# Generate news digest videos from WordPress to YouTube: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across WordPress and YouTube. 19 steps, 3 branches, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/generate-news-digest-videos-from-wordpress-to-youtube (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Generate news digest videos from WordPress to YouTube

Started by a clock, and works across WordPress and YouTube. 19 steps, 3 branches, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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**19 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**3** Branches: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 12 Service 6

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

- 1 **Trice once a day - evenings** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Config Variables** Set *Logic*
- 3 **Get articles from today** Wordpress *Service*
- 4 **Check if have enough articles** If *Logic*
- 5 **Check if have videos** Code *Logic*
- 6 **Clean data and assign fields** Set *Logic*
- 7 **Check for missing images** If *Logic*
- 8 **Assign Default Image** Set *Logic*
- 9 **Get Image** Http Request *Service*
- 10 **Merge image url with article details** Merge *Logic*
- 11 **Merge all articles** Merge *Logic*
- 12 **Assign image URL** Set *Logic*
- 13 **Prepare json for Shotstack** Code *Logic*
- 14 **Shotstack - Submit Request** Http Request *Service*
- 15 **Wait - Shotstack Works** Wait *Logic*
- 16 **Check Status** Http Request *Service*
- 17 **If video is ready** If *Logic*
- 18 **Download video** Http Request *Service*
- 19 **Upload video to youtube as** You Tube *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 19, with 3 branches, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** WordPress, YouTube
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own WordPress and YouTube accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 19 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 19 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%2Fgenerate-news-digest-videos-from-wordpress-to-youtube)
- **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.

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

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