The Sharing Options section in XT Feed for LinkedIn allows you to customize and control how your WordPress posts, pages, and custom post types are formatted and shared to LinkedIn. Below is a complete breakdown of all available settings:

1. Default Share Message & Live Preview

This section allows you to define the default message template that will accompany your post when shared on LinkedIn.

You can customize the message using dynamic Keywords (Shortcodes):

• [POST_TITLE] – Dynamically pulls and displays the post title.
• [POST_LINK] – Adds the direct permalink/URL of the WordPress post.
• [POST_EXCERPT] – Inserts the post excerpt or summary.
• [POST_AUTHOR] – Displays the post author’s display name.
• [WEBSITE_TITLE] – Inserts your website’s title.

💡 Clickable Keywords: You can click on any keyword tag button below the textarea to automatically insert it at your cursor position.

👁️ Real-Time LinkedIn Preview: On the right side of the screen, you will see a live, interactive preview showing exactly how your post update will appear on LinkedIn—including your profile/page avatar, clickable links, character limit adjustments, and article card thumbnail.

2. Post Content Settings

Optimize your post excerpt length and text formatting to match LinkedIn’s posting standards:

• Description Character Limit: Controls the maximum number of characters used for the [POST_EXCERPT] tag. Any content exceeding this limit will be cleanly truncated with “…” (Set 0 for automatic mode, which uses all available space allowed by LinkedIn).
• HTML Support in Content: LinkedIn’s API does not render raw HTML. When this option is enabled, HTML formatting from your post is intelligently converted into LinkedIn-friendly plain text: (When disabled, all HTML tags are stripped).
  • Paragraphs and line breaks are preserved.
  • Bullet list items are converted to clean “• item” format.
  • Hyperlinks are converted to “text (url)”.
  • Bold and italic text are converted into Unicode bold and italic characters.

3. Allow To Share Post Type

Select which WordPress content types should have LinkedIn sharing enabled:

• Post – Standard WordPress blog posts.
• Page – Static WordPress pages.
• Custom Post Types (CPTs) – Custom post types such as WooCommerce Products, Portfolios, Events, etc.

👉 Toggle the switches ON/OFF to enable or disable sharing for each post type. Enabling a post type will also display the LinkedIn sharing column and meta box for that content type.

4. Sharing Post Featured Image (PRO)

• If checked, whenever a post is shared to LinkedIn, its featured image will be uploaded and attached directly to the LinkedIn update for maximum visual engagement.
• If unchecked, the post will be shared as a standard text and link update.

Note: Post featured image sharing is available in the PRO version.

5. By Default Don’t Auto Share Posts on LinkedIn

• If enabled (checked), new posts will NOT be automatically shared on LinkedIn upon publishing. You can still share them manually whenever you want.
• If disabled (unchecked), new posts WILL be automatically published to LinkedIn as soon as they are published in WordPress.

👉 Keep this option unchecked if you want automatic, instant sharing on post publish.

6. Save Your Changes

After configuring your desired settings, click the “Save Settings” button at the bottom of the page to apply all changes.