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

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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