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title: Publish to WordPress
slug: content-marketing-platform/docs/publish-to-wordpress
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createdAt: 2026-07-20T15:45:28.386Z
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Connect your WordPress account to the Content Marketing Platform (CMP). Integrating with WordPress lets teams do the following.

## Configure workflows for publishing

To publish content to WordPress, you must have a workflow step that selects **Set Publish Destination**, **Publish/Share**, and  **Set Publish Date** options. 

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## Choosing a publishing destination

When you reach the step where you need to select the publishing destination, go to the **Publishing** tab on the task page and click **Add Channel** to select your WordPress destination from the menu.

![wordpress-publish-3.png](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/xw30L9D3-cjPAIZCdOUDT-20260720-145902.png)

The following widget displays. Select WordPress author, category, and tags, which sync with your WordPress instance.

![wordpress-publish-4.png](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/IkforQsBjztKxUxFc3qHY-20260720-145902.png)

- **Select Author** – Displays [authors](https://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#author) defined in your WordPress instance. Select a writer to publish to WordPress with the proper attribution.
- **WordPress Tags** – Displays the [WordPress tags](https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/tags/) defined in your instance. You can append the tags for your article. 
- **WordPress Category** – Displays your [WordPress categories](https://wordpress.com/support/posts/categories/), which WordPress retrieves. If you have nested categories, you can create a category and optionally choose a parent category for the article.

  ![wordpress-publish-5.png](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/9VJ0DKh-DpAStmVjjF6cg-20260720-145902.png)

## Publish content

### Publish as draft

Select **Publish as Draft** to publish an article from WordPress instead of the CMP. Deselect **Publish as Draft** to permit publishing from the CMP.

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### Publish live

To publish articles through the CMP, deselect **Publish As Draft**, click **Save** the widget, and then publish the article.

- Click **Edit Information** to display the WordPress widget location for the permalink, publish date, WordPress tags, categories, and authors.
- Select **Move to Draft** to move published posts to draft status.
- Click **View Published Post** to display the published article in a browser tab. 

![wordpress-publish-8.png](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/NSwHdELC9MmBcvdU05E6W-20260720-145902.png)

### SEO

Go to **Optimizer > Information**, and the search engine optimization (SEO) section of WordPress publishing is in the text editor of the CMP. See also [Optimize content](docId\:fJnoJh8HoIFVTKFdZ_m-P) for expanded information.

## Publish or delete content as draft

### Post a draft

Click **Post a draft** to push the article to the selected WordPress site as a draft, and generate a permalink.

![wordpress-publish-11.png](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/2TW5icfxmlDo8Erz9LLwy-20260720-145902.png)

### Sync draft

Click **Sync to WordPress** to update the draft in WordPress. Changes that you make in CMP flow to WordPress.

![wordpress-publish-12.png](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/gAUj4SaNa9IY0OhnapPKK-20260720-145902.png)

### View draft

Click **View Draft** to see an article that was published as a draft.

### Delete draft

Click **Delete Draft** to delete the draft.

## Preview your content

Click **Preview** to open a tab or window. 

![wordpress-publish-13.png](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/eEnazQzkhoADAL4XKsQ-x-20260720-145902.png)

## Best practices

Publishing is dependent on the configuration of the task's workflow. The following tips describe how to create the most effective workflow for publishing to WordPress:

- Select the **Publish/Share** checkbox only for the final step of a workflow. That way, nothing publishes before the final step, and the assignee to the last step can verify that the publishing configuration is correct.
- If possible, select **Set Publish Destination** and **Set Publish Date** only for steps where an assignee wants to edit the publishing destination and date to avoid confusion for others editing different parts of the task.

## Additional Tips

- You do not need to select **Publish As Draft** when you publish an article. This prevents tasks from accidentally being published as a draft instead of being pushed live. Clicking **Post Draft** is sufficient to push a draft to WordPress.
- To republish an article, open the option menu (**...**) and select **Copy** to create a task that is a copy of the published task. You can then publish the task.