Setup Guide · Auto Writer AI

Auto Writer AI setup guide

From installation to your first automatically published article — step by step.

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1

Download and install the plugin

Log in to your account and download the plugin file:

  1. Go to My Account → Downloads and click Download .zip next to Auto Writer AI.
  2. In your WordPress dashboard open Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.
  3. Choose the downloaded .zip file, click Install Now and then Activate.

A new menu called Auto Writer AI (with a PRO badge) appears in your WordPress sidebar.

2

Activate your license

  1. Copy your key from My Account → License keys.
  2. Open Auto Writer AI and paste it into the License Key field at the top.
  3. Click Validate License. The Licence Status shows your plan and daily article limit.
Trying first? Start the 7-day free trial — its trial key works exactly like a paid key for 7 days.
3

Connect your AI engine

  1. In AI Engine choose the service that writes your articles: Anthropic (Claude), OpenAI (ChatGPT) or BWP Experts.
  2. Paste the matching key into API Key.
  3. Click Test API Key — you should see a green success message.

Need a key? You can get one from the AI provider you chose, or contact us for a BWP Experts key. The model is set automatically for the engine you pick.

Optional: set a Fallback AI Engine so articles still get written if your main engine is temporarily unavailable.
4

Tell it what to write about

  • Niche 1 / Focus Keyword — the main topic of your website (e.g. “home gardening”). Up to 3 extra niches are optional.
  • Quick-Start Template — optional; fills in a niche and tone for common site types.
  • Tone / Style and an optional Writing Style Sample so articles match your voice.
  • Language / Audience — the language and region you write for.
  • Extra Instructions — anything the AI should always do or avoid.
  • RSS Feed as Topic Source — optional; use a feed as a source of fresh topic ideas.
5

Add images automatically

Turn on Add featured image automatically and pick an Image source:

  • Pexels API Key or Unsplash Access Key — free keys for royalty-free stock photos.
  • Google Image Search API Key + Google Search Engine ID (cx) — optional.
  • Image Pool (your own images) — upload your own images to use instead.

Enable Also embed image inside article body if you want the image inside the post as well.

7

Choose schedule, length and publishing

  • Frequency — Daily, Weekly, or Multiple times per day (spread across 24 hours).
  • Articles per day — up to your plan’s limit (5, 10 or 20).
  • Minimum word count / Maximum word count and Vary word count per article.
  • Optimise for human readability — recommended.
  • Publish as — Draft (review first, recommended) or Publish immediately.
  • Require approval before publishing and Blackout Dates — optional control.
  • Category ID — the WordPress category for new posts.

Finally turn on Enable auto-scheduling and click Save.

8

Generate your first article

  1. Click Research & Generate Now at the bottom of the settings page.
  2. Watch the Last Run Log — it shows each step and any errors.
  3. Open Posts to review the article (or the Pending Approval list if approval is on).

From now on articles are created automatically on your schedule. See progress under Auto Writer AI → Analytics: publishing trend, content calendar, thin articles and broken links.

Bonus tools in the menu: Product Writer writes full WooCommerce product listings and AI Page Builder creates landing pages.

Troubleshooting

“Invalid license” when I click Validate License

Copy the key again from My Account → License keys (no spaces), make sure the plan hasn’t expired, and check the key isn’t already active on another site. Still stuck? Contact us with your order number.

Test API Key fails

Check the key is for the engine selected in AI Engine, that your provider account has billing/credits enabled, and that you pasted the full key.

No articles are being published automatically

Confirm Enable auto-scheduling is on and saved, you haven’t reached today’s article limit, and no Blackout Dates are active. WordPress scheduled tasks run when your site gets visits — a low-traffic site may need a real server cron.

Articles have no images

Add a Pexels or Unsplash key (or images to the Image Pool) and turn on Add featured image automatically.

Articles are saved as drafts

That’s the Publish as → Draft setting (or Require approval). Switch to Publish immediately if you want posts to go live automatically.

Everything set up?

Pair it with SC IndexFlow so every new article gets submitted to Google instantly.