Connect and publish to WordPress

Check your WordPress site

Direct publishing supports compatible public HTTPS WordPress sites running WordPress 5.6 or later, with the core REST API and Application Passwords available. Your WordPress account needs the appropriate post and media permissions. WordPress.com OAuth and a dedicated companion plugin are not part of this connection method.

A dedicated Author account is usually a sensible starting point: it can publish its own posts and upload media without full administrator access. A Contributor can normally save drafts but cannot publish, schedule, or upload images. Your host or security plugin may change these capabilities.

Create an Application Password

1. Sign in to your WordPress admin with the account that will own the posts.
2. Open Users → Profile and find Application Passwords.
3. Create one named Content Redefined AI.
4. Copy the generated credential into the connection form in Content Redefined AI. Use the WordPress username for that account.

This is a separate, revocable integration credential. Do not enter your normal WordPress login password or send the Application Password in a support message. If the section is missing, ask your host whether HTTPS and Application Password authentication are supported.

Connect the publishing destination

1. In your Growth project, open Brand & site → Connect WordPress, or the publishing destination in Distribution if shown.
2. Enter the site’s public HTTPS address, the WordPress username, and the Application Password.
3. Connect and check the reported capabilities. Choose Use this site when selecting the destination for the project.
4. Confirm the intended website is selected before opening an article’s publishing controls.

Connections can be managed centrally, but a Growth project’s article handoff uses its selected destination. Do not assume an article will go to whichever site you connected most recently.

Draft, publish, or schedule a reviewed post

Open your completed article in Articles, review and save it, then open the WordPress handoff. Confirm the destination, action, optional slug, and whether to include the generated featured image.

The scheduling dialog shows the timezone in use. It uses your profile timezone, or your device timezone when none is saved. WordPress handles publication at the scheduled time through its own scheduling system. A low-traffic site or a broken WP-Cron setup can publish late; check that with your host.

Direct handoff creates WordPress posts. It does not update existing pages, create page-builder layouts, synchronize edits, or populate SEO-plugin-specific fields. Categories, tags, and author selection are not configured by this handoff. Review those in WordPress. Landing and product pages use copy/export.

Understand successful sends and unclear results

A draft, scheduled post, or live post counts as a successful send. The same article cannot be sent again to the same WordPress site through this integration. After success, continue editing that post directly in WordPress.

If the result says Needs review after a timeout or interrupted response, check WordPress Posts and Media before trying again. The remote request may have completed even though its response was lost. The app blocks another send while the outcome is unclear to reduce duplicate posts.

Manage or disconnect the connection

Use Check connection to verify access and capabilities. Disconnecting removes the stored credential in Content Redefined AI while retaining publication history. It does not remove posts or revoke the Application Password in WordPress. Revoke that credential from the WordPress profile when it should no longer be usable.

Further reading: WordPress Application Passwords. For errors, use troubleshooting and include the sanitized error message when contacting support.