# Generate SEO blog posts with OpenAI and WordPress: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across Google Sheets. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 17 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/generate-seo-blog-posts-with-openai-and-wordpress (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Generate SEO blog posts with OpenAI and WordPress

Started by a clock, and works across Google Sheets. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 17 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: OpenAI

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fgenerate-seo-blog-posts-with-openai-and-wordpress)

**17 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 3 Logic 6 Service 7

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

- 1 **Run daily at 9am** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **OpenAI chat model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 3 **Article structure** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 4 **⚙️ Configuration** Set *Logic*
- 5 **Write SEO article with internal links** Chain Llm *Model*
- 6 **Get next topic from queue** Google Sheets *Service*
- 7 **Verify every internal link** Code *Logic*
- 8 **Topic available?** If *Logic*
- 9 **Generate featured image** Http Request *Service*
- 10 **Take one topic per run** Limit *Logic*
- 11 **Queue is empty - stop** No Op *Logic*
- 12 **Convert image to file** Convert To File *Service*
- 13 **Fetch published posts from WordPress** Http Request *Service*
- 14 **Upload image to media library** Http Request *Service*
- 15 **Rank existing posts by relevance** Code *Logic*
- 16 **Create WordPress post** Http Request *Service*
- 17 **Mark topic as published** Google Sheets *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 17, with 1 branch
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Google Sheets
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

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

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 17 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 17 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-seo-blog-posts-with-openai-and-wordpress)
- **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)

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