As we're using Steemit as our blogging platform, we investigated the Wordpress plugin to post on Steemit.

Updated 1 January 2018 v1.0.

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This is a guide for:

• Downloading the WordPress Steem plugin.
• Editing the WordPress Steem plugin.
• Posting on Steemit using the WordPress Steem plugin from WordPress.
• Pros and cons of using WordPress Steem.

Step 1:

Downloading the WordPress Steem plugin.

Note: It is important to note that in order to use the WordPress Steem plugin, one must first have a WordPress account and a Steemit account without which the plugin won’t work.

• Enter your WordPress admin link into your browser, then enter your WordPress username and password.
• From your WordPress dashboard, click on Plugin -> Add new.
• In the search bar, search for WordPress Steem and click download.
• Once the plugin has successfully downloaded, click on Upload plugin -> Choose file (select the file path which the plugin downloaded, most times it’s in the downloads folder) and click install now.
• When the plugin has installed successfully, click on activate to activate the plugin.

Step 2:

Editing the WordPress Steem plugin:

• On your WordPress dashboard, click on Settings -> Steem.
• On the Steem Settings, edit the settings so the plugin can post directly on Steemit from WordPress.
• On the Accounts tab and Posting key tab, fill in your Steemit username.
• Check the Default Publish to Steem and Default Update to Steem check box.
  
• Fill in and check the appropriate boxes that you want and click on Save changes.

Step 3:

Posting on Steemit using the WordPress Steem plugin from WordPress.

• From the WordPress Dashboard click on Posts -> Add new.
• Enter the Article Title and content.
• Fill in the content of the article.
• Add the tags where appropriate, and click on update.

Pros and cons of using WordPress Steem.

Pros:

• The plugin is easy to install and activate.
• It’s quite easy to post on WordPress with its visual editor.

Cons:

• As at the time of posting this article, the plugin didn’t post on Steemit from WordPress.