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The WordPress integration lets you publish citation-ready articles directly from the AI Content Engine without copying and pasting. Once connected, your finalized content — complete with schema markup, meta fields, and featured image placeholders — flows straight into WordPress as a draft, ready for your final review before going live.

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Prerequisites

Before connecting, make sure you have:
  • A WordPress.com Business plan or higher, or a self-hosted WordPress installation.
  • The WordPress REST API enabled (it is on by default for self-hosted sites running WordPress 4.7 or later).

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Connect WordPress

1

Open the integration settings

In SurgeRank, go to Settings → Integrations → WordPress.
2

Enter your site URL

Type your WordPress site URL into the field provided (e.g. https://yoursite.com).
3

Generate an Application Password in WordPress

In your WordPress admin, navigate to Users → Profile → Application Passwords. Enter a name for the password — for example, SurgeRank — and click Add New. WordPress will generate a password and display it once.
4

Paste the password into SurgeRank

Copy the generated Application Password and paste it into the corresponding field in SurgeRank.
5

Connect and confirm

Click Connect. SurgeRank will test the connection against the WordPress REST API and display a confirmation once it succeeds.

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Publishing an article

From the Content Engine editor, click Publish → WordPress when your article is ready. You’ll be prompted to:
  • Choose the post category the article should be filed under.
  • Set the publish date — publish immediately or schedule it for a future date and time.
After you confirm, SurgeRank creates the post as a draft in WordPress. Open the post in your WordPress editor to do a final check, then publish it when you’re satisfied.

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What SurgeRank sends

When you publish to WordPress, SurgeRank passes the following fields:

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Disconnecting

To remove the integration, go to Settings → Integrations → WordPress → Disconnect. Disconnecting revokes SurgeRank’s access to your site but does not delete any posts that have already been published.
Published articles are automatically added to SurgeRank’s citation monitoring. Once a post goes live, SurgeRank begins tracking whether AI engines — including ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Mode — start citing the new page.