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Auto-Generate Tech News Blog Posts with NewsAPI & Google Gemini to WordPress

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Created by: David Olusola || dae221

David Olusola

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WordPress Daily News Digest Generator

Overview:
This automation automatically fetches trending tech news every morning, uses AI to create engaging blog posts from each article, and publishes them directly to your WordPress site.

What it does:

  • Fetches top 10 US technology news stories every day at 8 AM via NewsAPI
  • Splits articles into individual items for processing
  • Processes each article through a loop system
  • AI creates expanded, engaging blog posts (600-800 words) from each news article
  • Parses AI response to extract clean titles and content
  • Publishes individual blog posts to WordPress automatically

Setup Required:

  1. NewsAPI Configuration

    • Get free API key from newsapi.org (1,000 requests/day free)
    • Replace YOUR_API_KEY in the HTTP Request URL with your actual key
    • Customize country/category parameters in URL if needed

  2. WordPress Connection

    • Configure WordPress credentials in the "Publish to WordPress" node
    • Enter your WordPress site URL, username, and password/app password

  3. AI Configuration

    • Set up Google Gemini API credentials
    • Connect the Gemini model to the "AI News Summarizer" node

  4. Customization Options

    • Publishing Schedule: Modify schedule trigger (default: daily 8 AM)
    • News Sources: Change country, category, or pageSize in NewsAPI URL
    • Content Style: Adjust AI system message for different writing tones
    • Post Status: Change from "publish" to "draft" for manual review

  5. Testing

    • Run workflow manually to test all connections
    • Verify news articles are fetched correctly
    • Check that blog posts appear properly on your WordPress site

Features:

  • Automatic daily content creation
  • AI-generated unique titles and expanded content
  • Loop processing for multiple articles per day
  • Duplicate content filtering (removes incomplete articles)
  • SEO-optimized blog post formatting
  • Automatic tagging and categorization

Customization:

  • Change news categories (technology, business, science, etc.)
  • Adjust posting frequency (hourly, twice daily, etc.)
  • Modify AI prompts for different writing styles
  • Add custom categories and tags
  • Change article limits (currently 5 articles max)

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