Cituna writes one article a day from the questions buyers actually ask AI engines, and WordPress is the simplest place to put them. You connect once with a WordPress application password, a built-in feature since WordPress 5.6, so there is no plugin to install and no OAuth app to register. Articles then arrive in wp-admin as drafts, complete with headings, an FAQ block and structured data, and nothing goes live until you press Publish. If you would rather skip the review step, one switch turns on automatic publishing. This guide covers connecting, choosing draft or publish mode, and the two failures people hit most: a host that hides application passwords, and an account whose role is too low to keep the schema block intact.
What this assumes
1. Create an application password in WordPress
Sign in to wp-admin and open Users → Profile. Scroll to Application Passwords, type a name you will recognise later such as "Cituna", and click Add New Application Password.
WordPress shows the password once, as four blocks of characters. Copy it now: you cannot view it again, only revoke it and make a new one. It is not your login password, and revoking it later disconnects Cituna without touching your account.
2. Paste your site details into Cituna
In Cituna, open Integrations and find the WordPress card. Enter your site URL exactly as you visit it, your WordPress username, and the application password you just copied.
Publishing credentials are stored per brand, so if your workspace tracks several brands, switch to the right one before connecting. This is what stops an article for one site being published to another.
3. Let the test post confirm the connection
Cituna immediately posts a test draft. If WordPress refuses it you get the exact reason (wrong username, revoked password, a role that cannot create posts) and nothing is saved, so a broken connection can never sit there looking connected.
A green Connected badge means the credential works right now, not merely that it was accepted once.
4. Choose draft or publish mode
Open AutoSEO and pick WordPress under "Deliver articles to". Then choose a delivery mode. Review as drafts is the default and the safe one: articles wait in WordPress until you press Publish.
Publish automatically puts each article live the moment it is written. It is the right setting once you trust the output, and you can switch back at any time without touching the connection.
5. Turn on the daily article
Still in AutoSEO, switch on Daily article. Connecting a destination does not start anything by itself, and a queue with automation off never drains. This is the single most common reason people see no articles after setting everything up.
You can also press Generate now to write the top topic immediately rather than waiting for the next run.
Troubleshooting
Why did my structured data disappear from the published post?
WordPress strips <script> tags for users below Administrator, which removes the JSON-LD block Cituna attaches to every article. The connector cannot see the account role through the REST API, so it warns rather than guesses. Reconnect with an Administrator application password and the schema survives.
The connection worked yesterday and now says bad credentials.
Application passwords are revoked whenever the WordPress user changes their password, and some security plugins revoke them on a schedule. Create a fresh application password and paste it into the WordPress card again; nothing else about your setup needs to change.
Can I send articles to a page instead of a post, or to a custom post type?
AutoSEO delivers posts, because an article that is meant to earn citations belongs in the blog feed your site already exposes to crawlers. If you need a custom post type, use the webhook destination instead and route it yourself.
Will Cituna overwrite a post I edited in WordPress?
Only if you ask it to. Editing an article inside Cituna saves to Cituna alone; a separate Update on WordPress button pushes it to the post, and the button says exactly what it will overwrite. The daily run never touches an article it has already delivered.