Ulysses lets you publish your blog posts to your preferred platform right from within the app with just a few clicks or taps. Currently, you can publish your blog posts to WordPress, Medium, Ghost and Micro.blog. To get you started, here is a video about the publishing to WordPress:

Add a Blog Account

To publish your blog posts, you first need to connect a blog account to Ulysses. If iCloud is enabled, your accounts will be synced between your devices, so you only need to do this once.

Mac

To add an account for the first time, open the sheet you want to publish and click the Export button.

In the export preview, select Publishing as the export format. Now, you have several platforms to choose from.

iPad/iPhone

To add an account on your iPad or iPhone, open a sheet and tap the circled ellipsis. Then, choose Export.

Now, switch to Publishing and select a platform.

How the registration process then continues depends on the platform:

WordPress

1. Select WordPress from the platform list.
2. Provide your WordPress URL.
3. You will then be redirected to the WordPress website to authorize the app. The website may ask for your password if you are not logged in to the browser.
4. If you are using a self-hosted blog, you need to enter your name for the app you want to authorize in the following and then select “Yes, I approve of this connection.” 
   If you have a WordPress.com blog, just select Approve.
5. Once you have confirmed the authorization, you will be redirected back to Ulysses, and the sign-in will be completed. Your account will then appear in the account list.

Ghost

Connecting your Ghost account requires the Staff access token provided by Ghost. To get this token, please proceed as follows:

1. Open your Ghost blog.
2. Go to your profile icon in the lower left corner.
3. Select Your profile.
4. Copy the Staff access token.

In Ulysses, proceed as follows:

1. Select Ghost from the platform list.
2. Enter the URL and the generated Staff access token.
3. Select Sign In.

Micro.blog

To integrate your Micro.blog account, you need to get an App Token from the Settings page of your Micro.blog account. Once you‘ve got the token, please proceed as follows:

1. Select Micro.blog from the platform list.
2. Enter the generated App Token.
3. Click/tap Sign In.

Medium

To integrate your Medium account with Ulysses, you need an integration token. You can request the token via Medium’s support on their website. Once you‘ve got the token, proceed as follows:

1. Select Medium from the platform list.
2. Enter the generated App Token.
3. Click/tap Sign In.

Publish Your Blog Post

Now that you are all set, you can publish your first blog post. Here is how to do that:

Mac

1. Click the Publish icon in the editor toolbar to open the publishing preview. Alternatively, hit the shortcut ⌥⌘P  (option-command-P).
2. Click at the top center of the preview to select your blog account.
3. Select Publish… to open the publishing settings.
4. Confirm your settings and click OK.

iPad/iPhone

1. Tap the editor menu icon (circled ellipsis) and choose Publish.
2. Select your blog account at the top center of the publishing preview.
3. Tap the Publishing icon on the top right to open the publishing settings.
4. Confirm your settings and select Publish again.

Published blog posts are easy to spot in the sheet list as the sheets are marked with a paper plane icon.

Publishing Settings and Platform Specifics

Now, you’re ready to write and publish your first blog post. There are a few publishing settings and platform specifics that you should be aware of.

WordPress

Before actually publishing your post to your WordPress blog, you can tweak a couple of settings. You can…

• Schedule your post, or publish it right away.
• Set the status to Draft or Published.
• Attach tags and categories to your posts. Note: If you have used Ulysses keywords with your sheets, they will automatically be added as categories and tags as long as they correspond to categories and tags already in use on your WordPress blog. Also, you can choose from tags and categories already in use on your blog (on Mac, follow the ...)
• Add a featured image or an excerpt to your post.
• Define the slug. That’s the URL of your blog post, essentially. If you don’t define it, the slug will be derived from your post’s title.
• Decide what should happen after you push the Publish button: You can either open a preview of the post in the browser or open the WordPress backend for editing. If you choose “None” as action, your post will be uploaded to your blog, but you will stay in Ulysses.

Ghost

Now, you’re ready to write and publish your first blog post to Ghost. There are a few things you should keep in mind while doing so:

• The first heading in your text will become the title of your blog post.
• Keywords attached to your sheet will turn into tags if they match tags that are already available on your blog. (Please set new tags in your Ghost backend first.)
• The first note attached to your sheet is going to be your post’s excerpt.
• The first image attached to your sheet will serve as your post’s featured image.

Micro.blog

There are two things you should keep in mind when publishing to Micro.blog:

• The first heading in your text will become the title of your post.
• Keywords attached to your sheet will turn into categories if they match categories that are already available on your blog. (Please set new categories in your Micro.blog backend first.)

Update Your Blog Post

If your blog post needs to be revised, you can update your previously published post directly from Ulysses. Please keep in mind that this option is only available for WordPress, Ghost and Micro.blog. You cannot update Medium posts.

Mac

1. Revise your sheet.
2. Click the Publish icon in the editor toolbar or hit the shortcut ⌥⌘P (option-command-P).
3. Select the Update… button in the upper right corner.
4. Confirm your settings and click OK.

iPad/iPhone

1. Revise your sheet.
2. Tap the editor menu icon (circled ellipsis) and choose Publish.
3. Tap the Publishing icon in the upper right corner.
4. Confirm your settings and tap Update. 
    

Manage Your Accounts

In Ulysses, you can add as many accounts as you want and, of course, remove them. You can manage your accounts as follows:

Mac

1. Click the Publish icon in the editor toolbar or hit the shortcut ⌥⌘P  (option-command-P).
2. Click at the top center of the preview and select Manage Accounts.
3. Here, you can add or remove an account:
   • Click the + button below the list to add another account.
   • To delete an account, select it and click the - button.

iPad/iPhone

1. Open the editor menu via the circled ellipsis and choose Publish.
2. Tap at the top center of the publishing preview and select Manage Accounts.
3. Here, you can add or remove an account:
   • To add another account, tap the corresponding platform in the overview.
   • To delete an account, select the info button next to the account, choose Edit, and tap Remove Account. Now, confirm that you want to remove the account.