Who this page is for
Most WordPress sites have a blog that exists and a blog that's empty. The site owner knows fresh content helps — for search, for credibility, for giving visitors a reason to come back — but writing posts is a recurring task that loses to everything more urgent. The usual fix is an AI content plugin, which means installing third-party code into your site, trusting it with database access, and adding to the plugin bloat that slows the site and widens the attack surface. AutoPublish takes a different route: it connects from the outside, over WordPress's own REST API, with nothing installed on your site. This page is for WordPress site owners who want a hands-off blog and want to keep their install clean.
The problem you're trying to solve
The WordPress blog sits empty
The blog is set up and then frozen. Posting is a recurring task that always loses to something more urgent, so the site looks dormant.
AI content plugins add bloat and risk
An in-site content plugin is third-party code with database access. It adds to plugin bloat, slows the site, and widens the security surface — for a job that doesn't need to run inside WordPress at all.
The manual posting workflow is tedious
Even with a draft in hand, posting it means formatting, finding a featured image, writing the meta title and description, setting the category — friction every single time.
You want control: draft vs publish, categories, images
A blog you don't control isn't worth running. You want to choose whether posts go live or land as drafts, which category and author they get, and whether each one has a real featured image.
The workflow on AutoPublish
The WordPress workflow on AutoPublish is built around the REST API and an Application Password — no plugin, no theme edit, no FTP. You connect once, set how posts should land, and AutoPublish handles generation, images, meta, the quality gate, and posting on whatever cadence you choose.
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Connect with an Application Password
In WordPress, create an Application Password under your user profile and paste it into AutoPublish. That's the whole connection — nothing is installed on your site, and you can revoke the password anytime.
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Set how posts should land
Choose the default category, the post author, and whether AutoPublish posts go live immediately or arrive as drafts for your review. These are your controls and they hold for every post.
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Plan topics for the blog
Build a topic plan around what your site is about and what your visitors search. AutoPublish can run it as a one-off batch or a standing schedule.
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Generate with featured images and meta
Each article is drafted with a featured image and a meta title and description — so a published post is complete, not a bare body of text you still have to finish.
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The quality gate runs before posting
The 14-signal gate checks every draft for thin content, weak structure, and missing internal links. Posts below threshold are held back rather than pushed to your site.
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Post as draft or publish on schedule
Gated articles post to WordPress exactly as you configured — straight to live on a schedule, or into your Drafts for a final look. Your site, your call.
What this looks like in practice
0 plugins
AutoPublish connects over the WordPress REST API — nothing installed on your site, no added plugin bloat or attack surface.
Complete posts
Every article arrives with a featured image, meta title, and meta description — published posts are finished, not half-done.
94/100
Quality-gate threshold — thin or weak drafts are held back, so your blog only receives content worth posting.
Numbers above are illustrative ranges from typical operator setups, not guarantees. Your results depend on topic selection, brand voice, and existing site authority.
Pricing fit
Solo tier fits one WordPress site on a modest, steady posting cadence. If you run several WordPress sites, or want higher volume, Starter ($29/mo) and Pro ($59/mo, unlimited sites) scale up cleanly.
See full pricingFrequently 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 added plugin bloat, no extra code with database access, and no widened attack surface.
Can I have posts arrive as drafts instead of going live?
Yes. You choose per connection whether AutoPublish posts publish immediately or land in your WordPress Drafts for review. Many site owners start in draft mode and switch to direct publish once they trust the output.
Will posts have featured images?
Yes — each article is generated with a featured image, plus a meta title and description, so a published post is complete rather than a bare body of text you still have to dress up.
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 AutoPublish creates on that site.
Does this work with Yoast or Rank Math?
Yes. AutoPublish writes the post title, content, excerpt, and meta through the standard REST API fields, which Yoast and Rank Math read. The posts behave like any other WordPress post in your SEO plugin.
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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