The PixelClaw AI Blogging plugin brings PixelClaw's articles into the WordPress site you already run. You enter a topic in WordPress, PixelClaw researches it from live sources, builds the outline and writes the article with pictures, and the result arrives as an ordinary WordPress draft in the category you chose. You review it in the WordPress editor and publish when you are ready. Nothing publishes on its own.
The plugin is in beta
The WordPress plugin is new, and we are still improving it with its first users. It works end to end, and it only ever creates drafts, so nothing reaches your readers until you publish it yourself. While it is in beta:
Screens and wording may change as we improve the plugin.
New versions are not installed automatically. They are posted on the WordPress plugin page. To install one, upload its zip the same way as in Step 1 and choose Replace current with uploaded. Your connection and your drafts stay.
If something does not work the way this guide describes, tell us from the chat in PixelClaw, with the topic you entered and what Article progress showed.
Before you start
A PixelClaw blog on the Starter plan or higher. The plugin uses PixelClaw's API, which the Free plan does not include.
Your WordPress site must run WordPress 6.5 or newer with PHP 8.0 or newer, reach the internet over HTTPS, and have the PHP OpenSSL extension, which nearly every host provides.
You need to be an administrator of the WordPress site, and an owner or admin of the PixelClaw blog.
Step 1: Install the plugin
Download the plugin: pixelclaw-ai-blogging.zip.
In WordPress, open Plugins, then Add New, then Upload Plugin.
Choose the zip file, click Install Now, then Activate.
A PixelClaw item appears in the WordPress left menu.
Step 2: Create a PixelClaw API key for the plugin
In PixelClaw, open your blog and click API keys in the left menu, under Developers.
Click Create key and name it WordPress.
Tick these four permissions and no others:
- Read posts - Preview unpublished content - Read AI models, credits and jobs - Start AI work
Click Create key and copy the key. PixelClaw shows it once. It starts with `bk_live_`.
Step 3: Connect the plugin
In WordPress, open PixelClaw in the left menu.
Paste the key into PixelClaw blog API key and click Connect account.
The card now says Connected to followed by your PixelClaw blog's name. The key is stored encrypted on your WordPress server and is never sent to your browser.
Connecting checks the key with PixelClaw and uses no credits.
Step 4: Write your first article
Under Write an article, type what the article should cover, for example "How to choose a project management tool".
Choose the WordPress category the draft should go into.
Click Generate WordPress draft.
Watch Article progress: Researching, Building outline, Writing article, Saving WordPress draft. An article usually takes a few minutes. You can leave the page; WordPress keeps checking in the background.
When Review draft appears, click it to open the draft in the WordPress editor. Edit it as you like and publish when you are ready.
The draft arrives with the article's pictures copied into your Media Library, and the first picture set as the featured image. PixelClaw writes the headline from its research; change it in the editor if you want another.
Schedule a queue of articles
Under Autoblogging schedule, add topics, one per line, up to 100.
Choose the category, how often to start an article (every day, every three days or every week) and the first run.
Tick Enable scheduled generation and click Save schedule.
The schedule starts one article at a time and creates drafts only. It stops when the queue is empty and pauses if an article fails, so a problem never repeats itself across your queue. Timing follows WordPress cron, which runs when your site gets visitors; ask your host to run WordPress cron on a timer if your site is quiet.
What it costs
Articles run on your PixelClaw blog exactly as they would in PixelClaw: on the credits included in your plan, or on your own AI keys when you have connected them in PixelClaw. The credits an article used are shown in the progress table. Connecting, checking progress and importing the draft are free.
If something goes wrong
Enter the complete PixelClaw blog API key: copy the whole key from PixelClaw, starting with `bk_live_`.
PixelClaw could not verify the permissions on this key: create a new key with all four permissions listed above.
Your plan does not include AI over the API: the Free plan cannot use the plugin; upgrade in PixelClaw under Billing.
The draft cannot be read: the key is missing the Preview or Read posts permission, or the PixelClaw post was deleted.
Needs attention with Check again: PixelClaw could not be reached or a step did not finish. Click Check again to resume the same request without starting it over.
Connect your PixelClaw account first. If your WordPress security salts changed, reconnect your key: a host or plugin rotated your WordPress salts, so the stored key cannot be read; paste the key again.
Disconnect or remove the plugin
Disconnect account clears the key and stops tracking and scheduled work. An article already running in PixelClaw may still finish and use its credits.
Deactivating the plugin pauses the schedule. Deleting it removes the connection and the plugin's own tracking. Your WordPress posts, categories and media stay.