Move a Buffer Start Page to LinkStack

Take it out

1. 1

   Step 1

   Copy the page while editing still works

   Buffer's November 4, 2026 post says you can keep editing a Start Page until November 30, 2026. The help page says the editor is on the desktop, under Editor, and that you publish changes from there. Write down each link and save the images. The file download is not available before November 30.

2. 2

   Step 2

   Use the download as a backup, not as an import

   The same post says that on November 30, 2026 Buffer will offer a download of the page as files, including images, plus a move to Lnk.bio and a redirect of the start.page link. Keep the download. LinkStack's import reads user data from another LinkStack. It does not open that Buffer folder.

3. 3

   Step 3

   Note the blocks that will not fit

   Buffer says the updates feed exists only in Buffer, and that not every block carries over. The help page also describes an image grid, YouTube embeds, music, and a Mailchimp signup. Copy the words and the URLs even when the block type will change.

Put it in

1. 1

   Step 1

   Install LinkStack

   The docs say PHP 8.1 with SQLite or MySQL, or the linkstackorg/linkstack Docker image. This guide did not run either install. When the studio opens, set the profile picture, display name, page description, and page URL.

2. 2

   Step 2

   Add the links and the text

   Add a link with a title and a URL for each button you wrote down. Use a text or heading block for words that were not links. The email block is a mailto address, not a Mailchimp list. Publish the page on the server.

3. 3

   Step 3

   Point a domain at it, then ask Buffer to redirect

   Serve LinkStack on your domain, or use the server's address for now. On November 30, 2026, Buffer's post says you can give them the new address and they will redirect start.page to it. Redirects stay up after the shutdown, and Buffer says they will give notice if that changes. This guide did not click that screen.

What you lose

• The updates feed

  Buffer's post says the updates feed exists only in Buffer. LinkStack has no feed of scheduled posts. The five most recent Start Page posts described in the help page do not move.

• Video, music, and the image grid

  LinkStack can link out to YouTube, SoundCloud, or Apple Music. It does not embed those players. The page screen has a profile picture, not the image grid of up to 18 images in Buffer's help page.

• The Mailchimp signup

  Buffer's help page describes an email signup with a Mailchimp integration. LinkStack's email block stores a mailto link. Addresses already collected are not in the LinkStack import. Buffer's post does not say the download includes form data.

• Buffer scheduling, which stays

  This move is the Start Page only. Buffer's post says the social scheduling product continues. From November 30, 2026 the Start Page stops counting as a channel. Lower the channel count in billing if you do not want the slot.