WordPress integrationAuto-publish to WordPress
Finished, SEO-optimized articles go straight to your WordPress site with the featured image, categories, tags and meta set. Connect in one click, no application passwords.
Connected in under a minute
Install the SEOLadders plugin, pair with a single code, and every article lands on your site on its own.
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Connect once
Install the SEOLadders plugin and paste one pairing code, or connect with an Application Password. No REST config, no copy-pasting credentials.
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It writes every article
Your agent researches topics and writes SEO-optimized articles on your schedule, with images, internal links and structured data.
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It lands in WordPress
Each article publishes as native Gutenberg blocks, straight live or as a draft for review. Re-publishing updates the same post.
Everything, formatted the right way
The full post, ready to rank, mapped into WordPress the way WordPress expects it.
Title & clean slug
The article title and a tidy, URL-safe permalink.
Native Gutenberg blocks
Headings, lists, quotes, tables, images, and embeds as real blocks, not a wall of HTML.
Featured image
Downloaded into your media library and set as the post thumbnail with alt text.
Categories & tags
Matched to existing terms or created for you, so posts land in the right place.
SEO meta
Meta title, description, and canonical written for Yoast, Rank Math, or All in One SEO.
Re-publish, never duplicate
Updated versions edit the same post in place, so you keep the URL and the rankings.
Pick whatever's easiest for you
SEOLadders plugin
Install the plugin, paste one pairing code, done. No application passwords, no REST setup, and you can disconnect any time.
Application Password
Prefer not to install anything? Connect over WordPress' built-in Application Passwords and publish through the standard REST API.
Full setup steps are in the WordPress docs.
SEOLadders for WordPress is our official plugin.
It is built, published, and maintained by SEOLadders, the owner of the SEOLadders name and of seoladders.com. It is the only WordPress plugin we publish. On the WordPress.org Plugin Directory it is listed as wordpress.org/plugins/seoladders under the slug seoladders, submitted by the WordPress.org account seoladders.
Any WordPress plugin using the SEOLadders name that is not linked from this page is not published by us.
How to connect WordPress to SEOLadders, step by step
About 3 minutes, no code. Follow along in a second tab.
Before you start
- A WordPress site you can log in to as an administrator.
- Self-hosted WordPress, or a WordPress.com plan that allows plugins.
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Install the SEOLadders plugin
- 1.In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins → Add New.
- 2.Search for
SEOLadders. - 3.Click Install Now, then Activate.
Your host blocks plugin installs?
Download the plugin file from the WordPress card in SEOLadders and upload it under Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin. A plugin installed from a file does not update itself, so repeat this when a new version comes out.
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Connect it to SEOLadders
- 1.In SEOLadders, open Content → CMS Integration and click the WordPress card.
- 2.Type your site's address (for example
https://yourblog.com). - 3.Click Open WordPress & connect. WordPress opens with your pairing code already filled in.
- 4.Click Connect in WordPress. SEOLadders switches to Connected by itself.
No username or password needed
The plugin pairs with a one-time code, so you never share your WordPress password.
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Choose how posts arrive
- 1.Under Default Post Status, pick Publish to go live straight away, Pending to wait for an editor, or Draft to keep posts private.
- 2.Click Save configuration.
Articles go live on their own
Once you connect, every finished article from your content calendar is published automatically. To check each one first, turn on review mode in Content → Auto Blog.
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Publish your first article
- 1.In SEOLadders, open Content → Content History and click any finished article.
- 2.Click Publish at the top right.
- 3.In WordPress, open Posts. The article is there with its featured image, and your SEO plugin (Yoast, Rank Math or All in One SEO) has the meta title and description filled in.
- 4.Publishing the same article again updates the same post, so you never get a duplicate.
If something goes wrong
- The plugin is not in the WordPress search
- Your host may block the plugin directory. Upload the plugin file instead (step 1 tip).
- SEOLadders still says waiting after you clicked Connect
- Click or generate a code to paste manually on the WordPress card, then paste the code on the SEOLadders page in your WordPress admin and click Connect.
- Posts arrive as drafts
- Your Default Post Status is set to Draft. Change it to Publish and save.
Still stuck? We set it up with you: contact us from your avatar menu, then Support. Developers can find every field and payload in the WordPress docs.
WordPress publishing, answered
Setup, what gets published and what happens when you update.
See the full platform →You choose. The SEOLadders plugin is the smoothest option: install it, paste one pairing code, and you're connected (no application passwords). If you'd rather not install a plugin, connect with WordPress' built-in Application Passwords instead. Both publish the same way.
Yes. The plugin and the Application Password method both work with any self-hosted WordPress 5.6+ site, and WordPress.com sites are supported via their public API.
The full article as native Gutenberg blocks, the featured image (uploaded to your media library), categories and tags, an excerpt, and the SEO meta description. You choose whether articles land as drafts for review or publish live.
No. Each article is linked to its WordPress post, so publishing an updated version edits the same post in place, so you keep the URL and the rankings that came with it.
Yoast SEO, Rank Math, and All in One SEO. The meta title, description, and canonical are written for whichever you have installed.
Yes. When your site is a store, it reads your WooCommerce products through WooCommerce's public product API: names, links, prices and what is in stock, so buying guides can name what you sell. It needs no extra key and never changes a product.
Yes. The plugin exposes its own token-protected endpoint, so no application passwords change hands, and you can disconnect from either the plugin or your SEOLadders dashboard at any time. Your posts and media are never touched on disconnect.
Rank on Google and get cited
by AI on autopilot
Connect your site once and the work runs in the background, it finds the topics, builds the content and authority behind them, then tracks where you land on Google and how often AI platforms recommend you.