About this recipe
A recipe for Author And Publish Blog Posts From Google Sheets
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"required": false,
"displayName": "Context",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "Ideas",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "Ideas",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "Content",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "Content",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "Length",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "Length",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "Media",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "Media",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "LinksInternal",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "LinksInternal",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "LinksExternal",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "LinksExternal",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "Sections",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "Sections",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "MainPoints",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "MainPoints",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "GuidingPrinciple",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "GuidingPrinciple",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "Metaphor",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "Metaphor",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "Title",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "Title",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "draft",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "draft",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "words",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "words",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "final",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "final",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "words",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "words",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "TeaserTitle",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "TeaserTitle",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "TeaserText",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "TeaserText",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "internal notes",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "internal notes",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "row_number",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"readOnly": true,
"required": false,
"displayName": "row_number",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
}
],
"mappingMode": "defineBelow",
"matchingColumns": [
"row_number"
],
"attemptToConvertTypes": false,
"convertFieldsToString": false
},
"options": [],
"operation": "update",
"sheetName": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "name",
"value": "={{ $('Settings').item.json.sheetSchedule }}"
},
"documentId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "url",
"value": "={{ $('Settings').item.json.urlSpreadsheet }}"
}
},
"credentials": {
"googleSheetsOAuth2Api": {
"id": "XeXufn5uZvHp3lcX",
"name": "Google Sheets account 2"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.5
},
{
"id": "a1af0f00-de59-48d4-93d2-9cc20e7f1c1c",
"name": "PrepareXmlPost",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"position": [
-380,
780
],
"parameters": {
"mode": "runOnceForEachItem",
"jsCode": "const username = $('Settings').item.json.wordpressUsername;\nconst password = $('Settings').item.json.wordpressApplicationPassword;\nconst blogId = 0;\nconst published = 1; \/\/ 0 = draft, 1 = published\nconst title = $json.row.Title;\nconst text = $json.row.final;\n\n\/\/ Helper function to escape XML special characters\nfunction escapeXml(unsafe) {\n return unsafe.replace(\/[<>&'\"]\/g, (c) => {\n switch (c) {\n case '<': return '<';\n case '>': return '>';\n case '&': return '&';\n case '\\'': return ''';\n case '\"': return '"';\n default: return c;\n }\n });\n}\n\n\/\/ Your actual post text, which may contain characters needing escaping\nconst titleEscaped = escapeXml(title);\nconst textEscaped = escapeXml(text);\n\n\/\/ Build the XML payload\nconst xmlData = `<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n<methodCall>\n <methodName>wp.newPost<\/methodName>\n <params>\n <param>\n <value><string>${blogId}<\/string><\/value>\n <\/param>\n <param>\n <value><string>${username}<\/string><\/value>\n <\/param>\n <param>\n <value><string>${password}<\/string><\/value>\n <\/param>\n <param>\n <value>\n <struct>\n <member>\n <name>post_title<\/name>\n <value><string>${titleEscaped}<\/string><\/value>\n <\/member>\n <member>\n <name>post_content<\/name>\n <value><string>${textEscaped}<\/string><\/value>\n <\/member>\n <\/struct>\n <\/value>\n <\/param>\n <param>\n <value><boolean>${published}<\/boolean><\/value>\n <\/param>\n <\/params>\n<\/methodCall>`;\n\n\n\/\/ Add a new field called 'myNewField' to the JSON of the item\n$input.item.json.xmlRequestBody = xmlData;\n\nreturn $input.item;"
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "00e6d2ab-6dc4-42ba-8a92-04a35d104908",
"name": "HandleXMLRPCResponse",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"position": [
40,
780
],
"parameters": {
"mode": "runOnceForEachItem",
"jsCode": "\/\/ Get the XML response from the incoming JSON\nconst xmlResponse = $json.data;\n\n\/\/ Helper function to extract a value by matching a regex pattern\nfunction extractValue(pattern, xml) {\n const match = xml.match(pattern);\n return match ? match[1] : null;\n}\n\n\/\/ Check if the XML contains a fault\nif (xmlResponse.indexOf(\"<fault>\") !== -1) {\n \/\/ Extract the faultCode and faultString using regex\n \/\/ This regex matches the value inside <int> or <string> for faultCode\n const faultCode = extractValue(\/<name>faultCode<\\\/name>\\s*<value><(?:int|string)>(.*?)<\\\/(?:int|string)>\/s, xmlResponse);\n \/\/ This regex extracts the faultString from within <string>\n const faultString = extractValue(\/<name>faultString<\\\/name>\\s*<value><string>(.*?)<\\\/string>\/s, xmlResponse);\n return { 'errorCode': faultCode, 'error': faultString };\n} else {\n \/\/ Otherwise, assume a successful response.\n \/\/ The post ID is contained inside a <string> tag within <params>\n const postId = extractValue(\/<params>[\\s\\S]*?<string>(.*?)<\\\/string>\/, xmlResponse);\n return { postId };\n}"
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "23212e92-4ad1-4a8c-8e0a-04d8d2a4511d",
"name": "PostingSuccessful",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"position": [
480,
780
],
"parameters": {
"options": [],
"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 2,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
"id": "815d85a1-8f91-4338-977f-503f02c53ea2",
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"operation": "exists",
"singleValue": true
},
"leftValue": "={{ $('HandleXMLRPCResponse').item.json.postId }}",
"rightValue": ""
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.2
},
{
"id": "45c786f0-d795-4ed4-b6d2-f005b43e797f",
"name": "LogStatus",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
"position": [
260,
280
],
"parameters": {
"columns": {
"value": {
"Date": "={{ $now }}",
"Type": "=info",
"Message": "=Status {{ $json.Status }} for row {{ $('PreparedData').item.json.row.row_number }}"
},
"schema": [
{
"id": "Date",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"required": false,
"displayName": "Date",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "Type",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"required": false,
"displayName": "Type",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "Message",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"required": false,
"displayName": "Message",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
}
],
"mappingMode": "defineBelow",
"matchingColumns": [],
"attemptToConvertTypes": false,
"convertFieldsToString": false
},
"options": [],
"operation": "append",
"sheetName": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "name",
"value": "={{ $('Settings').item.json.sheetLog }}"
},
"documentId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "url",
"value": "={{ $('Settings').item.json.urlSpreadsheet }}"
}
},
"credentials": {
"googleSheetsOAuth2Api": {
"id": "XeXufn5uZvHp3lcX",
"name": "Google Sheets account 2"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.5
},
{
"id": "f58306f5-a5e9-4e44-9c5d-3810e18e6605",
"name": "LogPublished",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
"position": [
260,
780
],
"parameters": {
"columns": {
"value": {
"Date": "={{ $now }}",
"Type": "={{ $json.errorCode ? 'error' : 'info' }}",
"Message": "=Publishing row {{ $('PreparedData').item.json.row.row_number }}: {{ $json.postId }}{{ $json.errorCode }}{{ $json.error }}"
},
"schema": [
{
"id": "Date",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"required": false,
"displayName": "Date",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "Type",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"required": false,
"displayName": "Type",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "Message",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"required": false,
"displayName": "Message",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
}
],
"mappingMode": "defineBelow",
"matchingColumns": [],
"attemptToConvertTypes": false,
"convertFieldsToString": false
},
"options": [],
"operation": "append",
"sheetName": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "name",
"value": "={{ $('Settings').item.json.sheetLog }}"
},
"documentId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "url",
"value": "={{ $('Settings').item.json.urlSpreadsheet }}"
}
},
"credentials": {
"googleSheetsOAuth2Api": {
"id": "XeXufn5uZvHp3lcX",
"name": "Google Sheets account 2"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.5
},
{
"id": "c227b790-e1ee-4370-9f24-a734443d1e97",
"name": "Sticky Note",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-460,
-300
],
"parameters": {
"width": 180,
"height": 360,
"content": "## Settings"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "904da209-68fd-4139-885f-bd3f25034aeb",
"name": "Sticky Note1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-440,
180
],
"parameters": {
"color": 3,
"width": 380,
"height": 380,
"content": "## Author Blog-Post\nUsing OpenRouter to make model fully configurable for each authoring stage"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "29f35bf0-6dd3-4c3c-b688-73eb46781c87",
"name": "Sticky Note2",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-40,
-300
],
"parameters": {
"color": 5,
"height": 360,
"content": "## Post-process Data\n{{ Placehoder }} replacement"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "296c3257-836d-488c-b048-72261180e286",
"name": "Sticky Note3",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
220,
180
],
"parameters": {
"color": 4,
"width": 180,
"height": 380,
"content": "## Log to Sheet"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "42a06803-087f-4dc4-9dd5-1f0281942a30",
"name": "Sticky Note4",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
420,
180
],
"parameters": {
"color": 6,
"width": 420,
"height": 380,
"content": "## Save Result To Sheet"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "7a6393e9-ae81-4b9b-856b-7be18f783cf4",
"name": "Sticky Note5",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-440,
620
],
"parameters": {
"color": 3,
"width": 380,
"height": 380,
"content": "## Publish Blog-Post\nUse a generic XMLHttpRequest with subsequent response handling, since the Wordpress node did not work at all."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "2d154bd4-c3bc-4137-90ce-7885bac77c71",
"name": "Sticky Note6",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-40,
180
],
"parameters": {
"color": 5,
"height": 380,
"content": "## Post-process Data\nNormalize and re-merge output data structure. "
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "83834b00-a647-403f-b88a-4c38d9750eb0",
"name": "Sticky Note7",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-40,
620
],
"parameters": {
"color": 5,
"height": 380,
"content": "## Post-process Data\nExtract post id or error message from response."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "e7494d0b-b796-437e-b977-a5350b1a8dc5",
"name": "Sticky Note8",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
220,
620
],
"parameters": {
"color": 4,
"width": 180,
"height": 380,
"content": "## Log to Sheet"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "1d036f6a-c6e4-428d-b0ce-1e710eb7d90c",
"name": "Sticky Note9",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
420,
620
],
"parameters": {
"color": 6,
"width": 420,
"height": 380,
"content": "## Save Status To Sheet"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "105e0743-b4e8-47d7-a4bf-3939df43a43c",
"name": "Sticky Note10",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-640,
160
],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 1500,
"height": 420,
"content": "## Authoring\n## Stage"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "80fefb90-35b2-4f0b-b4d5-1cca8519361d",
"name": "Sticky Note11",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-640,
600
],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 1500,
"height": 420,
"content": "## Publishing\n## Stage"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "99b0a7b7-6513-47b0-af16-ee66d37dd821",
"name": "Sticky Note12",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-260,
-300
],
"parameters": {
"width": 200,
"height": 360,
"content": "## Config & Data"
},
"typeVersion": 1
}
],
"active": false,
"pinData": [],
"settings": {
"executionOrder": "v1"
},
"versionId": "7005e556-a7ae-484c-af71-57c75abd3e17",
"connections": {
"Config": {
"main": [
[]
]
},
"AgentLLM": {
"ai_languageModel": [
[
{
"node": "Basic LLM Chain",
"type": "ai_languageModel",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Schedule": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "PreparedData",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Settings": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "fetchConfig",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
},
{
"node": "Schedule",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"LogStatus": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "SaveBackToSheet",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"CreatePost": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "HandleXMLRPCResponse",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"fetchConfig": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Config",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"IfTakeAction": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "IfActionPublish",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"LogPublished": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "PostingSuccessful",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"PreparedData": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "IfTakeAction",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"SetToPublish": {
"main": [
[]
]
},
"ManualTrigger": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Settings",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"IfPromptExists": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Basic LLM Chain",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"IfScheduledNow": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "PrepareXmlPost",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"PrepareXmlPost": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "CreatePost",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Basic LLM Chain": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "RecombinedDataRow",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"IfActionPublish": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "IfScheduledNow",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "IfPromptExists",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"SaveBackToSheet": {
"main": [
[]
]
},
"ScheduleTrigger": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Settings",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"PostingSuccessful": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "SetToPublish",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"RecombinedDataRow": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "LogStatus",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"HandleXMLRPCResponse": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "LogPublished",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}How to Use an n8n Template
1
Create a New Workflow
Click "New Workflow" in your n8n dashboard to get started.
2
Copy & Paste Template
First, copy this template:
Click here to copy the JSON
.
Then, in n8n, click the three dots (···) → "Import from file" and paste the JSON code.
3
Customize the Nodes
Go through each node in the workflow to update inputs like spreadsheet IDs, email addresses, or message content. Adjust field mappings to match your data.
4
Grant Access
For nodes that connect to external apps (like Google Sheets or Slack), you'll need to grant access. Connect your accounts using OAuth or an API key and save the credentials in the node.
5
Test It
Run the workflow by clicking "Execute Node" for each step or "Run Once" for the whole thing. Check the right sidebar to inspect data and debug any errors (they'll show up in red).
6
Activate Workflow
Once everything works as expected, click the "Activate" toggle to turn your workflow on. You're all set!