Give the agent a topic and it researches, writes, generates a featured image, and saves a draft to your WordPress site. Review in your familiar dashboard and hit publish. Skip the blank page problem entirely.
Research topic and create outline
You provide a topic or target keyword. The agent researches the subject, looks at what's ranking, and identifies gaps to fill. It builds an outline with a title, meta description, and heading structure.
Write the full blog post
Using the outline, the agent writes the complete post as WordPress blocks. Introduction, body sections, examples, and a conclusion. The content is ready for Gutenberg.
Generate featured image
The agent generates a featured image based on the topic. The image is sized for your theme and uploaded to your media library.
Create draft in WordPress
The post is created as a draft with the featured image attached. Categories, tags, excerpt, and SEO metadata are all populated. Ready for your review.
Publish to WordPress
After review, the agent publishes the post. It appears on your site immediately, with all the formatting and metadata intact.
How it works with WordPress
This workflow connects to your WordPress site via the REST API. You provide a topic, and the agent handles the entire process from research to published draft.
Content is created as Gutenberg blocks, so it looks right in the block editor and renders correctly with any theme.
WordPress-specific features
Works with your SEO plugin. The agent populates meta titles and descriptions that Yoast, Rank Math, and All in One SEO can read. No manual entry required.
Categories and tags included. Based on the content, the agent assigns relevant categories and tags from your existing taxonomy. Or you can set defaults during setup.
Featured images in your media library. Generated images are uploaded to WordPress's media library, not linked externally. They work with lazy loading, responsive images, and CDN plugins.
Gutenberg-native output. Content uses WordPress blocks, not raw HTML or shortcodes. Headings are heading blocks, paragraphs are paragraph blocks. Your theme styles apply automatically.
Setting up the WordPress connection
You need:
- A WordPress site (self-hosted or WordPress.com Business+)
- An application password or API credentials
- REST API enabled (on by default)
During setup, you configure:
- Default post status (draft or publish)
- Default author
- Default categories
- Featured image dimensions
The agent uses the standard WordPress REST API. No special plugins required, though it works alongside any plugins you have installed.
Works with your existing setup
Any theme. Posts are standard WordPress posts. Whatever your theme does with posts, it does with these posts.
Page builders. If you use Elementor, Beaver Builder, or Divi for pages, that's fine. Blog posts are created as standard Gutenberg content.
Caching plugins. Works with WP Super Cache, W3 Total Cache, LiteSpeed, and others. New posts trigger cache invalidation like any manual post would.
Multisite. If you run WordPress Multisite, you can connect individual sites in the network. Each site needs its own credentials.
Content quality and editing
The agent creates a first draft. Your role is to add what makes it yours: personal anecdotes, customer examples, proprietary data.
The draft appears in your Posts list like any other draft. Edit it in Gutenberg, preview it, schedule it, or publish it. The workflow fits into how you already use WordPress.
FAQ
Does it work with the Classic Editor?
Content is created using blocks, but WordPress converts this to classic editor format if you have the Classic Editor plugin active. Formatting is preserved.
What about custom post types?
Currently, the workflow creates standard posts. Custom post type support is coming. For now, you can move content to a custom post type after creation.
Can I use this with WordPress.com?
Yes, if you're on the Business plan or higher. Lower-tier WordPress.com plans don't have REST API access.
Does it work with Yoast SEO?
Yes. The agent populates the meta title and description fields that Yoast reads. When you open the post in the editor, Yoast's analysis runs on the generated content.
What about scheduled posts?
You can set posts to draft and schedule them manually in WordPress. Or configure the agent to set a specific publish date when creating the post.
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