Trendly AI Post – AI Content Generator, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Google News Auto Blog vs UpdraftPlus

Trendly AI Post is a free AI content generator for WordPress. It picks up real trending topics from Google News and writes a full blog post for you in one click, with the title, headings, featured image, internal links, FAQ section and schema already in place. You bring your own API key from any one of these three AI services: Google Gemini (free tier available) OpenAI ChatGPT (GPT-4o mini, GPT-4o, GPT-4.1) Anthropic Claude (Haiku, Sonnet, Opus) And pick how you want the images: Pexels stock photos (free) DALL-E 3 by OpenAI Google Imagen 3 That is it. No subscription, no premium tier, no hidden upsells. The whole plugin is GPL and stays free forever. Built and maintained by Sprout Sage Solutions — developed by Nitish Sharma and Mandeep Singh. See our WordPress.org profile for other plugins and support. What you get One-click SEO post. The plugin writes the full article with title, intro, H2 and H3 headings, FAQ, internal links, featured image and JSON-LD schema. Ready to publish. Trending topics from 25+ regions (India, US, UK, AU, DE, FR, IT, ES, BR, JP and more). Fetched live from Google News every cron run and deduped so you never write the same story twice. Three AI brains. Gemini for free and fast. GPT-4o or Claude Sonnet for premium long-form. Claude Opus for the most nuanced output. Configure all three at once and switch per post if you want. Automatic featured images. Free Pexels stock photos, or AI-generated images using DALL-E 3 or Imagen 3 with smart prompt rewriting so they look editorial. Auto schedule or manual. Set 1 or 2 posts per day on autopilot, or generate manually from the Generate page. Drafts can go to a Review Queue so you stay in control. SEO built in. Article and FAQPage JSON-LD schema, OpenGraph and Twitter Card meta, auto Table of Contents, reading-time badge, internal linking automation and a Related Articles grid. No extra SEO plugin needed. Brand Voice trainer. Paste 3 paragraphs of your own writing, click Analyze and every new post will sound like you. Custom prompt templates. News, How-to, Listicle and Opinion ship built-in. Clone any one of them and tweak the tone, length and structure. Analytics page. See exactly how many posts you have generated, which AI wrote them, how features are landing and what your top source topics are. Privacy first. No telemetry, no tracking pixels, no third-party CDN, no OAuth. Your API keys live in your own database and never leave your server. How it works Pick your AI provider (Gemini, OpenAI or Claude) and paste your API key. Free tiers are available for all three. Pick your image source (Pexels, DALL-E 3 or Imagen 3). Choose a region and a writing style (News, How-to, Listicle, Opinion or your own template). Turn on auto-schedule, or generate manually from a trending topic or your own idea. Each post comes out with a featured image, internal links, FAQ accordion, JSON-LD schema and social captions. Fully SEO-ready. Who is this for Bloggers, niche site owners, news publishers, affiliate marketers, agencies, SaaS founders and ecommerce store owners. Basically anyone who wants a steady content schedule without spending hours every day brainstorming and writing. If you run a tech blog, a sports news site, a finance affiliate site or a lifestyle niche site, this plugin will keep your archive fresh and Google happy. External Services This plugin connects to the following external services: Google News RSS – to fetch trending news data Data sent: region parameter for news feed Terms: https://news.google.com/ Gemini API (by Google AI) – to generate AI-based post content (when Gemini is the selected text provider) and optionally AI-generated featured images via Imagen Data sent: text prompts; image prompts derived from your post topic Terms: https://ai.google.dev/terms Privacy: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms OpenAI API – to generate AI-based post content (when OpenAI is the selected text provider) and optionally AI-generated featured images via DALL-E Data sent: text prompts; image prompts derived from your post topic Terms: https://openai.com/policies/row-terms-of-use/ Privacy: https://openai.com/policies/row-privacy-policy/ Anthropic Claude API – to generate AI-based post content (when Claude is the selected provider) Data sent: text prompts Terms: https://www.anthropic.com/legal/commercial-terms Privacy: https://www.anthropic.com/legal/privacy Pexels API – to fetch and download stock images Data sent: search keywords Terms: https://www.pexels.com/api/terms/ Features AI writers (pick any): * Google Gemini (2.5 Flash / 2.5 Pro) – free tier, fast, recommended for most users * OpenAI ChatGPT (GPT-4o mini, GPT-4o, GPT-4.1) – paid, best for long-form quality * Anthropic Claude (Haiku 4.5 / Sonnet 4.6 / Opus 4.7) – paid, best for nuanced writing Image sources (pick any): * Pexels – free stock photos, no usage cost * OpenAI DALL-E 3 / gpt-image-1 – AI-generated images * Google Imagen 3 (via Gemini) – AI-generated images Content automation: * Trending topic discovery from Google News across 25+ regions * Custom prompt templates – News, How-to, Listicle, Opinion ship built-in, plus your own with variable substitution * Brand Voice trainer – paste 3 writing samples and every new post mimics your style * Auto-schedule 1-2 posts per day, or generate manually * Auto-publish or send to a Review Queue with bulk approve / discard * Duplicate prevention – recognizes the same trending topic even when worded differently On-page SEO (built-in, no extra plugin needed): * JSON-LD Article / NewsArticle schema in * JSON-LD FAQPage schema for Google rich results * OpenGraph + Twitter Card meta (og:image, og:type, article:published_time, etc.) * Auto Table of Contents from H2/H3 headings with jump-link IDs * Reading-time badge (“X min read”) * AI-generated FAQ accordion (3-8 Q&A pairs per post) * Related Articles grid using internal-linking matches * Internal linking automation – Dice-coefficient relevance scoring + word-boundary anchor placement Social: * AI-generated captions for X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Facebook * Optional frontend share buttons (X, LinkedIn, Facebook, WhatsApp, Reddit) – privacy-first, no OAuth, no auto-posting Analytics: * All-time / 30-day / 7-day / today generation counts * 14-day generation timeline bar chart * AI provider mix + image source mix * Feature adoption rings (featured image / internal links / social captions) * Status distribution + top source topics Privacy & compliance: * No telemetry, no tracking, no external CDN * API keys stored encrypted in your wp_options * Per-user hourly rate limit prevents runaway AI calls * Fully GPL-compatible – no premium tier, no upsells

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