Title: ATmosphere
Author: Automattic
Published: May 20, 2026
Last modified: July 22, 2026
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# ATmosphere
By [Automattic](https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/atmosphere.2.1.0.zip)
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* [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/atmosphere/#description)
* [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/atmosphere/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/atmosphere/#installation)
* [Development](https://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 left by WordPress users who are
allowed to publish posts 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.
* **Publishing-team comments become Bluesky replies.** When an Author, Editor,
Administrator, or custom role allowed to publish posts leaves an approved comment
on a cross-posted article, it’s sent to Bluesky as a reply under the original
post. Subscriber and other comment-only accounts stay local.
* **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. Approved comments from users who can publish WordPress posts 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.
### Why does ATmosphere say it needs to reconnect?
Your Bluesky sign-in tokens are stored encrypted using your site’s WordPress security
keys. If those keys change — after a site migration, or when a security plugin rotates
them — the saved login can no longer be read, and ATmosphere asks you to reconnect.
Reconnecting on the settings page fixes it in one step. If it keeps happening, look
for a security plugin that rotates your keys on a schedule.
### 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 WordPress users who are allowed to publish posts
are sent to Bluesky as replies under your original post. Comments from Subscribers
and other comment-only accounts stay local, as do anonymous comments, trackbacks,
and pingbacks.
### Can I stop WordPress comments from being published to Bluesky?
Yes. Under **Settings ATmosphere Reactions**, turn off **Publish eligible WordPress
comments as Bluesky replies**. New comment changes will stay on WordPress; replies
already published to Bluesky are left unchanged. Incoming Bluesky replies, likes,
and reposts continue to follow their own settings.
Plugins can enforce this with the `atmosphere_should_publish_comments` filter, which
overrides the saved setting without changing it.
### 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.
ATmosphere also checks a small rolling batch of published posts each day, so older
missed replies are recovered automatically without requiring post IDs. To check
a specific post immediately, run `wp atmosphere replies backfill ` from
WP-CLI. Both paths scan replies currently visible through Bluesky’s public API and
import those that are not already present.
### 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
### [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.
### [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
### 2.1.0 – 2026-07-22
#### Added
* Add a connection-only mode so another plugin can reuse just the Bluesky connection:
automatic cross-posting, likes and reposts, and reply importing all stay off,
and the ATmosphere settings screen is hidden.
* Add a setting — and a filter for plugins — to keep WordPress comment changes
from being published to Bluesky while leaving incoming reactions enabled.
* Add color settings for your publication theme, so you can choose the background,
text, and accent colors apps use when they display your site.
* ATmosphere now appears on the WordPress Settings Connectors screen (WordPress
7.0 and later), so you can connect your account from there too.
* Settings: suggest AT Protocol handles as you type when connecting your account.
* Site Health now shows your Bluesky connection status, explains why a reconnect
is needed and how to prevent it, and adds an ATmosphere section to the debug
information for easier troubleshooting.
* Sites that rotate their WordPress security keys can now define a dedicated encryption
key in wp-config.php so the Bluesky connection survives the rotation.
#### Fixed
* Busy Bluesky threads no longer lose older replies and reactions when more than
250 notifications arrive between syncs, and older missed replies are now recovered
automatically or on demand with WP-CLI.
* Comments from Subscribers and other comment-only accounts now stay on WordPress
instead of being published through the site’s Bluesky account.
* When your site’s security keys change (after a migration or a salt rotation),
ATmosphere now explains what happened and asks you to reconnect your Bluesky
account, instead of failing on every post with an unhelpful retry message.
### 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).
## Community plugin
This plugin is developed and supported by a community. [Contribute to this plugin](https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-atmosphere)
## Meta
* Version **2.1.0**
* Last updated **1 week ago**
* Active installations **200+**
* WordPress version ** 6.5 or higher **
* Tested up to **7.0.2**
* 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://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/atproto/)[bluesky](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/bluesky/)
[connector](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/connector/)[crossposting](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/crossposting/)
* [Advanced View](https://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:
9 out of 13
[View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/atmosphere/)