Automattic / Automattic/jetpack
Publicize to Bluesky: post images are not pulled into Bluesky post
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- PHP
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Description
### Impacted plugin
Jetpack, Social
### Quick summary
When publicizing a post to Bluesky, an image can be attached to the post, but right now we only do so if the post includes a featured image. It would be nice if we could also pick images from the post content as well.
### Steps to reproduce
1. Start with a site that's connected to WordPress.com.
2. Go to Jetpack > Settings > Sharing
3. Connect your site to your Bluesky account
4. Go to Posts > Add New
5. Write a new post with a title, some content, and insert an image block. Add an image there.
6. Hit Publish
### A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.
I would expect the post that gets publicized to Bluesky to display that image in the post preview.
### What actually happened
Instead, only a link is displayed.
### Impact
Most (> 50%)
### Available workarounds?
No but the platform is still usable
### If the above answer is "Yes...", outline the workaround.
_No response_
### Platform (Simple and/or Atomic)
Simple, Atomic, Self-hosted
### Logs or notes
Here is a screenshot of 3 different scenarios:
- A post with no image in the post content, but a featured image -> That featured image is picked in the post preview.
- A post with an image in the post content, and that same image as a featured image -> That featured image is picked in the post preview.
- A post with an image in the post content but no featured image -> **That is the bug we're talking about here**

Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the issue through Jetpack > Settings > Sharing and Posts > Add New, using a post-content image without a featured image. Review the Jetpack Social Bluesky publicizing path and compare it with the featured-image case. Done means a content image appears in the Bluesky preview when no featured image is set.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- php, wordpress
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100