Connect YouTube
Schedule videos and Shorts to your channel. The first line of your post is the title.
6 steps · about 2 minutes
You need
- A Google account with a YouTube channel. No channel yet? youtube.com → your picture → Create a channel. Free.
- A video to post
Open Channels
In Honkpost, go to Settings → Channels and click Connect next to YouTube.
Open Channels in HonkpostPick your Google account
Sign in with the Google account that owns the channel. If it runs more than one channel, Google asks which. Pick the channel you want to post to.
Get past Google's warning
Google shows "Google hasn't verified this app" while it checks Honkpost. Click Advanced, then Go to Honkpost.
Tip: Normal for now. It goes away once Google approves Honkpost.
Tick both boxes
Google asks to let Honkpost upload videos and see your channel. Tick both and click Continue. You land back in Honkpost with YouTube connected.
Tip: Leave a box unticked and connecting fails. Just do it again.
Post a video
New post → pick YouTube → Insert Media and add the video. The first line is the title, the rest is the description. Under YouTube settings, pick who can watch, made for kids, category and tags. Then Schedule or Post now.
Tip: Vertical and 3 minutes or less goes up as a Short. Anything wider or longer is a normal video. YouTube decides, not you.
Check it in YouTube Studio
It shows under Content within a minute or two of going out. Views, likes and comments show up on Honkpost's Analytics page too.
Open YouTube Studio ↗If it goes wrong
- Connecting fails. One of Google’s two boxes was left unticked. Connect again and tick both.
- It went to the wrong channel. Connect again and pick the right channel when Google asks.
- The video is Private. Expected for now. Make it public in YouTube Studio → Content → Visibility.
Good to know
- Up to 5,000 characters, 1 video.
- One video per post. Titles up to 100 characters.
- Thumbnails, playlists, end screens and comment settings are set in YouTube Studio for now.