Generate & Upload Images with Leonardo AI, WordPress and Twitter
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Prompt-to-Image Generator & WordPress Uploader (n8n Workflow)
This workflow generates high-quality AI images from text prompts using Leonardo AI, then automatically uploads the result to your WordPress media library and returns the final image URL.
It functions as a Modular Content Production (MCP) tool - ideal for AI agents or workflows that need to dynamically generate and store visual assets on-demand.
⚙️ Features
-
🧠 AI-Powered Generation
Uses Leonardo AI to create 1472x832px images from any text prompt, with enhanced contrast and style UUID preset. -
☁️ WordPress Media Upload
Uploads the image as an attachment to your connected WordPress site via REST API. -
☁️ Twitter Media Upload
Uploads the image to twitter so that you can post the image later on to X.com using the media_id -
🔗 Returns Final URL
Outputs the publicly accessible image URL for immediate use in websites, blogs, or social media posts. -
🔁 Workflow-Callable (MCP Compatible)
Can be executed standalone or triggered by another workflow. Acts as an image-generation microservice for larger automation pipelines.
🧠 Use Cases
For AI Agents (MCP)
- Plug this into multi-agent systems as the "image generation module"
- Generate blog thumbnails, product mockups, or illustrations
- Return a clean
image_urlfor content embedding or post-publishing
For Marketers / Bloggers
- Automate visual content creation for articles
- Scale image generation for SEO blogs or landing pages
- Supports media upload for twitter
For Developers / Creators
- Integrate with other n8n workflows
- Pass prompt and slug as inputs from any external trigger (e.g., webhook, Discord, Airtable, etc.)
📥 Inputs
Field
Type
Description
prompt
string
Text prompt for image generation
slug
string
Filename identifier (e.g. hero-image)
Example:
{
"prompt": "A futuristic city skyline at night",
"slug": "futuristic-city"
}
📤 Output
{
"public_image_url" : "https://your.wordpress.com/img-id",
"wordpress":{...obj},
"twitter":{...obj}
}
🔄 Workflow Summary
- Receive Prompt & Slug
Via manual trigger or parent workflow execution - Generate Image
POST to Leonardo AI's API with the prompt and config - Wait & Poll
Delays 1 minute, then fetches final image metadata - Download Image
GET request to retrieve generated image - Upload to WordPress
Uses WordPress REST API with proper headers - Upload to Twitter
Uses Twitter Media Upload API to get the media id incase you want to post the image to twitter - Return Result
Outputs a clean public_image_url JSON object along with wordpress and twitter media objects
🔐 Requirements
- Leonardo AI account and API Key
- WordPress site with API credentials (media write permission)
- Twitter / x.com Oauth API (optional)
- n8n instance (self-hosted or cloud)
- This credential setup:
httpHeaderAuthfor Leonardo headershttpBearerAuthfor Leonardo bearer tokenwordpressApifor upload
🧩 Node Stack
Execute Workflow Trigger/Manual TriggerCode(Input Parser)HTTP Request→ Leonardo image generationWait→ 1 min delayHTTP Request→ Poll generation resultHTTP Request→ Download imageHTTP Request→ Upload to WordPressCode→ Return final image URL
🖼 Example Prompt
{
"prompt": "Batman typing on a laptop",
"slug": "batman-typing-on-a-laptop"
}
Will return:
{
"public_image_url": "https://articles.emp0.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img-batman-typing-on-a-laptop.jpg"
}
🧠 Integrate with AI Agents
This workflow is MCP-compliant—plug it into:
- Research-to-post pipelines
- Blog generators
- Carousel builders
- Email visual asset creators
Trigger it from any parent AI agent that needs to generate an image based on a given idea, post, or instruction.
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