafaelDeJongh on 6 Mar 2017

@RafaelDeJongh what plugin are you using in place of jetpack to accomplish this?

cianciabella on 9 Mar 2017

@cianciabella

We started using hootsuite for that as NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster didn't really work that well for us.

But perhaps it might work for you 😉

RafaelDeJongh on 9 Mar 2017

NextScripts is an odd bird. When LinkedIn stopped working, myself and countless others contacted support, posted in the support forums and did all we could to get a simple acknowledgment but nothing came. Hmm, sounds a bit familiar :).

I have been wondering about this whole thread... are the slow responses from the devs because maybe they want to make this a premium addon? So, instead of simply being honest, they have left us hanging all this time?

dac2020 on 9 Mar 2017

@dac2020 To clarify, whether the feature is paid or free it takes the same amount of time to build. :)

You can find out more about the challenges we face with this feature here:
https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/issues/259#issuecomment-279004935

Once we make a decision and find a way to solve those challenges, we will let everyone know here!

jeherve on 9 Mar 2017

Thing is, it is not clear why this is such a big problem for you when others have had plugins out doing this for a very long time. I think this is probably the main mystery :).

Yes, LinkedIn changed and changes things but these plugins keep up so?

dac2020 on 9 Mar 2017

@dac2020 George described some of our biggest challenges in the comment I highlighted above, and replied to your questions in the comments that followed.
Here are the follow-up comments:

https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/issues/259#issuecomment-279006817
https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/issues/259#issuecomment-279024987

I see you've also made a few suggestions and shared how you do it at your company. Thanks for sharing your ideas.

Now the ball is in our court: we'll need to make a decision, solve those challenges, find a solution that works for existing and new users alike, without breaking anyone's connection if possible, and we'll need to prioritize those changes alongside the other things we also have to work on.

That will happen, but we don't have an ETA yet. When we do, we will let everyone know, we promise! Until then, there really isn't much you can do to help. Some folks have suggested alternatives above (thank you all for that), so I can only point you towards their recommendations if you need this feature today. If those solutions aren't what you're looking for, I'm afraid I can only recommend that you wait a little longer.

Thank you.

jeherve on 9 Mar 2017

👍4

I haven't been paying all that much attention, however, it seems like the
concerns around breaking pre-existing installation base could be
substantially alleviated by simply creating a second "type" of linkedin
connection, which is a business account. Old, personal, linkedin
connections are unaffected.

On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 2:40 PM, Jeremy Herve notifications@github.com
wrote:

@dac2020 https://github.com/dac2020 George described some of our
biggest challenges in the comment I highlighted above, and replied to your
questions in the comments that followed.
Here are the follow-up comments:

#259 (comment)
https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/issues/259#issuecomment-279006817

#259 (comment)
https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/issues/259#issuecomment-279024987
I see you've also made a few suggestions and shared how you do it at
your company. Thanks for sharing your ideas.

Now the ball is in our court: we'll need to make a decision, solve those
challenges, find a solution that works for existing and new users alike,
without breaking anyone's connection if possible, and we'll need to
prioritize those changes alongside the other things we also have to work
on
https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aopen%20
.

That will happen, but we don't have an ETA yet. When we do, we will let
everyone know, we promise! Until then, there really isn't much you can do
to help. Some folks have suggested alternatives above (thank you all for
that), so I can only point you towards their recommendations if you need
this feature today. If those solutions aren't what you're looking for, I'm
afraid I can only recommend that you wait a little longer.

Thank you.

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cromulus on 11 Mar 2017

👍1

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csonnek on 20 Mar 2017

@cromulus

That indeed might not be a bad idea actually, like for example if an existent connection is laid with Linkedin then keep using the old connection and opt a message saying they could update their connection to the new one. For new members the old connection would just not be displayed/or be able to be used.

Something like that might indeed work, but I do understand the challenges that this requires!

RafaelDeJongh on 20 Mar 2017

Also requested in 3133799-t

tyxla on 29 Mar 2017

+1

nshemesh on 28 Apr 2017

Priorities. Was the Internet Defense League widget really that important to users?

aensley on 2 May 2017

@aensley Things haven't changed much since my last comment:
https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/issues/259#issuecomment-285458253

I'll now be closing comments on this issue; I believe we’ve all already discussed about possible solutions and issues around this feature; newer comments won’t add much to the conversation at this point. We’ll update the issue as soon as we make progress on this.

Thank you.

jeherve on 2 May 2017

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csonnek on 7 Sep 2017

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csonnek on 17 Nov 2017

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SiobhyB on 13 Dec 2017

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sarahfg on 19 Jan 2018

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RCowles on 14 Feb 2019

https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/publicize-my-content-to-my-buisness-page-on-linkedin-not-my-personal-page/

KokkieH on 2 Mar 2019

Requested here: https://twitter.com/jbmanos/status/1110651132802752512

darnelldibbles on 26 Mar 2019

Requested here, too: https://twitter.com/ryonbrubaker/status/1131618706482782208

supernovia on 23 May 2019

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ntpixels on 18 Jun 2019

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csonnek on 23 Jul 2019

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htdat on 26 Aug 2019

@donpark Could you please take a look at this one? Would be cool to deploy in Jetpack and mirror the fix to WordPress.com Simple sites, as well, if you can.

_Grazie._

lancewillett on 28 Aug 2019

@donpark Could you please take a look at this one? Would be cool to deploy in Jetpack and mirror the fix to WordPress.com Simple sites, as well, if you can.

Possibly related: #6010

_Grazie._

Will do. _Prego_.

donpark on 28 Aug 2019

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csonnek on 18 Sep 2019

It took me longer than expected (I keep underestimating how distracting GM can be) to dig into this issue but I have bad news: I don't think Publicize to LinkedIn Company Pages is going to work. Same for Publicize to LinkedIn Group Pages.

LinkedIn Developer Program is going through a lot of turmoil and creating confusion. It's docs were bad to begin with but is now in a shamble and convoluted.

LinkedIn Groups API is being deprecated (limited to approved partnership here means kept alive just to meet contract requirements) and related developer program is being shutdown after mixed result and rethinking after Microsoft purchase.

LinkedIn Company API v1, which used to work and was used in the 2017 GM Hack (D7277-code which no longer works), is deprecated.

LinkedIn Company API v2 requires manual App Review that takes 20~30 days per site. Elaborate UI flow and stress on support goes well beyond that of simple OAuth2 flow which the Publicize feature is architected around. You can get a glimpse of what's needed in documentation for WooCommerce Social Login plugin.

Conclusion:

I don't think supporting LinkedIn Company Pages through Publicize feature makes sense. If support is a must then repackaging WooCommerce Social Login plugin as a bundled Jetpack module makes more sense.

cc @lancewillett for final say
cc @mdawaffe for his two cents since he rewrote much of Publicize support for LinkedIn v2 API.

donpark on 26 Sep 2019

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