WordPress Blog Automation

Automated WordPress blog publishing with scheduling

Carl Luis Olivier@wespeakallday

Install

openclaw skills install @wespeakallday/blog-automation

Blog Automation Skill

Overview

Scheduled blog publishing system that publishes generated articles to WordPress.

Purpose

Convert articles to WordPress HTML format
Schedule posts for optimal timing
Handle image embeds and SEO tags
Publish via WordPress REST API

Input Variables

Variable	Description	Example
WP_URL	WordPress site URL	https://paylesstax.co.za
WP_USERNAME	WordPress API username	blog_manager
WP_APP_TOKEN	Application password	(configured in OpenClaw)
ARTICLE_JSON	Path to generated article	./article.json
SCHEDULE_TIME	Optional publish time	2025-03-15T09:00:00
CATEGORIES	Post categories	[Tax, Compliance]
TAGS	Post tags	[SARS, 2026]

Workflow

Load article JSON from generator
Convert markdown to HTML
Upload images (if any) to WordPress media
Create WordPress post via REST API
Log result to memory file

Triggers

Cron schedule (e.g., daily at 8am)
Manual CLI execution
Post-generation webhook from article generator

APIs & Dependencies

WordPress REST API v2
requests library for HTTP
markdown2 or mistletoe for MD->HTML

Output

text

{
  "status": "published|scheduled|failed",
  "wordpress_id": 12345,
  "url": "https://site.com/blog/post",
  "timestamp": "2025-03-02T05:03:19"
}

Files

index.py - Publishing logic
formatter.py - MD to HTML conversion
scheduler.py - Cron/schedule management