Social Media Scheduling for Government and Public Bodies in 2026 [Updated Guide]
BulkPublish is a social media scheduler for government teams and public bodies. Public accounts have two jobs: keep residents informed on the networks they already use, and never publish anything that has not been signed off. BulkPublish holds every post for approval until it has one, turns each new notice on your website’s feed into a post, and groups each department’s accounts so an announcement reaches the right ones. It publishes to Bluesky and Mastodon as well as Facebook, X, LinkedIn and YouTube.
Updated October 2026. The limits, post types and integrations below are read from the app itself every time this site is built.
The networks this audience uses most
These are the networks this page is about, with what BulkPublish can publish to each and the caption length it checks before a post is queued. Every one has a guide of its own.
| Network | What you can post | Caption limit |
|---|---|---|
| Post, Reel, and Story | 63,206 characters | |
| X / Twitter | Tweet | 280 characters |
| Post, Gallery, PDF Carousel, and Article | 3,000 characters | |
| Bluesky | Post | 300 characters |
| Mastodon | Post | 500 characters |
| YouTube | Video and Short | 5,000 characters |
That is where this kind of work usually goes, but it is not the limit. BulkPublish publishes to 15 networks in total, and one post can go to every one you have connected in the same click. The rest are:
What this workflow needs
What a public account needs before anything goes out:
- Post approvals. A post can wait for a second pair of eyes. Whoever signs off approves or rejects it, and only an approved post reaches the queue.
- Recurring schedules. Set a slot once, daily, weekly or monthly, and posts go out on it without anybody opening the app that morning.
- RSS autoposting. Point BulkPublish at a feed and every new item becomes a post, on the networks you pick, in the wording you set up.
- Channel sets. Group the accounts that belong together and publish to the whole group in one click, rather than picking accounts one at a time.
Working with AI agents
For a public body this means an assistant can draft the week’s notices from the published schedule, with every one held until an officer approves it.
BulkPublish runs a hosted MCP server, so an AI assistant can do this work with you instead of you copying its answer into another tab. It exposes 20 tools over OAuth: an agent can see your channels, draft a post, put it in the queue, publish it and read the numbers back afterwards. Nothing to install, no API key to paste.
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Claude -
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Grok -
Grok Bot -
Muse -
Manus -
Cue -
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Codex CLI -
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Windsurf -
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Cline -
Warp -
OpenClaw -
Hermes
Every assistant we support has a setup guide of its own.
Getting started
- Create an account. The free plan does not ask for a card.
- Connect the channels in the table above. Each one is a normal sign-in on that network’s own site, and you can disconnect it whenever you like.
- Set the slots you want to post on, or bring a batch in and give each post its own time.
- Look at the queue the next morning. Anything a network refused says so in that network’s own words, and can be sent again.
Common questions
Can every post need approval?
Yes. A post can be held for approval and only reaches the queue once somebody signs it off. A rejection goes back with the reason attached.
Can notices from our website be posted automatically?
Yes, if the website publishes a feed. Each new item becomes a post on the networks you choose, in wording set up once.
Can we publish to Mastodon and Bluesky?
Yes. Both are among the networks BulkPublish publishes to, alongside Facebook, X, LinkedIn and YouTube.
Do you meet our procurement or accessibility requirements?
That depends on your rules, and this page cannot answer it for you. Get in touch through the contact page and ask about the specific requirement.
Is there a free plan?
Yes, and it does not ask for a card. The pricing page lists what each plan connects and how much it posts.
Can an AI assistant post for me?
Yes. The hosted MCP server lets an assistant draft, schedule, publish and read your analytics over OAuth, with nothing to install and no key to paste.
Still stuck? The Help Center walks through it step by step.
Other audiences
BulkPublish has a page for each of these too.
Try it
Create an account, connect your channels, and your first post can be scheduled a couple of minutes later. Free plan, no card, cancel whenever you like.