# How to blog with Bear on iPad & iPhone

> On iPad and iPhone, you can publish Bear notes as blog posts by sharing a note with the official WordPress and Jetpack apps.

Source: https://bear.app/faq/how-to-blog-with-bear-on-ipad-iphone/

![](https://bear.app/faq/images/wordpress_1.png)

On iPad and iPhone, you can publish Bear notes as blog posts through the official WordPress and Jetpack apps. You’ll need the latest versions of:

- [Bear from the App Store][1]
- [WordPress from the App Store][2]
- A [WordPress.com][3] account and at least one existing blog, or
- A [WordPress.org][4] self-hosted installation connected to WordPress.com with [the official Jetpack plugin][5]

**Note**: Make sure you’re logged into the WordPress app with your WordPress.com account. If you self-host with WordPress.org, make sure your Jetpack account is hooked up to WordPress.com.

![](https://bear.app/faq/images/wordpress.gif)

Once you’re ready with these apps and the latest WordPress installation, publishing a Bear note as a blog post through WordPress is quite simple:

- In Bear for iPad or iPhone, select the note you want to publish
- Tap the more menu (⋮) at the top of the note, then tap **Export > TextBundle**
- In the Share Sheet that appears, tap the WordPress or Jetpack app in the bottom row (learn about enabling app extensions on [iPhone][6] and [iPad][7] at Apple Support)
- The WordPress blogging share sheet will appear with your post formatted with a title and body content
- Once you’re done making edits, tap Next at the top
- On the next screen, pick your post’s categories, tags, and (optional) destination blog if you have more than one
- Once your post is ready, tap Publish at the top to share your Bear note as a blog post with the world
## Things to know

- **H1 is your title** - To give your blog post a title, make sure an H1 (#) is at the top of your note
- **Photos are supported** - Photos in your Bear note will be passed along to WordPress for processing. Note: WordPress themes process photos differently, and Bear has no control over this
- **Other file attachments are not supported** - At least for now
- **Save as Draft** - Currently, the WordPress app offers a second, separate app extension in the bottom row for saving your posts as drafts. It’s called **Save as Draft**, and it does exactly that. This allows you to create one or more posts, but save them for later management and publishing
- **Use WordPress to manage your posts** - Bear passes your notes over to the WordPress/Jetpack apps, then WordPress works some magic to turn them into blog posts. Once you publish or save as a draft, use the WordPress app or website to further edit or manage the post from there
- **Under the hood** - TextBundle files are [an open format][8] for exchanging Markdown files with attachments (in our case, photos). This means that, technically, this integration is not exclusive. [We also released this code as open source][9] so other apps can support TextBundle files this way

[1]:	https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bear/id1016366447
[2]:	https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordpress/id335703880
[3]:	https://wordpress.com
[4]:	https://wordpress.org
[5]:	https://jetpack.com
[6]:	https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/install-app-extensions-iph1750a2241/ios
[7]:	https://support.apple.com/guide/ipad/install-app-extensions-ipad9a3bf1f5/ios
[8]:	http://textbundle.org/
[9]:	https://github.com/shinyfrog/TextBundle