WordPress

Use the WordPress integration when you want Kitful to publish articles directly to your self-hosted WordPress site.

Kitful supports two WordPress connection methods:

• WordPress Plugin for the simplest setup
• WordPress Manual if you prefer to connect with a WordPress application password

WordPress Plugin

Use the plugin if you want the cleanest setup and do not want to manage a WordPress application password.

What you need

• a self-hosted WordPress site
• admin access to WordPress
• the Kitful plugin installed on your site

Connect with the plugin

Install from WordPress.org: wordpress.org/plugins/kitful

1. Install and activate the Kitful WordPress plugin.
2. In WordPress admin, open Settings -> Kitful.
3. Review the generated secret and click Connect to Kitful.
4. Sign in to Kitful if needed.
5. If you have more than one workspace, choose the workspace that should publish to this site.
6. Return to WordPress after Kitful confirms the connection.

Publish with the plugin

1. Open the article in Kitful.
2. Click Publish.
3. Choose your WordPress Plugin integration.
4. Confirm the publish.

The plugin applies its own local publishing defaults for post status, author, and categories.

WordPress Manual

What you need before you start

• a self-hosted WordPress site
• admin access to WordPress
• an application password from WordPress

Before you connect WordPress

Make sure:

• your site uses https://
• your permalink setting is not Plain

You can check your permalink setting in WordPress under Settings -> Permalinks.

Create an application password

1. Open WordPress admin.
2. Go to Users.
3. Open your profile.
4. Find Application Passwords.
5. Create a new password and keep it somewhere safe until setup is complete.

Connect WordPress in Kitful

1. Open your workspace in Kitful.
2. Go to Integrations.
3. Click Add on WordPress.
4. Fill in:
   • Integration Name
   • WordPress Site URL
   • Username
   • Application Password
5. Click Test.
6. Click Connect.

Publish an article

1. Open the article in Kitful.
2. Click Publish.
3. Choose your WordPress integration.
4. Confirm the publish.

Use WordPress with Autoblog

1. Open Autoblog.
2. Create a campaign or edit an existing one.
3. Choose your WordPress integration in Campaign Configuration.
4. Save or launch the campaign.

Troubleshooting

Connection test failed

• Check that the site URL is correct and reachable.
• Verify the username and application password.
• Confirm the user can create posts.
• Make sure permalinks are not set to Plain.

Publishing fails even though the connection test passed

• Check whether security plugins or firewalls are blocking API requests.
• Create a fresh application password and reconnect.

Local testing note

Hosted Kitful cannot reach a WordPress site running only on local localhost.

For end-to-end testing, either:

• run Kitful locally and connect it to your local WordPress install
• or expose WordPress through a tunnel so Kitful can reach it