Publish an article to your CMS
Send the saved version of an article to a connected site as a draft, immediately, or at a scheduled time — and follow every attempt in the publishing history.
Before you start
A plan that includes CMS publishing. Publishing itself costs no credits.
A connected destination in the article’s project — for example WordPress.
A saved version of the article. Publishing always sends the last saved version, never unsaved edits.
Steps
Step 1: Open the Publish panel
In the article, choose Publish in the top bar (or open the Publish panel).
Step 2: Choose where and how
Under Where to publish, pick the Destination. Then choose the Action:
- Save as draft — created in your CMS, not visible to readers.
- Publish now — goes live immediately.
- Schedule — pick Publish at. Platforms with their own scheduling publish it at that time; for the others we hold it and submit it at the time you chose.
Step 3: Check the post details
Under Post details, check the Title, Slug, Meta description, Tags and Categories (comma separated) and the Featured image. The blog post excerpt from the SEO panel is sent as the post excerpt where the platform supports one.
Step 4: Send it
Choose Send as draft, Publish now or Schedule. It runs in the background; you can keep editing or leave the page.
Some destinations show Review & publish (or Review & update) instead. That opens Review before you publish, showing exactly what will be sent as Rendered, HTML or Markdown. Tick the confirmation and choose Publish. Those destinations can also Update an article already there — no second copy is created — and Unpublish it.
Step 5: Follow the result
Publishing history lists every attempt and its outcome — Draft, Scheduled, Published, Failed and so on. A failed attempt on a destination with a review step shows a Retry button.
What you’ll see
The post appears in your CMS as a draft, a scheduled post or a live post, and the attempt is recorded in Publishing history. Publishing is free — no credits are charged, whatever the outcome.
Troubleshooting
“No CMS connected”
The article’s project has no destination yet. Connect one from the project’s Integrations page.
“Publishing to your CMS needs a paid plan”
Your plan does not include CMS publishing. You can still export the article and paste it into your site — see Export an article.
“Verify you own this domain”
This workspace must prove it controls the site before publishing to it. See Verify you own your domain.
“Publishing failed — no credits charged”
The message under it says why. Most often the destination’s credentials changed: choose Test on the project’s Integrations page, reconnect if needed, and publish again.
“This exact request was already submitted”
You pressed publish twice. We returned the existing publication instead of posting again, so the post exists once.
I deleted the article here but it is still on my site
Deleting an article never removes it from your CMS. Unpublish it first where the destination supports it, or remove it in your CMS.
Related guides
Connect WordPress
Connect a self-hosted or WordPress.com site with an application password, so articles can be sent as drafts, published or scheduled.
Verify you own your domain
When a workspace must prove it controls a site before publishing to it, add a DNS record, a meta tag or a small file, then check it.
Set up Autopilot
Give a project a schedule and a queue of approved topics, and Autopilot writes, illustrates and — if you allow it — publishes an article on each run.