Automattic has released an interesting new tool, called Postbot.
Postbot is a webapp, at Postbot.co, which allows WordPress.com authenticated users to upload photos in bulk and schedule them as posts. There is, of course, a fun little gif.
Once I used the WordPress.com connect tool, it instantly let me choose which WordPress.com or Jetpack connected blog I wanted to schedule posts on. Indeed, it’s very interesting to me that I can use a WordPress.org Jetpack connected site with this web app.
Once I connected, I was presented with a super simple interface, and I uploaded some sample photos to see what it looks like, sans gif.
It’s simple, and elegant. It is built with the WordPress.com / Jetpack JSON API. What’s striking to me is how wonderfully simple the interface is.
I instantly thought: why isn’t all publishing on WordPress this simple?
I think this little concept is cool for publishing photos. I wouldn’t be surprised if this idea came from Matt Mullenweg wanting it on his personal photo blog.
But why stop at bulk scheduling photos?
This project just highlights why I think the WordPress JSON API (potentially) hitting core is going to be game changing. People can then create the publishing experience to fit all sorts of needs, and won’t be limited to the WordPress admin at all.
Glad you liked it! It’s worth noting, however, that the REST APIs on WordPress.com have no relationship right now to the JSON ones that have been proposed for core. I think you learn a lot from building real, production apps on top of proposed APIs, which is what we’ve been trying to do on both web and mobile, and I hope the APIs for core take the same approach before they’re included with a release.
Hey Matt, thanks for stopping by! Regarding the APIs, I was aware the “feature as plugin” WP API was different than WordPress.com’s, but I didn’t know of any difference between .com’s and Jetpack’s, if that’s what you’re referring to.
Also, that’s a great point about using the APIs in real apps before they’re included.