Threads Settings

On the Threads settings page under Manage Accounts menu, we can add new accounts and can manage the existing accounts.

In the Threads tab, we can see and create Threads accounts. Click on the “Add New Account” tab to create a new account.

The Threads settings are given below.

you have to create a Facebook application with Threads use case before filling in the Threads settings details.

To create a new Threads application follow the link

How can I create Threads application?

On the application page on Facebook, navigate to Use cases > Access the Threads API > Customize > Settings. Set Redirect Callback URLs as> the redirect URL provided as a note in the Threads account settings on SMAP.

Use the same URL for the Deauthorize Callback URL and Data Deletion Requests URL, as these are mandatory fields.

From the Threads application, you will get the application id and application secret. Enter these values in the space provided.

Application Name – You can enter a name for your application here.
Application id – Enter the application id from the Threads application here.
Application Secret – Enter the Threads application secret here.
Posting Method – We have 4 posting methods
- Simple Text Message – We can add simple text messages to our Threads account with this option.
- Text Message with Image – Here we can add text and one or more images to Threads.
- Text Message with Attached Link – Here we can add text with an attached link
- Text Message with Video – If you want to publish your video to Threads, please use this option.

Override Publishing Settings

Override default settings of `page` publishing – You can use the default setting for publishing wordpress pages or override the default settings.
Override default settings of `posts` publishing – You can use the default setting for publishing WordPress posts to categories or override the default settings and change the category.

Note: If you are selecting a specific category, we can select the ‘category selection mode’.
override post publishing

Override default settings of `custom post type` publishing – You can use the default setting for the WordPress custom post types or select a particular custom post type for the Threads account.
Override default message format for publishing – Here we can override the message format. We can use
1. message from template

2. custom message
Override auto publish selection for this account in posts/pages creation metabox – Override this account’s auto selection option in the meta box while creating the post or page.
Override auto publish selection for this account in posts/pages edit metabox – Override this account’s auto selection option in the meta box while editing the post or page.

Enable multi-photo post to Threads (Applicable only with the posting method “upload image to app album” and “upload image to timeline album”) – Here we can use the default settings or override the default settings.
Override link to be attached (Applicable only with the posting method “attach your blog post” and “share a link to your blog post”) – If you override, the first link obtained from the message format will be used instead of {PERMALINK} of the post. If no link is obtained, then the first link from the post description will be used.

Override Scheduling settings (Applicable only if the scheduling is enabled on the settings page)

Override scheduling of auto publish and publish instantaneously to this account – We can override the scheduling option and use the instantaneous publishing of this account.
Override default min. time delay for auto publishing in case of scheduled publishing – We can set up a minimum delay for each social media account in case of scheduled publishing and so it will publish after the delay to that social media.
Override publishing delay between consecutive posts – We can override the delay between consecutive posts.

After creating the new account, please click on the “Save” button.

It will ask for some permissions. Click ‘Okay’ to continue.

Authorization

Now the Threads app is authorized.

It will display the account where you want to display the post ,then click ‘Save’.

**Note 1:** You can see this option (*Threads username*) only after authorizing the Threads account.
The first time when you enter the values, this field is not available. After entering the values, you need to authorize the Threads account and then you can see this.

**Note 2**: While authorizing, please make sure that you have entered the correct keys and details.
If any of the value is incorrect, it won’t authorize the account.

You can see all your Threads accounts in the manage section.
You can do the actions by clicking on the respective button.
Also, we can see the API usage of the Threads app in the manage accounts section and also the previous history.

Here we can see the API usage of the current Hour. To see the history, please click the History link.