The short answer: Facebook's Share button puts an existing post into one group per share, the identical post every time, so sharing to fifty groups means fifty rounds of the same clicks. To get one post into dozens or 100 groups at once, post it as a new post in each group instead. AutoGP (we make it) does that automatically, in one click, safely: you paste the post's text and photos once, tick the groups you've joined, and it posts to each group in turn, with the wording varied per group, a pause between groups that varies, a daily limit from your account's age, and the whole run stopped the first time Facebook warns the account. If keeping every comment on one original post matters more than reach, use Share for the few groups that count most. Every tool is compared in the best Facebook group posting tools.
You wrote a post that matters: a car for sale, a lost dog, a fundraiser, a new menu, a job opening, an event. It's on your profile or your Page, and now you want it in every group where the right people might see it. Facebook's Share button seems like the obvious way, and for two or three groups it is. This guide explains where Share stops, what changes when you post instead of share, and how to get the same post into a hundred groups without an evening of clicking.
What Facebook's Share button actually does
Under almost every post there's a Share button. Choose Share to a group, pick one of your groups, add a line of your own if you like, and press Post. The group gets a post with your line on top and the original post shown inside it. Likes and comments on the shared copy stay in that group; the original keeps its own.
Three things limit it when the goal is many groups:
- One group per share. You repeat the whole share for each group. Fifty groups is fifty rounds of the same clicks, and nothing keeps count of which groups you've done.
- Every group gets the identical post. Nothing varies the wording from group to group. The same post appearing quickly in many groups is exactly the pattern Facebook's spam filters look for, whether it arrives by Share or by paste.
- Some groups don't welcome shares. Many buy and sell groups and local groups ask for posts written for the group, and some admins remove shared posts or links. A share from a Page into a group can also need admin approval.
A shared post can also look second-hand. Members scroll past a box inside a box more readily than a post with its own photos, written to them.
Share it, or post it as a new post in each group?
There are two ways to get "the same post" into many groups, and they suit different jobs.
| Share the original | A new post in each group | |
|---|---|---|
| What members see | Your line, with the original post inside it | A post with its own text and photos |
| Comments and likes | In each group's copy, and on the original | In each group's post |
| Wording per group | Identical | Can vary per group |
| Groups that ban shares or links | Often removed | Fits the group's rules |
| Doing fifty groups | Fifty separate shares | One run with a tool like AutoGP |
Share the original when the point is the original: a fundraiser page, a live video, a news post, a viral post you want people to react to in one place. Use it for the handful of groups that matter most.
Post it new in each group when the point is to reach people: an item for sale, a rental, a service, an event, a job. Members of a buy and sell group want the photos, the price and the details in front of them, not a link to somewhere else. This is also the only way that scales to dozens of groups without doing each one by hand.
You can have both. AutoGP can add a first comment under each post, so the new post carries the full ad and the comment can point back to the original or to your Page.
How to post one post to many groups with AutoGP
AutoGP is a Chrome extension that posts to the Facebook groups you've joined, through the Facebook session already logged in to your Chrome. It never asks for your Facebook password.
- Copy the post. Open the original post, copy its text and save its photos (up to ten).
- Sync your groups. Open AutoGP's side panel and press Sync Groups. It lists every group you belong to; save the ones you post to often as a bundle.
- Paste it once, and vary it. Paste the text, add the photos, and write the post a second or third way, or select a few words and choose Add alternatives, so each group gets a slightly different version. "Vary images per group" is on by default, so the same file isn't uploaded everywhere.
- Pick the groups and start. Tick dozens of groups, or the bundle, and start. AutoGP posts to each group in turn, automatically, in one click, with a pause between groups that varies. You can also schedule the run for later.
- Check Results. Every group gets a row: posted, waiting for admin approval, or why it didn't go through, each with a help page.
That's the whole job. What would be fifty shares becomes one run, and the run is paced the way a careful person would post, not as fast as a script can click.
Why posting it new in each group is safer than fifty quick shares
Facebook's spam policy covers posting very often and posting the same content again and again. It doesn't matter much whether the repetition comes from Share or from paste. What lowers the risk is the pattern:
- Different words in each group, so no two groups get the identical text.
- A pause between groups that varies, rather than one share straight after another.
- A daily amount that fits the account. AutoGP starts a new Facebook account at about 25 posts a day and raises it as the account ages.
- Stopping when Facebook objects. If Facebook blocks posting, asks you to confirm it's you, restricts the account or logs you out, AutoGP stops the whole run instead of carrying on in every group left.
No tool can honestly promise that Facebook will never restrict an account; Facebook decides that. Posting only where a group's rules allow your post matters as much as any setting. More in is auto-posting to Facebook groups safe? and how to avoid Facebook jail when posting in groups.
Examples
A private car sale. You posted the car on your profile and friends shared it twice. To reach buyers, put the full ad, with photos, mileage and price, as a new post in every local buy and sell group and car group you've joined. See why isn't my car selling on Facebook.
A house for sale by owner. The listing on your profile reaches your friends. Local community, relocation and real estate groups reach buyers. Selling your house by owner on Facebook covers which groups and what to write.
A moving sale. Furniture, appliances, a bike: one post with the best photo of each, into every local group, the week before you go. See how to sell things fast on Facebook.
An event. Post the details as a new post in each local group, and put the link to the Facebook event in the first comment. More for organisers in events and classes.
A lost pet or a fundraiser. Here sharing the original is often right, because you want every comment and every sighting in one place. Share it to the few biggest local groups by hand.
Facebook's other multi-group features
Facebook has added a few ways to put one thing in more than one place, and each has a narrow use:
- List in more places, offered when you create a Marketplace listing, adds the item to some buy and sell groups. Facebook picks which groups it offers, and it works for items for sale only. Our guide to buy and sell groups explains where it stops.
- Posting to several groups you run. Some admins see an option to post to more than one of their own groups. It doesn't help in groups where you're a member.
- Scheduling is offered to admins and moderators in their own groups only. See can you schedule posts in Facebook groups.
For groups you've joined but don't run, which is most groups for most people, posting it new in each group is the way to reach all of them.
Frequently asked questions
Can I share a Facebook post to multiple groups at once?
Not in one go with Facebook's Share button: it shares to one group at a time, and each group gets the identical post. To get one post into dozens of groups at once, post it as a new post in each group; AutoGP does that automatically in one click, with the wording varied per group.
Why can I only share to one group at a time?
That's how Facebook's Share to a group works for members. Facebook offers multi-group posting only in narrow cases, such as Marketplace's List in more places for items for sale and some admins posting to groups they run.
Is sharing the same post in many groups spam?
It can be treated as spam. Facebook's spam policy covers posting the same content again and again, and groups often remove repeated shares. Vary the wording, pace the posts, post only where the group's rules allow it, and stop when Facebook warns you.
Is it better to share a post or post it again in each group?
To reach people, post it again in each group: members see the photos and details directly, and the post fits groups that remove shares or links. To keep every reaction on one original post, such as a fundraiser, share it to the few groups that matter most.
Can AutoGP share my existing post?
AutoGP posts your post's text and photos as a new post in each group, rather than sharing the original. You can add a first comment under each post that points back to the original post or your Page.
Can I share a Marketplace listing to more groups?
Marketplace offers List in more places for some buy and sell groups. To reach every buy and sell group you've joined, post the item as a new post in each one; AutoGP does that in one click.
More guides on Facebook group marketing, or post to many groups in one click.