Hi all,
We have been working on a social media posting plugin for Q2A and have managed to come up with this using GitHub copilot.
What it does:
- Posts new questions to your social media accounts automatically
- Supports Telegram, Facebook, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts
- Multiple accounts per platform (e.g., different Telegram channels for different topics)
- Category-based routing (send Physics questions to one channel, Chemistry to another)
- AI-powered message generation using OpenAI
- Auto-generates images for Instagram and video for YouTube Shorts
- Daily "Question of the Day" and "Quote of the Day" features
- Token expiry warnings so you don't miss when API keys need renewal
Why we built it:
Managing social media for a Q2A site is tedious. Copy-pasting links, writing captions, posting to multiple platforms... it adds up. This plugin handles all of that automatically when content is posted.
Some highlights:
- Add unlimited accounts per platform
- Pick which accounts receive which content types
- Nested category support (3 levels) for granular routing
- Developer API so other plugins can use the posting functionality
- Clean admin UI with collapsible sections
Requirements:
- Q2A 1.8+
- PHP 7.4+
- GD extension (for image generation)
- ffmpeg (optional, for YouTube Shorts)
The plugin auto-detects custom tables (^exams, ^blogs, ^jobs) and only shows those content types if they exist.
GitHub: https://github.com/GATEOverflow/q2a-social-media-poster
Please test it and open PRs or issues are any issues. We'll be using this plugin on our website and so will be happy to solve any issues.
