Threads
TryPost publishes posts and ghost posts to Threads.Connect your account
- In the sidebar, open Channels and click Connect channel (or use New > Connect a new channel)
- Choose Threads and click Connect Threads
- Authorize TryPost on Threads
- On the confirmation page, check the account and click Finish connection
Supported content types
Media limits
Edit Media offers the crop presets 1:1, 4:5 and 1.91:1. Official specs: Overview, Posts. Full catalog: Media.
Text and per-post options
- 500 characters per post.
- Topic — tag the post with a topic (
meta.topic_tag): 1 to 50 characters after a leading#is dropped, without.or&. - Link preview — Threads always shows a preview card for the first link; it cannot be removed.
- Alt text — up to 1,000 characters per image.
Insights
Threads posts and followers appear in Insights.OAuth scopes
threads_basic, threads_content_publish, threads_manage_insights
threads_manage_insights powers post and account metrics in Insights.
Self-hosting setup
Configure Threads API credentials
Configure Threads API credentials
- Go to Meta for Developers and create an app
- Add the Threads product
- Request the scopes above in the app’s permissions section
- Set the redirect URL to
{APP_URL}/accounts/threads/callback - Add to your
.env:
THREADS_ENABLED=false.
