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:
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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
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WordPress Connection
- Configure WordPress credentials in the "Publish to WordPress" node
- Enter your WordPress site URL, username, and password/app password
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AI Configuration
- Set up Google Gemini API credentials
- Connect the Gemini model to the "AI News Summarizer" node
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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
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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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