Getting Started with AutoBlogger

What you need before you start

• A WordPress 6.0+ site you control (any host — shared, VPS, managed).
• An OpenAI API key with billing set up (see OpenAI API setup if you don’t have one yet).
• Your AutoBlogger license key (emailed to you after purchase, also visible in My Licenses).

Step 1 — Install the plugin

Download the openai-autoblogger.zip file from the email we sent you, then in WordPress admin go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin. Pick the zip, click Install, then Activate. You’ll see a new AI AutoBlogger menu in the sidebar.

Step 2 — Activate your license

Open AI AutoBlogger → License, paste your key (format: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX), click Activate. You should see a green “Active” badge with the plan name and your activation count. Until the license is activated, only the License + API Settings pages are accessible — generation features stay locked.

Step 3 — Add your OpenAI API key

Go to AI AutoBlogger → API Settings, paste your sk-... key into the OpenAI API Key field, pick a model (we recommend gpt-5.4-mini to start — best cost/quality), then click Save. The dashboard will show a “Connected ✓” indicator once the key is verified.

Step 4 — Generate your first article

1. Open AI AutoBlogger → Manual Generation.
2. Type a title (or click Suggest to have GPT propose 5 titles based on a category).
3. Pick a category, optionally a writing style, then click Generate.
4. The job lands in the queue; the generator runs every 2 minutes via WP-Cron. Refresh Queue to watch progress.
5. Once published, you’ll find the article in Posts → All Posts tagged with _oaib_generated meta.

Step 5 — Turn on AutoPilot (optional)

Once you’re happy with the output, head to AI AutoBlogger → AutoPilot and enable scheduled generation. Pick a cadence (e.g. 2 articles/day), choose source categories, and walk away. AutoBlogger picks topics from your categories, queues them, and publishes on schedule. See the AutoPilot guide for the full configuration.