AutoPost AI

Description

AutoPost AI is a queue-based WordPress content assistant for generating blog ideas, creating long-form posts with AI, adding images, and keeping content creation organized inside the WordPress dashboard.

The free version uses GPT 5.4 for topic generation, post content, keyword extraction, and featured-image prompt building. AutoPost AI Pro uses GPT 5.6 Sol and expands the workflow with advanced image options, approval tools, publishing automation, and additional production features.

Core workflow

1. Select a WordPress post category and request AI topic suggestions.
2. Review the suggestions and add selected topics to the Post Creation Queue.
3. Add topics manually when you already know what you want to create.
4. Create a queued post immediately with Create Now, or let WordPress cron create queued posts on your configured cadence.
5. Review created posts from the Created Posts list and edit or view them from WordPress.

Free version features

• Generate category-based topic suggestions with GPT 5.4.
• Avoid re-suggesting topics that are already stored in the queue for the same category.
• Clean generated titles before they are shown, queued, or used as WordPress post titles.
• Add AI-suggested topics or manually entered topics to the queue.
• View pending topics, category, creation order, estimated days until creation, and topic creation date.
• Create an individual queued post immediately with Create Now.
• Delete pending queue items.
• View created and published queue entries with edit and view links when the WordPress post is available.
• Create standard WordPress posts as Draft or Published.
• Schedule automatic queue processing at a configurable interval in days. The plugin checks the queue through a 15-minute WordPress cron event.
• Generate long-form HTML post content with GPT 5.4.
• Apply the saved ChatGPT pre-prompt as brand and website context.
• Clean AI output, including code fences, markdown noise, chatty lead-ins, and forbidden dash characters.
• Limit generated posts to a maximum of 2 internal links.
• Attempt to include at least 1 viable external informational reference.
• Retrieve inline images from Pixabay.
• Insert up to 5 inline images into generated post content.
• Fall back to the bundled placeholder image when Pixabay does not supply enough inline images.
• Use a sixth Pixabay image as a featured-image fallback when available.
• Optionally use Stability AI Stable Image Core for the featured image when a Stability AI API key is saved.
• Generate the Stability AI featured image at a fixed 3:2 ratio.
• Build title-aware featured-image prompts and suppress generic camera gear unless the post topic actually calls for it.
• Use the basic Image Generator with Stability AI Stable Image Core.
• Choose 16:9, 1:1, 3:2, or 2:3 for standalone Image Generator requests.
• Save generated standalone images to the WordPress Media Library.
• Optionally append a custom linked CTA to generated posts.
• Optionally send an email notification when a post is automatically created.
• Save and reset the ChatGPT pre-prompt from the Settings tab.
• Save OpenAI and Stability AI API keys through the plugin dashboard.
• Access a built-in Go Pro tab with a Free vs Pro comparison.

Learn more about AutoPost AI on our website.

Upgrade to AutoPost AI Pro.

Dashboard Tabs

Generate Topics & Queue Posts

Select a category, request AI topic suggestions, refresh the suggestions, select the topics you want, and add them to the queue. The plugin excludes the Uncategorized category from the selector.

Post Creation

Add a topic manually, manage the pending Post Creation Queue, create a post immediately, delete pending topics, and review Created Posts. Queue and created-post tables support loading additional rows.

Post Creation Settings

Configure:

• Post Creation Time Frame (days): minimum 1 day.
• Post Status Upon Creation: Draft or Published.
• Add Post Footer Call to Action: optional.
• Call to Action Text: shown when CTA is enabled.
• Call to Action Link: required for the linked CTA block to be added.
• Email Address for Notifications: optional and used for automatically created posts.

Image Generator

Requires a saved Stability AI API key. Enter an image prompt, optionally enter a file name, choose an aspect ratio, and request an image. The free version uses Stable Image Core. Generated files are saved to the WordPress Media Library.

Settings

Save the OpenAI API key, customize the ChatGPT pre-prompt, reset the pre-prompt to its default value, and optionally save a Stability AI API key.

Go Pro

Review the built-in Free vs Pro comparison and open links for AutoPost AI Pro.

How Automatic Post Creation Works

AutoPost AI registers a WordPress cron schedule that runs every 15 minutes. On each check, the plugin compares the last post creation time to the configured Post Creation Time Frame.

When a queued post is due, AutoPost AI:

1. Selects the oldest pending queue item.
2. Generates the post body with GPT 5.4.
3. Retrieves Pixabay images and uploads available images to the Media Library.
4. Inserts up to 5 inline images.
5. Appends the CTA when it is enabled and both CTA text and URL are present.
6. Creates the WordPress post with the configured Draft or Published status.
7. Attempts to generate a Stability AI featured image when a Stability AI API key is available.
8. Falls back to an available Pixabay featured image when Stability AI does not provide one.
9. Updates the queue record and the last-created timestamp.
10. Sends the optional automatic-creation notification email when configured.

WordPress cron depends on site traffic or another system that triggers wp-cron.php. Low-traffic sites may need a real server cron job to trigger WordPress cron reliably.

Images

Pixabay inline images

The free version uses Pixabay for inline image retrieval. Search terms are derived from the post category or extracted content keywords. The plugin attempts to use 6 images per post workflow: up to 5 for inline placement and 1 as a possible featured-image fallback.

If Pixabay does not return enough images, the bundled placeholder image can be used for missing inline slots.

Stability AI featured image

When a Stability AI API key is saved, the plugin can generate the featured image with Stable Image Core. Auto-created featured images use a fixed 3:2 aspect ratio.

The featured-image prompt is built from the post title and category context. The prompt logic avoids generic camera and photography equipment unless the title itself is about photography, cameras, filmmaking, videography, or related equipment.

Standalone Image Generator

The Image Generator supports these aspect ratios:

• 16:9
• 1:1
• 3:2
• 2:3

The optional file name is sanitized and saved as a WebP-style media file name by the plugin workflow.

Content and Link Guardrails

AutoPost AI applies cleanup and validation around AI-generated content:

• Post titles are normalized and sanitized before use.
• Markdown markers and code fences are removed from generated output when needed.
• Em dash and en dash characters are replaced during cleanup.
• Generated post HTML is cleaned before insertion into WordPress.
• Internal links are limited to a maximum of 2 per generated post.
• The plugin attempts to keep at least 1 viable external informational reference.
• External-link checks use cached validation and may be affected by remote-site blocking, firewalls, rate limits, or temporary outages.
• Featured-image prompts include negative terms intended to reduce unwanted stock-camera imagery.

Data Storage and Permissions

The plugin dashboard and AJAX actions are restricted to administrators with the manage_options capability.

AutoPost AI stores queue data in the custom database table:

{prefix}autopost_ai_queue

The queue stores the topic, category information, status, topic creation date, post creation date, and publication date.

Plugin settings are stored in WordPress options, including API keys, post creation settings, prompt text, last post creation time, and Stability AI image preferences.

The plugin also adds _autopost_ai_queue_id post meta to created posts so queue records can be matched reliably to their WordPress posts.

On uninstall, the plugin clears its scheduled cron hook. Queue and plugin option deletion is controlled by the plugin’s autopost_ai_remove_data_on_uninstall setting/filter. When removal is enabled, the custom queue table and plugin options are deleted.

Third-Party Services

AutoPost AI connects to third-party services when a feature requires that service.

OpenAI

AutoPost AI uses the OpenAI API for topic suggestions, full post generation, keyword extraction, and featured-image prompt building. Prompt text, topics, generation instructions, and relevant site or brand context may be sent to OpenAI.

• Service: OpenAI
• API terms: OpenAI Services Agreement
• Privacy policy: OpenAI Privacy Policy

Stability AI

When a Stability AI API key is saved, AutoPost AI can use Stability AI Stable Image Core for featured-image generation and the basic Image Generator. Image prompts and selected image settings are sent to Stability AI.

• Service: Stability AI
• Terms: Stability AI Terms of Service
• Privacy policy: Stability AI Privacy Policy

Pixabay

AutoPost AI uses the Pixabay API to retrieve inline images for generated posts. Search queries based on the topic, category, or extracted keywords are sent to Pixabay.

• Service: Pixabay API
• Terms: Pixabay Terms of Service
• Privacy policy: Pixabay Privacy Policy