What it is
WordPress is where the majority of the web's blogs live, and it's the most-used publishing target on AutoPublish. The connection is deliberately lightweight: AutoPublish talks to your site through the built-in WordPress REST API, authenticated by an Application Password — a native WordPress feature you create under your user profile. Nothing is installed on your site. There is no plugin to maintain, no extra PHP executing on every request, no widened attack surface, and no contribution to plugin bloat. You can revoke the Application Password at any time and the connection is gone. Despite being external, the integration is full-fidelity: posts arrive with the featured image set, the excerpt and meta written, the category and author assigned, and SEO-plugin fields populated.
Why it matters
No plugin to install
AutoPublish connects over the WordPress REST API. No plugin code runs on your site — no bloat, no maintenance, no added attack surface.
Full post fidelity
Posts arrive complete: body, featured image, excerpt, meta title and description, category, and author — not a bare block of text.
Yoast and Rank Math aware
AutoPublish writes the SEO title and meta description through the fields Yoast and Rank Math read, so posts behave like any other in your SEO plugin.
Draft or live, your control
Choose whether posts publish straight to live or land in your WordPress Drafts. Categories, author, and status are all yours to set.
How it works
WordPress publishing is set up once with an Application Password and then runs as a target for the whole content pipeline.
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Create an Application Password
In WordPress, go to Users → Profile → Application Passwords, create one named for AutoPublish, and copy it. This is a native WordPress feature — no plugin needed.
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Connect the site in AutoPublish
Paste your site URL, username, and the Application Password. AutoPublish verifies the REST API connection and pulls your categories and authors.
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Set posting defaults
Choose the default category, the post author, and whether posts publish live or as drafts. These apply to every article AutoPublish posts to that site.
- 4
Generate and gate
Articles are generated with featured image and meta, scored by the 14-signal quality gate, and the passing ones become eligible to publish.
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Publish to WordPress
AutoPublish posts the article via the REST API — featured image uploaded to the media library, meta written to Yoast or Rank Math fields, category and author set.
Connecting WordPress
An Application Password is created in WordPress and pasted into AutoPublish — no credentials are stored in code, and the password can be revoked anytime.
WordPress -> Users -> Profile -> Application Passwords Name: AutoPublish Password: xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx (shown once) AutoPublish -> Add Site -> WordPress Site URL: https://yourblog.com Username: your-wp-user App pass: xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx Default category: Blog Status: draft | publish
What you can do with it
- Publish to WordPress over the REST API — no plugin installed
- Connect securely with a native Application Password (revocable anytime)
- Upload and set the featured image in the media library
- Write SEO title and meta description to Yoast or Rank Math fields
- Assign category and author per post
- Publish as live post or save as draft
- Connect and manage multiple WordPress sites
- Fire an IndexNow ping on publish for faster indexing
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to install a WordPress plugin?
No. AutoPublish connects over the WordPress REST API using an Application Password — a native WordPress feature. Nothing is installed on your site, so there's no plugin bloat, no extra code with database access, and no widened attack surface.
What is an Application Password and is it safe?
It's a built-in WordPress feature (since WordPress 5.6) that issues a dedicated password for API access, separate from your login password. You can revoke it at any time from your profile, which immediately cuts the connection.
Does it work with Yoast SEO and Rank Math?
Yes. AutoPublish writes the SEO title, meta description, and excerpt through the standard fields those plugins read, so AutoPublish posts behave exactly like posts you'd create by hand.
Can I control the category and author?
Yes. The default category and post author are part of the connection setup and apply to every post. Articles arrive correctly categorized and attributed.
Can I connect more than one WordPress site?
Yes. Multi-site management lets you connect and run many WordPress sites from one account, each with its own categories, schedule, and brand voice.
When AutoPublish is not the answer
We would rather you know now than sign up and churn. AutoPublish is not the right tool if any of these describe you:
- You need a few deeply original thought-leadership pieces — that is a job for a specialist writer with real lived experience, not a volume tool.
- You will not review AI output at all. The 14-signal quality gate is a safety net, not a replacement for editorial judgment.
- You want to publish thin content fast to game search. The quality gate is built specifically to stop that — you would be fighting your own tool.
- Your content needs licensed expertise — medical, legal, or financial advice — without a qualified expert reviewing it before publish.
- You need original news reporting or investigative journalism, which depends on primary sourcing AutoPublish does not do.
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