{"id":6688,"date":"2018-08-01T20:54:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T20:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postcron.com\/en\/blog\/?p=6688"},"modified":"2019-09-05T18:45:09","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T18:45:09","slug":"update-connect-facebook-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postcron.com\/en\/blog\/update-connect-facebook-group\/","title":{"rendered":"How to connect your Facebook Group to Postcron (Step by Step guide)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6691\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.postcron.com\/blog-en\/2018\/08\/facebook-groups.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook Groups\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>Due to the updates on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/04\/24\/new-facebook-platform-product-changes-policy-updates\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/04\/24\/new-facebook-platform-product-changes-policy-updates\/\" data-id=\"entity-ember27832\">Facebook\u2019s API<\/a>\u00a0 privacy policy on August 2018, in order to connect a Facebook Group to your Postcron account, you need to add the Postcron App to the group first.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll show you how to do it step-by-step.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you are the group&#8217;s admin, you can do it yourself.<\/li>\n<li>If you are NOT the group&#8217;s admin, you&#8217;ll need to contact the admin to add it (It&#8217;s quite simple!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Therefore, <strong>you DON&#8217;T necessarily need to be the group&#8217;s admin, but you DO need to have the Postcron App added to the group you want to connect to Postcron.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-to\">Step-by-Step: How to connect your Facebook Group<\/h2>\n<p>Connecting Facebook Groups requires an additional step of <strong>adding the Postcron app within your Group&#8217;s settings on Facebook itself.<\/strong>\u00a0We&#8217;ve found the quickest way is to first log into your Facebook Profile that has the required permissions.\u00a0Here are all the steps you&#8217;ll need to follow:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Log into your personal Facebook Profile that has the required permissions on <a href=\"http:\/\/Facebook.com\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Log in to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postcron.com\">Postcron<\/a> account.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the Facebook button at the top right of your dashboard and then click on\u00a0<strong><em>Group<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0in the Facebook dropdown.<\/li>\n<li>Since you&#8217;re already logged into your Facebook Profile, you won&#8217;t need to enter your login credentials. Click on the Group you&#8217;d like to connect.<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong><em>Add<\/em><\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6693 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.postcron.com\/blog-en\/2018\/08\/groups-01-1.png\" alt=\"Facebook Group Update\" width=\"1892\" height=\"1244\" \/><\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ll be taken to your Group settings on Facebook. Scroll down to the Apps section and click\u00a0<strong><em>Add Apps<\/em><\/strong>. 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