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The best AI writers for WordPress in 2026

Key Takeaways

  • Choose a WordPress AI writer by its publishing workflow, especially who reviews a post before it goes live.
  • Evatype fits B2B teams that want buyer-question research, an approval step and scheduled WordPress publishing, with 4 free pieces and Starter at $59/month.
  • RightBlogger offers detailed WordPress field controls, while Jetpack AI helps editors write inside WordPress.
  • Test post status, categories, tags, featured images and SEO fields before you connect any tool to a live site.

If you need an AI writer for WordPress that researches B2B topics, waits for your approval and publishes on your schedule, start with Evatype. Choose RightBlogger when you need detailed control over WordPress post status and SEO plugin fields, or Jetpack AI when your editors want writing help inside the WordPress editor.

Last updated: October 2026

At a glance

  1. Evatype: Best for B2B WordPress sites that want researched, approved posts published on a schedule.
  2. RightBlogger: Best for bloggers and agencies that need scheduled posts with WordPress field control.
  3. Koala AI: Best for writers who want per-article controls and direct WordPress publishing.
  4. Outrank: Best for teams that want a fixed monthly article allowance and automatic publishing.
  5. Byword: Best for teams producing batches of SEO articles.
  6. Machined: Best for teams building internally linked article clusters.
  7. Junia AI: Best for publishers that want AutoBlog scheduling across several websites.
  8. Jetpack AI: Best for editors who want writing help inside WordPress.

How we chose

Each tool has a documented way to write in WordPress or send content to it. We ranked them by editorial control, the detail of their WordPress handoff, fit for a specific publishing job and their published pricing. These are workflow comparisons. We did not run a controlled test of output quality or search results.

Jetpack AI works in the editor. The other tools send articles to WordPress from a separate app. If you use an external tool, check whether posts arrive as drafts and whether images and SEO fields come with them.

1. Evatype

Evatype finds the questions buyers ask AI assistants and search engines, researches competitors and drafts pages in a brand voice learned from your published pages. It scores every draft against a quality bar and rewrites or rejects drafts that fall short. It adds internal links. You approve each page before Evatype publishes it to WordPress on the schedule you set. Every edit, rejection and approval trains the brand voice.

Best for: B2B WordPress sites that want researched, approved posts published on a schedule.

Pros

  • You get buyer-question research, competitor research, drafting, internal links and publishing in one workflow.
  • You approve every page before it goes live.
  • You can publish blog posts, landing pages, comparison pages and product descriptions to WordPress, Webflow, Contentful, HubSpot, Shopify, Astro or Markdown.

Cons

  • You need another tool for ads, social posts or email.
  • Evatype does not build backlinks.
  • Evatype is a newer product with fewer public reviews than older tools.

Starting price (October 2026): The first 4 pieces of content are free, with no credit card. Starter costs $59/month for 10 pages and 1 website. Business costs $149/month for 30 pages and 2 websites. Scale costs $399/month for 100 pages and 3 websites. Extra 10 pages cost $49, and an extra website costs $49.

2. RightBlogger

RightBlogger gives you control over what arrives in WordPress (see our Evatype vs RightBlogger comparison). Each project has a default post status: Published, Draft or Pending Review. With its plugin, RightBlogger writes the meta title, description and focus keyword into Yoast SEO, Rank Math and other SEO plugins, and it can set an AI featured image. Its Content Planner schedules posts. You can also connect with an application password, but SEO plugin fields, authors and custom post types need the plugin.

Best for: Bloggers and agencies that need scheduled posts with WordPress field control.

Pros

  • You can send scheduled posts as drafts or for pending review instead of publishing them live.
  • You can fill Yoast SEO or Rank Math fields and pick from your existing categories and tags.
  • Every paid plan includes unlimited AI words for content you create yourself.

Cons

  • You need the plugin for SEO plugin fields, authors and custom post types.
  • Automations have caps: up to 30 scheduled posts queued and 5 posts per site per day.

Starting price (October 2026): Solo costs $59/month on monthly billing, or $49/month billed annually ($588/year), for 1 site.

3. Koala AI

KoalaWriter, part of Koala AI, gives you per-article writing controls and a direct WordPress publishing path. You can connect through the Koala AI plugin or a REST API integration. Both methods support AI category selection and post status control (draft, published, pending review or private). The plugin adds author selection, post types, image uploads to your media library and featured images.

Best for: Writers who want per-article controls and direct WordPress publishing.

Pros

  • You can choose between a WordPress plugin and a REST API connection.
  • You can send an article as a draft, a pending-review post or a published post.
  • You can also publish to Shopify, Webflow and Ghost, or send articles by webhook.

Cons

  • Author selection, post types and featured images need the plugin.
  • The allowance is counted in words, and some AI models count words at two or three times the base rate.

Starting price (October 2026): Starter costs $25/month on monthly billing for 45,000 KoalaWriter words. Koala AI says annual billing saves 20%.

4. Outrank

Outrank's Organic Growth plan includes 30 articles a month, generated and published automatically. It connects to WordPress, WordPress.com, Webflow, Shopify, Framer, Wix, Notion and Ghost. Outrank says a new article is first saved as a draft in your platform, so you can review it before you publish. You can also pre-create a scheduled article up to 7 days ahead, then review, edit and approve it.

Best for: Teams that want a fixed monthly article allowance and automatic publishing.

Pros

  • You can plan around 30 articles a month, with upgrades to 60 or 90.
  • You can review drafts in WordPress before they go live.
  • The plan includes backlink building alongside articles.

Cons

  • Outrank does not state support for Yoast SEO or Rank Math fields.
  • The 30-article allowance counts articles, not approved pages, so editing time is extra.

Starting price (October 2026): Organic Growth costs $99/month billed monthly, or $999/year billed annually.

5. Byword

Byword produces SEO articles in batches. It lists WordPress publishing with automatic formatting and featured images, plus Webflow, HubSpot and Notion. It fits teams with a large topic list that do not want to write articles one at a time. Before you commit to a batch, send one article to a test site and inspect its status, media and metadata.

Best for: Teams producing batches of SEO articles.

Pros

  • You can produce SEO articles in batches.
  • You can publish to WordPress with featured images.
  • You can budget against a stated monthly credit allowance.

Cons

  • Byword does not state support for Yoast SEO or Rank Math fields.
  • Team seats start on the Standard plan, so Starter suits one person.

Starting price (October 2026): Starter costs $99/month billed monthly, or $990/year billed annually, for 25 credits a month (one credit per article).

6. Machined

Machined builds article clusters with internal links and publishes them to WordPress, Webflow or a webhook. You can send whole clusters as drafts for review or publish them live, so an editor can check a connected set before publication. If your team mainly publishes standalone posts, compare its cluster workflow with a per-article writer.

Best for: Teams building internally linked article clusters.

Pros

  • You can create groups of related articles with internal links.
  • You can send clusters directly to WordPress.
  • You can choose drafts when an editor needs to review the cluster.

Cons

  • Teams that mainly publish individual posts may prefer a per-article workflow.
  • Machined does not state support for Yoast SEO or Rank Math fields.

Starting price (October 2026): Launch costs $19/month on monthly billing for 30 articles a month. Machined says annual billing saves 25%.

7. Junia AI

Junia AI writes SEO articles and publishes them to WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Wix, Ghost and other platforms. Its AutoBlog feature lets you set a publishing frequency and track posts as drafts, scheduled or published. AutoBlog scheduling and unlimited websites are part of the Scale Starter plan, not Growth.

Best for: Publishers that want AutoBlog scheduling across several websites.

Pros

  • You can set how many articles AutoBlog publishes each week.
  • Scale Starter covers unlimited websites and 68 articles a month.
  • Growth includes Brand Voice, knowledge bases and internal and external linking.

Cons

  • Junia AI does not state support for Yoast SEO or Rank Math fields.
  • The $17/month price is a limited-time yearly offer, and the regular yearly rate is $27/month.

Starting price (October 2026): Growth costs $34/month billed monthly, or $17/month billed yearly under a limited-time 50%-off offer, with 10 SEO articles a month.

8. Jetpack AI

Jetpack AI helps you generate and revise content inside the WordPress editor. It can write text, lists and tables, suggest titles and summaries, and fix spelling and grammar. You do not need a separate article-to-WordPress handoff for that writing step. An editor still manages publication in WordPress, so Jetpack AI fits assisted writing rather than automatic publishing.

Best for: Editors who want writing help inside WordPress.

Pros

  • You can write and revise content where you already edit posts.
  • You do not need to move generated text from a separate app into WordPress.
  • You can try it with 20 free requests.

Cons

  • An editor still runs the research, review and publishing workflow.
  • Jetpack AI does not schedule or publish posts on its own.

Starting price (October 2026): The free tier includes 20 requests. The paid plan is $9.95/month billed yearly, with 50% off ($4.95/month) in the first year.

What to check before connecting WordPress

Run one test post through the exact connection and settings you plan to use. A plugin can support fields that an application-password or API connection does not. Your WordPress host must also allow any plugin you need.

Check the result in WordPress:

  • Connection: Confirm whether the tool uses a plugin, an application password or another API connection.
  • Post status: Check whether the article arrives as a draft, pending review or a live post.
  • Categories and tags: Confirm that the tool selects the intended existing terms instead of assigning unwanted defaults.
  • Featured image: Open the post and confirm that the image is in the media library and assigned to the post.
  • SEO fields: Inspect the title, description and focus keyword fields in Yoast SEO or Rank Math if your team uses them.
  • Schedule: Confirm whether the scheduled action creates a review item or publishes a live post.

Do this before you send a batch. Check the complete post, not just whether WordPress accepted the connection. For more tools that publish on a schedule, see our roundup of autoblogging tools.

WordPress AI writer comparison

Tool Best for WordPress connection Post-status controls SEO plugin fields Scheduling Starting price, October 2026
Evatype Approval-led B2B publishing WordPress publishing after approval Approval required before publishing Not stated Schedule you set 4 pieces free; Starter $59/month for 10 pages
RightBlogger Scheduled posts with field control Plugin or application password Published, draft or pending review Yoast SEO, Rank Math and others via plugin Content Planner schedule Solo $59/month monthly or $49/month billed annually
Koala AI Per-article control Plugin or REST API Draft, published, pending review or private Not stated Not stated Starter $25/month monthly
Outrank Fixed monthly article volume WordPress and WordPress.com Saved as a draft first; scheduled articles can be approved up to 7 days ahead Not stated Automatic publishing Organic Growth $99/month, or $999/year
Byword Batch SEO articles WordPress publishing with featured images Not stated Not stated Not stated Starter $99/month monthly, or $990/year, for 25 credits
Machined Internally linked clusters Direct WordPress publishing Draft or live Not stated Not stated Launch $19/month monthly
Junia AI AutoBlog across websites WordPress integration Draft, scheduled or published in AutoBlog Not stated AutoBlog publishing frequency on Scale Starter Growth $34/month monthly, or $17/month billed yearly (limited offer)
Jetpack AI Writing inside the editor WordPress editor Managed by the editor in WordPress Not stated Managed in WordPress 20 free requests; paid $9.95/month billed yearly

Which tool should you choose?

  • Choose Evatype if your B2B team wants buyer-question research, on-brand drafts, an approval step and scheduled WordPress publishing.
  • Choose RightBlogger if you need scheduled posts with control over post status, categories, featured images and SEO plugin fields.
  • Choose Koala AI if you want to control articles one at a time and pick between a plugin and a REST API connection.
  • Choose Outrank if a 30-article monthly allowance and automatic WordPress publishing fit your plan.
  • Choose Byword if you produce SEO articles in batches and can test the WordPress handoff before you send them at scale.
  • Choose Machined if your team plans and reviews linked article clusters.
  • Choose Junia AI if you want AutoBlog scheduling across several websites.
  • Choose Jetpack AI if your editors want help writing inside WordPress and will keep managing publication there.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Do I need a WordPress plugin to use an AI writer?

It depends on the tool. RightBlogger and Koala AI both offer a plugin and a non-plugin connection, but SEO plugin fields, authors, post types and featured images need their plugins. Check that your host allows third-party plugins before you choose a plugin-based setup.

Can an AI writer send posts to WordPress as drafts for approval?

Yes. RightBlogger can send posts as Draft or Pending Review, Koala AI supports draft, pending review, published and private statuses, and Machined can send clusters as drafts. Outrank saves new articles as drafts first. Evatype publishes only after you approve each page.

Will an AI writer fill Yoast SEO or Rank Math fields?

RightBlogger writes the meta title, description and focus keyword into Yoast SEO, Rank Math and other SEO plugins through its plugin. The other tools in this list do not state this, so test the exact fields your site uses.

Can these tools add featured images to WordPress posts?

Some can. RightBlogger can set an AI featured image, Koala AI sets featured images through its plugin, and Byword lists WordPress publishing with featured images. Check the post and media library with a test article.

Does scheduled publishing include an approval step?

Only if you set it up that way. Evatype requires approval before publishing. RightBlogger lets you choose Published, Draft or Pending Review per project, and Outrank lets you approve scheduled articles up to 7 days ahead. Confirm whether your settings create a review item or a live post.