Glossary

Chrome Extension Poster

A chrome extension poster is a Facebook group auto posting tool that runs in Google Chrome and publishes through your logged-in browser session.

Chrome extension posters replaced the group schedulers that ran on the Graph API before Meta shut that access off. PilotPoster and MaherPost both fall in this category. They publish through browser session posting rather than cloud tokens.

Requirements

Google Chrome, a logged-in Facebook account, the extension installed, and the browser open while campaigns run.

Why marketers care

If Facebook groups are part of your plan, you need a tool that works without the old group API. Page schedulers cannot reach groups you joined as a person. Within the extension category, the useful difference between tools is what they tell you after a run: per-group delivery status and a risk score matter more than a publish button.

Common mistakes

Comparing extension posters to Buffer using feature checklists written for Pages
Running bulk campaigns without spintax or delays
Leaving a campaign running on a laptop that goes to sleep
Choosing a tool with no delivery logs or health scoring
Installing the extension but never connecting it to the MaherPost dashboard

Example in practice

A local bakery stops copying and pasting by hand. They install the extension, connect the dashboard, and send weekly specials to 12 community groups, with a different opening line in each post and four-minute delays that spread the run over an hour. Chrome stays open on the front desk computer. The delivery log shows 11 delivered and 1 waiting on admin approval, and they adjust the Saturday bundle for the following week.

In MaherPost

The extension works together with the campaign composer, Account Health, Lead Radar, RSS feeds, and client reports for agencies, all on one plan. Extension and dashboard updates ship together. Install the extension on each Chrome profile you post from. If you contact support about a delivery problem, include your extension version and the campaign ID so they can match the two.

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