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

Description

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:
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

WordPress Connection
Configure WordPress credentials in the "Publish to WordPress" node
Enter your WordPress site URL, username, and password/app password

AI Configuration
Set up Google Gemini API credentials
Connect the Gemini model to the "AI News Summarizer" node

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

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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