# Create SEO blog drafts in WordPress from trending topics: n8n workflow

> Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Sheets and WordPress. It hands the judgement calls to Perplexity.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/create-seo-blog-drafts-in-wordpress-from-trending-topics (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Create SEO blog drafts in WordPress from trending topics

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Sheets and WordPress. It hands the judgement calls to Perplexity. 13 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: Perplexity

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fcreate-seo-blog-drafts-in-wordpress-from-trending-topics)

**13 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 3 Service 9

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **When clicking 'Execute workflow'** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Find top trending topics** Perplexity *Service*
- 3 **Select a clean trending topic** Code *Logic*
- 4 **Add topic to Google Sheets** Google Sheets *Service*
- 5 **Get most recent topics from Google Sheet** Google Sheets *Service*
- 6 **Generate content and image prompt using Perplexity AI** Perplexity *Service*
- 7 **Parse Content from string to JSON** Code *Logic*
- 8 **Update Google Sheet with generated content** Google Sheets *Service*
- 9 **Create a post** Wordpress *Service*
- 10 **Generate featured image using HuggingFace FLUX** Http Request *Service*
- 11 **Update name and extension of image** Code *Logic*
- 12 **Upload image to WP media Library** Http Request *Service*
- 13 **Assign image to an article as a Featured image** Http Request *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An event in a connected app
- **Steps:** 13
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Google Sheets, WordPress
- **Model:** Perplexity

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Sheets and WordPress accounts, and a key for Perplexity. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls Perplexity. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 13 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 13 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fcreate-seo-blog-drafts-in-wordpress-from-trending-topics)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)[WordPress](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=WordPress#library)

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