Encourage visitors to share your content by cross-posting your blog posts to Tumblr.

Tumblr is a blogging and social networking site. Connecting Tumblr is a great way to cross-post blog posts and encourage visitors to share your content on their blogs. This guide explores different ways you can use Tumblr with Squarespace. 

Here's what you can do with this integration: 

Tip: If you're moving from Tumblr to Squarespace, you can import your Tumblr posts.

Connect your Tumblr account

To authorize your account: 

1. Open the Connected Accounts panel.
2. Click Connect Account.
3. Select Tumblr from the Social Accounts menu. 
4. Log in using your Tumblr username and password. 
5. Click Allow. 
6. From the Primary Blog drop-down menu, select the blog to connect. Blog posts you push from Squarespace will publish on this blog.
7. Click Save. 

Add a social icon

To display a social icon:

1. Open the Social links panel.  
2. Add your Tumblr blog link. 
3. Check Show Social Icon. 
4. Click Save. 

For more detailed steps, visit Adding social links.

After adding your Tumblr link, the social icon will automatically display in most templates, but not all of them. You can also add social icons using the social links block.

Add a Share button

Version 7.1 doesn't support built-in share buttons.

To help visitors share your content on Tumblr, you can add a Tumblr Share button to the following content:

• Album pages
• Events pages
• Gallery pages
• Layout pages (Flatiron template only)
• Blog posts
• Product items

Push content to Tumblr automatically

To learn more about pushing content to Tumblr and customizing your posts, visit Sharing content on social media.