Publish to Medium & LinkedIn
Cross-publish IANews articles to Medium and LinkedIn for wider audience distribution.
Publish to Medium & LinkedIn
Expand your audience by cross-publishing IANews articles to Medium and LinkedIn. These targets are designed for content distribution -- push your articles to platforms where readers already are.
Medium and LinkedIn are best used as cross-publishing targets alongside a primary CMS (WordPress or Ghost). Publish the canonical version on your own site first, then syndicate to these platforms with a canonical URL pointing back to the original.
Medium
Connect your Medium account
Generate an Integration Token
Go to medium.com, then navigate to Settings -- Security -- Integration tokens. Click Get integration token, give it a label (e.g., IANews), and copy the generated token.
Configure in IANews
Navigate to Sites -- select your site -- Connections -- Medium. Paste the Integration Token and click Test Connection. IANews verifies the token by calling the Medium /me endpoint to fetch your profile.
Set publishing defaults
Configure your preferences:
- Publish status --
draft(recommended) orpublic - Content format --
htmlormarkdown - Canonical URL -- Template for the original article URL, e.g.
https://mysite.com/{slug} - License type -- Content license for your Medium posts (e.g., All Rights Reserved)
Save the connection
Click Save. Medium is now available as a publishing target.
How Medium publishing works
IANews creates a post via the Medium API (POST /v1/users/{userId}/posts) with the article title, HTML content, and up to 5 tags derived from your article categories and SEO keywords.
Medium limitations
| Limitation | Details |
|---|---|
| Write-only API | IANews can create posts but cannot update or delete them. Edits must be made directly on Medium. |
| Max 5 tags | Medium enforces a 5-tag limit per post. IANews selects the top 5 from your article keywords. |
| No featured image API | Medium selects the first image in the content as the header. Ensure your article has a leading image. |
| Rate limits | Avoid publishing more than 10 articles per day to the same account. |
| No status check | The Medium API does not expose a "get post" endpoint for integration tokens. |
Set a canonical URL template (e.g., https://mysite.com/{slug}) so Medium points search engines to your primary site. This prevents duplicate content issues and preserves your SEO authority.
Connect your LinkedIn account
Start the OAuth flow
Navigate to Sites -- select your site -- Connections -- LinkedIn. Click Connect LinkedIn. You are redirected to LinkedIn to authorize the IANews application.
Authorize and select a profile
Grant IANews permission to publish on your behalf. After authorization, you return to IANews where you can select whether to publish to your personal profile or a company page you manage.
The selected profile determines the author_urn -- either urn:li:person:XXXXX for personal profiles or urn:li:organization:XXXXX for company pages.
Configure publishing format
Choose your default format:
- Article -- Long-form content with full formatting, featured image, and title. Appears under your LinkedIn Articles tab.
- Post -- Short-form text (max 3,000 characters) with an optional link and thumbnail. Ideal for driving traffic to your primary site.
Save the connection
Click Save. LinkedIn is now available as a publishing target.
How LinkedIn publishing works
IANews publishes via the LinkedIn UGC Posts API. Posts include a text summary (title + intro + first section excerpts + hashtags), an article link back to your primary CMS, and optionally a thumbnail image from the article.
LinkedIn limitations
| Limitation | Details |
|---|---|
| Text formatting | LinkedIn posts support limited formatting. Complex HTML is reduced to plain text with line breaks. |
| 3,000 character limit | Post commentary is capped at 3,000 characters. IANews truncates automatically. |
| No inline images | Only a single thumbnail image is attached via the article link preview. |
| Token expiry | OAuth tokens expire periodically. IANews handles automatic refresh. Click Reconnect if authentication fails. |
Token refresh
LinkedIn OAuth tokens expire periodically. IANews handles automatic token refresh in the background. If a publish attempt fails with an authentication error, navigate to Sites -- Connections -- LinkedIn and click Reconnect to reauthorize.
Choosing a distribution strategy
| Consideration | Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience | General readers, topic followers | Professional network, B2B |
| Content format | Long-form articles | Articles or short posts |
| SEO value | Medium domain authority | LinkedIn domain authority |
| Update after publish | Not possible via API | Not possible via API |
| Best for | Thought leadership, tutorials | Industry news, company updates |