Hybrid AutoPress

For iPhone, iPad and Mac

A folder of Markdown in. A WordPress site out.

Hybrid AutoPress uploads many Markdown files to WordPress in one go. Every file becomes a post or a page, with headings, links, lists, tables and images, saved as a draft, published right away or scheduled for later.

Download on the App Store Download on the Mac App Store See how it works
Hybrid AutoPress on the Mac: seven Markdown documents in the list, the post “Lisbon in Three Days” with its featured image, credit, alt text, slug, excerpt and categories.

Step 1

Add files. Or a whole folder.

Pick single files, choose a folder including its subfolders, or drag everything into the window. AutoPress reads each title from the front matter, the first heading or the file name, and finds the featured image by itself.

The document list on the Mac with seven Markdown files, each marked as post or page.

Step 2

Decide once. Adjust where needed.

Post or page; draft, publish now or schedule: set it once for all documents and override it for any single one. A whole batch can be staggered, the first one on a date, the rest a day apart. Before anything goes live at once, AutoPress asks once.

All documents set to Schedule, staggered one day apart, with the dates shown in the list.

Step 3

Press upload. Watch it go.

One document after the other is created in WordPress, its pictures first. A progress bar shows how far along you are, and you can stop at any time; what is uploaded stays uploaded.

An upload in progress: three of seven documents are done, one is being created in WordPress, the rest are waiting.

Step 4

Done. With a link back.

Every finished document gets a green check mark and a link to view it on the site or to keep editing in WordPress. If something fails, AutoPress tells you why and what to do about it, and sends the document again next time.

All seven documents carry a green check mark; the selected one offers “View” and “Edit in WordPress”.

What arrives

Real blocks. Not a blob.

Your Markdown arrives as blocks of the WordPress block editor, not as one big unbreakable chunk. Every heading, paragraph, list, quote, table and image is its own block that can be edited, moved or deleted on its own.

  • Every element, its own blockHeadings of every level, paragraphs with bold, italic, code and links, ordered and nested lists, task lists, quotes, code blocks and separators.
  • Tables and images, the real thingA Markdown table becomes a table block with its alignment. A picture becomes an image block with alt text and caption; a linked picture keeps its link.
  • Made for text from AI toolsMarkdown from ChatGPT, Claude and the like arrives as is. A stray ** on its own line, a common slip in generated text, is repaired quietly, as in Hybrid.

Images

Your pictures come along.

No more uploading images by hand and patching links. What lies next to your Markdown file arrives in WordPress with it, at web size, cropped the way you want and with your name in the corner.

  • Into the media libraryLocal images in the text are uploaded with their alt text and linked in the post. Each one only once per site and session, however many documents use it.
  • Web size, JPEG or WebPScaled down before the upload, never up: 1200, 1600, 2000 or 2560 pixels on the long edge. HEIC photos from the iPhone are converted; transparency stays PNG.
  • Crop every picture16:9, 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, 4:5, 2:3 or 9:16. Move the picture under the frame, zoom with two fingers, and the chosen part arrives in full size.
  • A credit in the corner“© Name” set into the lower right corner of every uploaded picture, along the bottom or up the edge, in white or black, in the size you choose, with a live preview.
  • Featured image, found automaticallyNamed in the front matter, or a picture with the same name next to the file: lisbon.md → lisbon.jpg. Or pick a file or a photo yourself.
The crop editor on the iPhone: a landscape picture with the credit “© Maria Santos” in the corner and the shapes Original, 16:9, 3:2, 4:3, 1:1 and 4:5 below.

Scheduling

Upload today. Go live all month.

Fifty documents do not have to appear on one day. Upload them now and let WordPress publish them by itself, at the times you choose.

  • Draft, now or scheduledDraft is the default and never shows anything. Publish now goes live as soon as it is uploaded. Schedule sets a date and time for each document.
  • Stagger a whole batch“First one on” a date, “then every” hour, three hours, day, two days or week. Fifty documents become an editorial calendar; single dates can still be changed afterwards.
  • Your time, your clockThe time is the one your device shows, whatever time zone the website is set to. A future date in a file's front matter schedules it; a past one backdates it.
A document on the iPhone set to Scheduled with the field “Goes live on” and a date picker.

Metadata and search engines

Everything the post needs. Read from your site.

Nothing is tailored to one particular installation. AutoPress asks every website what it has, and shows exactly that.

  • Categories and tags from your siteChosen from the site's own list, most used first, with a search for sites with thousands of tags. New ones are typed in and created when the document is uploaded. One choice can be applied to all documents.
  • SEO fields for the plugin you haveSEO title, meta description and focus keyphrase for Yoast SEO, Rank Math, SEOPress and Jetpack, with counters for the room search results have. Set them in the app or in the front matter.
  • Author, comments, stickyPermalink slug, excerpt, the author if your account may publish for others, whether comments are open, and whether the post stays at the top of the blog.
  • The website's own fieldsFields that plugins or the theme have opened to apps, a subtitle, a message for social networks, appear by themselves, explained in plain words.
The category picker on the Mac: the site's categories with their counts, the new category “Portugal” ticked, a search field on top.

One app, three devices

At your desk. Or on the sofa.

The same app on iPhone, iPad and Mac, one purchase for all three. Upload from wherever your files are: iCloud Drive, the Files app or a folder on your Mac.

Hybrid AutoPress on the iPad: all seven documents uploaded, the selected post saved as a draft.
Hybrid AutoPress on the iPhone: the list of documents with the button “Upload 7 Documents”.

Front matter

A few lines on top. If you like.

Optional front matter, as Jekyll, Hugo and Obsidian write it, controls everything per file. Without it, the first heading becomes the title and does not show up twice in the post. Everything in the file is only a starting value that can still be changed in the app.

  • Everything WordPress needstitle, type, status, date, slug, excerpt, tags, categories, author, comments, sticky, featured_image and its alt text.
  • Pictures and search engines, toocredit for the pictures of that document; seo_title, meta_description and focus_keyword for your SEO plugin.
  • Straight from your writing toolFiles from Hybrid, Obsidian, iA Writer or a static-site generator work as they are. AutoPress reads .md, .markdown, .mdown, .mkd and .mdwn. 
---
# optional: every line may be left out
title: Lisbon in Three Days
type: post
status: scheduled
date: 2026-10-03 08:30
slug: lisbon-in-three-days
tags: [Lisbon, City trips, Food]
categories: Portugal
featured_image: images/alfama.jpg
credit: © Maria Santos
seo_title: Lisbon in Three Days: An Itinerary
meta_description: Seven hills, one tram line, the best custard tarts.
---

# Lisbon in Three Days

Lisbon rewards people who walk …

Your WordPress

Works with your WordPress. Wherever it is hosted.

Sign in through the browser and WordPress itself creates an application password for the app. Your login password never reaches AutoPress, and the access can be revoked in your profile at any time. WordPress.com sites connect the same way. Any WordPress 5.6 or later, reachable via https.

  • WordPress.com
  • IONOS
  • STRATO
  • ALL-INKL.COM
  • Hostinger
  • Raidboxes
  • WP Engine
  • Kinsta
  • SiteGround
  • Bluehost
  • GoDaddy
  • Hetzner
  • Host Europe
  • mittwald
  • Cloudways
  • DreamHost
  • … and any other host

Credentials stay in the keychain

Never in the settings, never in a file. Websites are only ever contacted via https; over an unencrypted connection nothing is sent.

Errors with a way out

If your server swallows the sign-in, which is common with shared hosting, AutoPress recognises it and shows the .htaccess line that fixes it. A security plugin in the way is named.

Talks to your site, nothing else

No account needed, no tracking, no server in between. Documents and pictures go from your device straight to your WordPress.

Help, built in

Fourteen short topics from the first step to troubleshooting, in all nine languages, plus a hint wherever one is needed: under the fields, at sign-in, with every error.

AutoPress Pro

Seven days free. Then Pro, or free for good.

After installation everything is usable for seven days, no account, no payment details. Then the AutoPress Pro subscription, monthly or yearly, keeps it that way; the App Store shows the price. Without it the app goes on as a free version.

FreeAutoPress Pro
One document at a timeAny number of documents at once
Pictures at full size, as JPEGScaled to web size, JPEG or WebP
Draft or publish nowPlus scheduled publishing, staggered for a batch
Post or page, featured image, crop, creditPlus details, options, SEO fields and the site's own fields

Locked fields are not sent in the free version, not even when the Markdown file sets them; a scheduled document becomes a draft, never public by accident. The subscription runs through the App Store and can be cancelled there at any time.

The Pro window on the Mac: the five Pro features, the monthly and yearly plan, Restore Purchases and Manage Subscription.

What you get out of it

Less clicking. More publishing.

One click instead of twenty rounds

Twenty articles no longer mean twenty times copy, paste, upload images, fix links, pick categories. Add the folder, press upload.

Drafts first

Everything can arrive as a draft. Check it in WordPress and publish when you are happy with it.

Your text stays yours

The Markdown files on your disk remain the original, readable in any editor, today and in ten years.

Made for AI workflows

Texts from ChatGPT, Claude and the like arrive as Markdown anyway. AutoPress takes them to your site without detours.

For whole sites, too

Moving a site or starting a new one? Pages and posts go up in a single run, tags, categories and pictures included.

Speaks your language

Nine languages. In the app and on this page.

Hybrid AutoPress follows the language of your device, and the built-in help does too.

Write in Markdown. Publish in bulk.

Hybrid AutoPress is in the App Store: one app for iPhone, iPad and Mac, seven days free.

Download on the App Store Download on the Mac App Store

Requires iOS 17, iPadOS 17 or macOS 14 · A WordPress site 5.6 or later, reachable via https