Title: ATmosphere Author: Automattic Published: May 20, 2026 Last modified: July 8, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/atmosphere/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3538797) ![](https://ps.w.org/atmosphere/assets/icon.svg?rev=3538797) # ATmosphere By [Automattic](https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/atmosphere.2.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/atmosphere/#description) * [Reviews](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/atmosphere/#reviews) * [Installation](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/atmosphere/#installation) * [Development](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/atmosphere/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/atmosphere/) ## Description **ATmosphere** turns your WordPress site into a first-class citizen of the AT Protocol— the open network behind [Bluesky](https://bsky.social/). When you publish a post, ATmosphere automatically shares it on Bluesky and stores the full article on your AT Protocol account so any compatible app can read it. When people on Bluesky reply, like, or repost what you shared, those reactions show up as comments on your post. And approved comments your readers leave on WordPress are sent right back to Bluesky as replies under your original post — so the same conversation happens in both places without you having to copy anything by hand. #### What you get * **Your posts on Bluesky, automatically.** Hit “Publish” on WordPress, and a moment later your post appears on Bluesky. Links, @-mentions, and #hashtags are detected for you. Mention a Bluesky account with `@handle.tld` and the mention links to their profile on your site, while they get notified on Bluesky — even on longer posts. * **Long posts done right.** A long article becomes a short, readable Bluesky thread that links back to the full piece on your site. Edits are kept tidy so existing replies and reposts on Bluesky don’t get orphaned. * **Use your own domain as your Bluesky handle.** With one click, your handle becomes something like `@yourblog.com` instead of `@you.bsky.social`. ATmosphere does the technical bit; Bluesky verifies it. * **Bluesky reactions become WordPress comments.** Replies appear in your comments. Likes and reposts show up alongside them with their own counts so the engagement is visible to your readers. * **WordPress comments become Bluesky replies.** When a logged-in reader leaves an approved comment on a cross-posted article, it’s sent to Bluesky as a reply under the original post. * **Catch up on older posts.** A `wp atmosphere backfill` command can publish posts you wrote before installing the plugin. * **Per-post control.** You can opt individual posts out of cross-posting straight from the editor sidebar. * **No middleman.** ATmosphere talks directly to your Bluesky account using modern, secure sign-in. Nothing is routed through a third-party service, and your tokens never leave your WordPress site. * **Translation-ready.** Help translate ATmosphere into your language. #### How it works 1. Install ATmosphere and activate it. 2. Go to **Settings ATmosphere** and click “Connect” — sign in to Bluesky in the normal Bluesky window, then come back to WordPress. 3. Fill in a name, description, and icon for your “publication” — this is how your site is represented on the AT Protocol. 4. Publish a post. 5. Open Bluesky — your post is there. People can reply, like, repost, and follow as they normally would. 6. Replies, likes, and reposts will start appearing as comments on your WordPress post. Comments you approve on WordPress will appear as replies on Bluesky. **Note:** Cross-posting only kicks in for posts you publish _after_ connecting. To bring older posts across, run `wp atmosphere backfill` from WP-CLI. ## Blocks This plugin provides 3 blocks. * ATmosphere Reactions Display the Bluesky likes and reposts that your posts have received. * ATmosphere Pre-Publish Panel Shows whether a post will publish to Bluesky, the strategy, and the character count before publishing. * ATmosphere Editor Panel Document sidebar panel to control whether a post is shared to Bluesky. ## Installation 1. Upload the `atmosphere` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/` (or install from the Plugins screen in WordPress). 2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu. 3. Go to **Settings ATmosphere** and click “Connect” to sign in with your Bluesky account. 4. Set the name, description, and icon for how your site should appear on the AT Protocol. 5. You’re done — your next WordPress post will appear on Bluesky. ## FAQ ### Do I need a Bluesky account? Yes — or an account on any AT Protocol provider. Most people sign up at [bsky.app](https://bsky.app/), but the plugin works with any compatible AT Protocol service. ### Does my account information stay on my site? Yes. ATmosphere signs in to Bluesky directly from your WordPress site. Nothing is routed through Automattic or any other intermediary, and your sign-in tokens are stored encrypted on your site. ### Can I use my own domain as my Bluesky handle? Yes — that’s one of the headline features. Once you’ve connected, open Bluesky’s app settings, choose “Change Handle”, pick “I have my own domain”, and enter your WordPress site’s domain. Bluesky will check that it really is your site (ATmosphere takes care of the verification file) and switch your handle. ### Can I stop a single post from being cross-posted? Yes. In the post editor sidebar there’s an “ATmosphere” panel where you can opt the current post out before publishing. ### What about long posts? Long posts are turned into a short Bluesky thread of a few connected posts, with the last one linking back to the full article on your site. The full text of your post lives on your AT Protocol account, so other AT Protocol-aware apps and readers can show it too. ### Are my WordPress comments published to Bluesky? Yes — approved comments left by logged-in readers on cross-posted articles are sent to Bluesky as replies under your original post. Anonymous comments, trackbacks, and pingbacks are skipped. ### Are Bluesky replies and reposts pulled back into WordPress? Yes. ATmosphere checks Bluesky periodically and turns replies, likes, and reposts into WordPress comments on the matching post. Likes and reposts have their own comment types so they show up as engagement counts, not as duplicate comment text. ### What about posts I already published before installing? By default, only new posts are shared. You can publish older ones on demand by running` wp atmosphere backfill` from WP-CLI. ### Can I undo a cross-post? Yes. If you delete or unpublish a WordPress post, the matching Bluesky post and AT Protocol records are removed too. If you trash a post and then restore it, ATmosphere re-publishes it. ### Does ATmosphere support WordPress Multisite? Not at this time. ATmosphere is designed for a single WordPress site. On a Network- activated install only the current site’s data is read and written, and uninstall only cleans the current site — credentials and records on other sites in the network are left intact. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/53b0c8b1fb612fcbaef1773c8a3db49e9b92d9e6683472372f110bdda318aa73? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Does what it says on the tin.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-what-it-says-on-the-tin-642/)󠁿 [seindal](https://profiles.wordpress.org/seindal/) June 4, 2026 At this point (v 1.1.1) it is rather basic, but it does what it promises. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/89808257fa7d4f1c9c45829077a545633efc6effc093c8694a81776208e9512f? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Easy to install](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/easy-to-install-90/)󠁿 [Vincent Breton](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vbreton/) May 22, 2026 This plugin was quick and easy to install; I was able to configure the site handle. The experiment seems to be working well. Interactions are being tracked; I’m waiting for comments, but it looks promising. Thanks to the developers! [ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/atmosphere/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “ATmosphere” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Automattic ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic/) * [ Matthias Pfefferle ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pfefferle/) * [ Brandon Kraft ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kraftbj/) * [ Jeremy Herve ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeherve/) * [ Ryan C. ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ryanc413/) “ATmosphere” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/atmosphere/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “ATmosphere” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/atmosphere) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/atmosphere/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/atmosphere/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/atmosphere/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/atmosphere/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog ### 2.0.0 – 2026-07-08 #### Added * Add an ATmosphere Reactions block that shows the Bluesky likes and reposts that your posts have received, as a facepile of avatars with a count. * Add filters so links to Bluesky can point at an alternative AT Protocol appview, including ones hosted on a subdomain or subpath. * Before publishing, the editor now shows whether a post will be shared to Bluesky, how it will appear, and how its text measures against Bluesky’s character limit. * Failed attempts to share a post to Bluesky are now retried automatically for about twenty minutes, so a brief network or server hiccup no longer means the post silently never appears. * Mention a Bluesky account with @handle.tld in your post: the mention now links to their profile on your site, and they are notified on Bluesky even on longer posts. * Preview AT Protocol output by record type, including an all-record view for comparing records in the current page context. * The editor’s Bluesky panel now has a custom text field: write your own message for Bluesky and it is posted with a link back to your post, instead of the automatically composed text. * The editor’s Bluesky panel now has a switch to turn sharing on or off for an individual post; switching it off after a post was shared removes it from Bluesky. * The editor now shows a notice when sharing a post to Bluesky fails, including whether it will be retried automatically or needs the post to be updated again. * The settings page now warns you when auto-publishing is on but no post types are selected, so nothing would be published. #### Changed * ATmosphere now requires WordPress 6.5 or later. * Standard.site records and OAuth permissions are now more compatible with current long-form publishing tools and discovery. #### Fixed * Bluesky replies that quote another post now keep a link to the quoted post when imported as comments, instead of dropping it. * Deleting a post now reliably removes it from Bluesky even when it has a large number of replies to clean up. * Disconnecting or deactivating now reliably removes all pending background tasks, so a task queued under a previous connection can no longer run against a newly connected account. * Emoji now count as a single character against Bluesky’s 300-character limit, the same way Bluesky’s own composer counts them. Posts with emoji are no longer trimmed earlier than necessary, and the editor’s character count matches what you would see on Bluesky. * Hardened the security of connections to your Bluesky account. * Import Bluesky likes, reposts, and replies on all your published content types. Previously these interactions were only brought back for standard posts, so likes and replies on pages and other content published to Bluesky were quietly missed. * Kept standard.site document references in Bluesky posts pointing at the current document record and made discovery URLs resolve more consistently. * Links in Bluesky replies now keep their full web address when imported as comments, instead of showing a shortened, unclickable preview. * Links inside short posts shared to Bluesky now stay clickable, instead of being flattened to plain text with the link dropped. * Long posts without a title are now shared to Bluesky as a summary with a link back to the original, instead of being cut off mid-sentence with no way to reach the full post. * Reliably import nested Bluesky replies. Reactions are now processed oldest-first within each sync, so a reply threads under its parent comment in the same run instead of being dropped when a whole thread arrives between syncs. * Send private, no-cache headers on the record preview so a caching layer cannot store a logged-in preview and show it to other visitors. * Shared posts on Bluesky now keep your site’s publication details up to date automatically when you publish, so Standard.site readers always see current information. * The AT Protocol record preview no longer shows sharing buttons or other theme and plugin extras that are not part of the published record. * Your site’s theme colours now display correctly in enhanced link cards on Bluesky and other apps, instead of being dropped because the publication record failed validation. See full Changelog on [GitHub](https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-atmosphere/blob/trunk/CHANGELOG.md). ## Meta * Version **2.0.0** * Last updated **1 day ago** * Active installations **200+** * WordPress version ** 6.5 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0.1** * PHP version ** 8.2 or higher ** * Languages * [Catalan](https://ca.wordpress.org/plugins/atmosphere/) and [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/atmosphere/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/atmosphere) * Tags * [atproto](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/atproto/)[bluesky](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/bluesky/) [crossposting](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/crossposting/)[fediverse](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/fediverse/) * [Advanced View](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/atmosphere/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/atmosphere/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/atmosphere/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/atmosphere/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/atmosphere/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/atmosphere/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/atmosphere/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/atmosphere/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Automattic ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic/) * [ Matthias Pfefferle ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pfefferle/) * [ Brandon Kraft ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kraftbj/) * [ Jeremy Herve ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeherve/) * [ Ryan C. ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ryanc413/) ## Support Issues resolved in last two months: 11 out of 14 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/atmosphere/)