Question 1

YouTube Shorts (60 seconds vs 3 minutes)

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How To Repurpose Content to YouTube Shorts.

Requirements:

Your video must be square or vertical
Your video must be 180 seconds (3 minutes) or less.
Create a workflow in Repurpose and select "YouTube" as the destination and "Shorts" as the type. 60-second

Forcing your workflow to only upload 60 second (instead of 3 minute) videos to Shorts

Visit your Workflow settings (gear icon)
Scroll to the bottom and set the "Select Preferred YouTube Shorts Duration" to either 60 seconds or 3 mins.

Trimming longer videos

Auto trimming the ends of longer videos - when your workflow is in "auto" you can enable the "auto trim" option inside your Workflow Settings (gear icon) if you videos to automatically be trimmed to fit the desired length (60 seconds or 3 mins based on your settings)
When manually publishing or scheduling content from inside the "View Content" page of your workflow, a trimmer will appear forcing you to adjust the start time and end time of the video to fit the YouTube Shorts desired length (60 seconds or 3 mins based on your settings)

What happens to long videos?

If your workflow is in "auto", any video longer than the YouTube Shorts desired length (60 seconds or 3 mins based on your settings) will be skipped.
If you want to force all videos to auto trim (trim the end of the video automatically to the desired YouTube length), you can enabl

Question 2

Release Notes (What's new at Repurpose)

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Changes made during the release of September 17th, 2025

New Features:

Video Stories Repurposing Workflows: Post to one Story platform, publish to all! Your Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat Video Stories now auto-repurpose across platforms—automatic repurposing across all three platforms. (Image Stories coming soon!)

Improvements:

Snapchat videos Extended Limits: Share longer Stories & Spotlight videos—up to 5 minutes (300s), giving you more creative room.
Better Instagram Publishing: Added automatic retries for temporary (“transient”) Instagram errors, clearer error messages, and stricter handling of media requirements to reduce failed publishes.
Google Drive Folder Validation: If a Google Drive folder you previously selected gets deleted, workflows will now pause automatically and notify you—avoiding repeated “File not found” failures.
Smarter Facebook Downloads: Facebook videos are now automatically converted to the most compatible format—ensures videos play properly on all platforms.

Changes made during the release of September 1st, 2025

Improvements:

Smoother Connections: Connection alerts now open authentication dialogs directly for faster reconnection.
Post Images to Snapchat Stories from Google Drive: You can now automatically publish images stored in your Google Drive directly to Snapchat Stori

Question 3

Automatically Publish Content on a Set Schedule

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Auto Publish Schedules let you choose exactly when your content gets published automatically, with specific days of the week and time windows set for each workflow. Set it once and let Repurpose.io do the rest — no need to log in every time you want to post.

Use this feature to:

Automatically repurpose existing and/or new content across platforms.
Keep a consistent posting rhythm.
Maintain full control over when each post goes live.

${youtube}Watch this tutorial video to see how it works step-by-step.

How Auto Publish Works

Auto Publish Schedules can be used with any workflow type, including:

🎥 Video to Video (e.g., TikTok → IG Reels)
🎧 Audio to Video (e.g., Audio Podcast → YouTube)

||| Exception: Workflows that use Google Drive or Dropbox as destinations do not support auto publishing on a schedule, as these are considered backup workflows and operate differently. Learn more here.

Schedule Rules and Limits

When setting up your schedule, keep in mind:

You can add up to 5 time slots per day.
Each time slot must have a minimum 2-hour gap.
One video will be published within each time slot.

||| Snapchat exception: Workflows with Snapchat as the destination publish 5 videos per time slot and may include up to 10 slots per day. All other workflows follow the standard limits listed above.

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Question 4

Quick Start Guide

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This tutorial covers the basics of using Repurpose.io. You’ll learn how to set up your connections, build workflows, automate publishing, and manage your content effortlessly. It's a great starting point if you're new and want a quick, hands-on overview to get up and running.

${youtube}Getting Started with Repurpose.io

Repurpose.io makes it simple to transform your content and share it across multiple platforms without extra effort. Instead of manually downloading, editing, and re-uploading videos, you can automate the process and let Repurpose handle the heavy lifting.

With just a few clicks, you can:

Repurpose existing content → take videos you’ve already published and automatically post them to new platforms.
Automate future content → set it up once, and every time you publish a new video, Repurpose will share it to your chosen destinations within a couple of hours.
Create clips from long-form videos → turn podcasts, YouTube videos, or live streams into short, engaging snippets for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts.
Back up your content → save everything directly to Google Drive or Dropbox for safekeeping.

Getting started is easy: connect your accounts, choose your source (like TikTok, YouTube, or a podcast), select your destination (such as Instagram, YouTube Shorts, or Google Drive), and let automation take care of the res

Question 5

Post First Comment (Automatically or Manually)

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|| You can now post your first comment along with your videos (automatically or manually) for the following Destinations: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

${youtube}First Comment on Video Post 👈- New feature 🔥🔥🔥

How to post your first comment automatically via Repurpose (same comment for all videos)

The following steps are meant to be used with AUTO workflows and time-slots from publishing schedule rules.
From inside the Workflow settings you can set a default text message that will be used as your first comment on each video that Repurpose publishes for you.

Open the workflow settings and scroll down to the bottom.
Enable "Automatically publish a custom comment for each video".
Inside the "Comment" box, leave your default message that Repurpose will use on each video automatically.
Save your settings.

How to post your first comment via manually via Repurpose (unique comment for each video)

The following steps allow you to publish a specific text while manually publishing content.

Sel

Question 6

What happens if I repost a video with copyrighted music to YouTube Shorts?

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|| Any Short up to 60 seconds in duration - your YouTube account, reach, and monetization on that Short is not affected

||| Any Short between 61 seconds and 3 minutes in duration - if your Short has an active Content ID claim of any type, including manual claims, will be blocked globally on YouTube. The video will not be playable or recommended on YouTube, and will not be eligible for monetization. There are no penalties to your channel. You may remove the claimed content from your videos. If you believe the claim was made in error, you can file a dispute. Once the claim is resolved, your Short will be viewable and eligible for monetization. More details can be found here.

1) If you re-post a video with copyrighted music to YouTube shorts YouTube will give you a notice inside your YouTube account next to that video. The notice simply mentions that the music in that video is copyrighted.

2) The original creator of that audio is automatically credited on your video.

**3) As long as the video is a YouTube Shorts, there are no copyright strikes a

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