Title: JournalPress
Author: Alis
Published: Novanm 23, 2008
Last modified: Jen 28, 2024
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# JournalPress
By [Alis](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alisdee/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/journalpress.1.2.zip)
* [Details](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/journalpress/#description)
* [Reviews](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/journalpress/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/journalpress/#installation)
* [Development](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/journalpress/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/journalpress/)
## Description
**JournalPress** is a WordPress plugin that enabled cross-posting to sites running
LiveJournal Server, which in 2024 is basically [Dreamwidth](https://www.dreamwidth.org/)(
and, ironically, not LiveJournal itself). It is based on the LJXP plugin, however
it has a raft of new features including:
* support for multiple different mirror journals
* support for scheduled posts
* support for posts created from interfaces (i.e. XML-RPC, Atom)
* mood, music and location support
* per-post-per-journal userpic selection.
#### Version 1.2
* Minor bugfixes.
#### Version 1.1
* Updated instructions for using API keys.
#### Version 1.0
* Significant code rewrite, so make sure to check your **settings** and **journals**
as some config items may not have migrated exactly as expected!
* Support for LJ-style cut plugins on the WordPress end removed. WordPress-native`
` still supported.
* Support for customer user groups for posting locking removed, since the plugin
it relied on is super broken.
* Bulk crossposting options removed.
### Credits
**JournalPress** is based off the original [LJXP](http://ebroder.net/livejournal-crossposter/)
client by Evan Broder, with the [LJ Crossposter Plus](http://www.alltrees.org/Wordpress/#LCP)
modifications made by Ravenwood and Irwin. No disrespect is intended towards any
of these authors; without their great work, this plugin wouldn’t have been possible(
or at least would’ve taken a hell of a lot longer to write).
Big shout-out to everyone who’s kept using this terrible old code all this time.
You guys rock!
## Installation
1. Upload the `journalpress` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory;
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress;
3. …
4. Profit!
## FAQ
### Where are my userpics?
Userpics should get automatically added when you add a new mirror journal or community.
If they don’t — or if you’ve upgraded from a pre-0.3 version of JournalPress — you
may fix the list manually on the edit journal page. If you add or delete any pics
in the future, you will also need to come back to this page in order to update your
list.
### What about Currents?
There’s current (har har) basic Currents support using the Custom Fields `mood`,`
music` and `location` on a post. Note these are case-sensitive, and all lowercase.
### My community posts don’t post!
Communities in LJ-land are a bit finicky. Specifically they won’t post if your security
is private, and they won’t post under certain backdated conditions.
## Reviews
### [Still works in 6.5.5](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-works-in-6-5-5/)
[penbrydd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/penbrydd/) Jen 27, 2024 1 reply
I don’t know about LJ, but it definitely posts to Dreamwidth, as long as you use
an API key, instead of your password. It also can handle via link back
to the original or LJ-cut, which is more than I can say for SNAP. My sole concern
is that wp cron complains about an undefined array key, when JP actually makes a
post, but I’m pretty sure I’ll figure out how to fix that if I read the code. It
still works. It makes gorgeous posts, it’s lightweight, and it lets you choose which
user icon to crosspost with! What’s not to like?
### [Don’t connect to Livejournal](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dont-connect-to-livejournal/)
[fixin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fixin/) Oktòb 5, 2019
Good Idea, many settings, maybe work at my WP 5.2.3. But when i enter login/password,
dont want to connect to LiveJournal Server.
### [still works in 6.1.1!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-works-in-453-but-patches-left-in-support/)
[solarbird](https://profiles.wordpress.org/solarbird/) fevriye 25, 2023
Update 24 February 2023: Still working well on WordPress 6.1.1 to talk to Dreamwidth.(
I gave up on Livejournal a few years ago, with the Russian law-compliant TOS.)
3 September 2016: Still works on 4.5.3. Added a couple of patches to the support
section (as a topic) to fix a couple of PHP warnings, one of which I think may turn
into a PHP error in PHP7, and at very least the change lets you configure your SQL
server more securely without losing functionality. Both are trivial and easy to
apply.
[ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/journalpress/reviews/)
## Contributors & Developers
“JournalPress” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.
Contributors
* [ Alis ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alisdee/)
[Translate “JournalPress” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/journalpress)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/journalpress/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/journalpress/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/journalpress/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/journalpress/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Meta
* Version **1.2**
* Last updated **2 years ago**
* Active installations **100+**
* WordPress version ** 4.9.1 or higher **
* Tested up to **6.5.8**
* Language
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/journalpress/)
* Tags
* [community](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/community/)[crossposting](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/crossposting/)
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[posts](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posts/)
* [Advanced View](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/journalpress/advanced/)
## Ratings
3.7 out of 5 stars.
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## Contributors
* [ Alis ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alisdee/)
## Support
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