Connecting WordPress to PostCrab takes about five minutes, and you never have to hand over your actual WordPress password. Instead, WordPress has a built-in feature called Application Passwords, made specifically for this kind of connection. Here’s exactly how to set it up.
Step 1: Generate an Application Password in WordPress
Log into your WordPress admin dashboard and go to Users → Profile. Scroll down to the Application Passwords section. Type a name for the connection, something like “PostCrab,” so you’ll recognize it later. Click Add New Application Password.
WordPress will show you a long, auto-generated password. This is the only time you’ll see it, so copy it immediately. If you lose it, you’ll simply generate a new one; nothing is lost. For the technical details behind this feature, WordPress’s own documentation covers exactly how it works under the hood.
Step 2: Add a Small Snippet for Yoast Fields
By default, Yoast’s SEO fields aren’t exposed to outside tools. To connect WordPress to PostCrab in a way that also fills in SEO data automatically, add a short snippet to your site (PostCrab’s connection screen includes a copy-paste version of this). It simply tells WordPress to allow those specific fields, such as the SEO title and meta description, to be set through the API.
Step 3: Enter Your Details in PostCrab
Head to PostCrab’s Connections page and select WordPress. You’ll need three things: your site’s URL, your WordPress username, and the application password you just generated. Paste them in, and PostCrab verifies the connection immediately.
Step 4: Confirm the Connection Works
Once connected, PostCrab will show WordPress as an active platform on your Connections page. From here, any post you generate or schedule for WordPress will also carry its SEO title, meta description, focus keyphrase, and social preview fields automatically. For more on how that piece works, see WordPress SEO publishing.
A Few Things to Know
Application passwords are tied to your specific WordPress user account, not your whole site, so you can revoke one at any time without affecting anything else. If you ever reset it or your credentials stop working, PostCrab will flag the connection so you know to reconnect it.
That’s the whole process. Once it’s set up, WordPress behaves exactly like any other connected platform in PostCrab, ready to receive scheduled or automatically posted content.