This n8n workflow automates the process of creating SEO-optimized blog posts, from content generation to WordPress publishing, saving time while ensuring high-quality, search-engine-friendly articles.

🚀 Key Features

✅ AI-Powered Content Creation: Uses DeepSeek & OpenRouter to generate high-quality blog posts.
✅ Seamless WordPress Integration: Publishes drafts, uploads images, and sets featured images automatically.
✅ Google Sheets Workflow Management: Fetches topics & updates metadata after publishing.
✅ Full SEO Optimization: Generates meta tags, descriptions, and keyword-rich titles.
✅ Customizable & Scalable: Adaptable to include additional SEO strategies like internal linking or keyword density analysis.

🛠 How It Works

1️⃣ Fetch Blog Context

• Trigger: The workflow starts with a Manual Trigger when the user initiates it.

• Google Sheets Integration: Fetches blog topics, keywords, and post context from a predefined Google Sheet.

2️⃣ AI-Generated Content & Title

• Article Generation: Uses DeepSeek to create SEO-friendly content.

• Title Optimization: Generates a compelling, keyword-rich title with AI.

3️⃣ Publish to WordPress

• Draft Post Creation: Adds the AI-generated content as a draft post in WordPress.

• Featured Image Generation:

  • Uses OpenAI to generate a relevant blog image.

  • Uploads the image to WordPress Media and sets it as the featured image.

4️⃣ SEO Optimization

• Meta Tags Generation: AI (OpenRouter) creates optimized meta titles & descriptions.

• SEO Metadata Update: The meta title & description are automatically applied to the post.

5️⃣ Update Google Sheets & Complete Workflow

• Updates the Google Sheet with:

  • Post Title

  • URL

  • Meta Tags

  • Status

• Marks the process as completed.

📌 Setup & Configuration

🔹 Google Sheets Integration

• Create a sheet with columns for ID, PROMPT, TITLE, URL, METATITLE, METADESCRIPTION.

• Link the sheet to n8n’s Google Sheets node.

🔹 WordPress Setup

• Configure WordPress API credentials in n8n.

• Enable REST API access on the site.

🔹 AI Model Configuration

• Set up DeepSeek & OpenRouter for content & SEO generation.

• Configure OpenAI for image generation.

🔹 Workflow Execution

1. Click "Test workflow" in n8n.

2. The automation will:
   ✅ Fetch blog context.
   ✅ Generate & optimize content.
   ✅ Upload & publish a draft post.
   ✅ Set the featured image.
   ✅ Generate SEO meta tags.
   ✅ Update Google Sheets with the post details.

🌟 Why Use This Workflow?

✅ Saves Hours of Work – Automates blog creation & optimization.
✅ Consistently SEO-Friendly – Ensures optimized meta titles & keywords.
✅ Fully Customizable – Can be expanded for internal linking, social media sharing, or advanced SEO.

🔧 Future Enhancements

🔹 Add internal linking suggestions using AI.
🔹 Automate social media sharing after publishing.
🔹 Implement keyword density analysis for deeper SEO insights.

This n8n automation provides a one-click solution for creating, optimizing, and publishing SEO-optimized blogs with AI & WordPress integration. 🚀