NeuroContent trigger settings define how prompts, schedules, and automation rules control AI-generated content publishing in WordPress.

AI Writing Style

This setting determines the role and tone the AI will adopt when generating the article. By choosing a style, you guide the writing voice and perspective of the output.

• Neutral policy analyst – produces objective, balanced content with focus on data and context.
• Critical journalist – generates investigative or critical articles, highlighting problems, failures, or controversies.
• Storyteller – creates more engaging, narrative-driven text, often using descriptive language and emotional appeal.
• More options available

The selected writing style will be consistently applied to each generated article. This allows you to align AI-written content with your publication’s editorial standards and audience expectations.

Describe the article you want — AI will do the rest

This field allows you to describe the topic of the article you want the AI to generate. Provide a short description or idea, and the AI will expand it into a full post.

• Keep prompts clear and specific to achieve the best results.
• You can include keywords, themes, or angles you want highlighted.
• The more context you provide, the more tailored the generated article will be.

Example:
“Write an article about how artificial intelligence is transforming modern workplaces.”

The AI will use your description as the foundation to create a complete article.

Featured Image – How it works

When publishing articles automatically, the featured image is essential: it attracts readers and gives a visual identity to each post. This section lets you decide how the image will be added.

Options for Adding Images

1. AI-generated by prompt and keywords(consumes API credits)
   • The AI combines your written prompt with the article’s keywords.
   • Benefit: image closely matches both the topic and SEO context.
   • Cost: each generation consumes API credits.
2. AI-generated strictly by prompt(consumes API credits)
   • The AI follows only your provided prompt.
   • Benefit: full control over style and content, no keyword influence.
   • Use case: when you need a specific or consistent style.
   • Cost: each generation consumes API credits.
3. Search in Media Library by Tags(no cost)
   • The system looks for images in your WordPress Media Library.
   • It matches images that share tags with your article.
   • Benefit: free, and you reuse existing branded or thematic assets.
   • Fallback Image: Always set a fallback image to ensure every article has a visual, even if AI generation fails or no tagged media is found.
   • Recommended: if you already have a well-tagged image library.

Image Format

Choose the aspect ratio of the generated image:

• Square (1:1)
• Portrait (9:16)
• Landscape (16:9)

The format affects how images display in articles, social media previews, and listing views.

Prompts for Image Generation

• Main prompt (required): base description of the image (subject, style, details).
• Second and third prompts (optional): provide variations that the system can rotate to diversify images across articles.

Practical Tips

• Use AI generation when you want unique, article-specific visuals.
• Use Media Library search to reduce costs and maintain a consistent brand identity.

Publish Frequency

This option controls how often the trigger generates a new article. You can schedule posts at regular intervals — for example, every 30 minutes, every hour, or once a day. The frequency determines the repeating cycle after the first article is created.

Start Time

This setting defines the exact hour and minute when publishing should begin. The first article will be created at the chosen time, and all subsequent runs will follow the frequency you selected above.

Example:
If you set Start Time to 19:05 and Publish Frequency to 30 minutes, the system will create the first article at 19:05, the next one at 19:35, then at 20:05, and so on.

Post Author

This option lets you define which WordPress user will be assigned as the author of each generated article. The system automatically retrieves all existing users from your WordPress installation, and you can select any of them from the list.

• The selected user will appear as the author on the front end of your site.
• This can be useful if you want articles published under a specific editorial identity or shared author account.
• You can choose from any user role, such as Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor, or Subscriber (if allowed).

Example: if you select Administrator, every article created by the trigger will show that administrator as the author.

Article Visibility

This setting controls the publication state of the generated article. The plugin supports the standard WordPress post statuses:

• Published – the article will go live immediately and be visible to all visitors.
• Draft – the article will be saved in the Drafts section for further editing before publication.
• Pending Review – the article will be saved as “Pending Review” and will require approval from an editor or administrator before it can be published.
• Private – the article will be published as Private and only visible to logged-in users with sufficient permissions.

The generated article will be created with the status you select here.

Categories

This option allows you to assign one WordPress category to the generated articles. Categories help organize your content, improve navigation, and provide context for readers.

• The selected category will be automatically applied to each new article created by the trigger.
• Only one category can be chosen for each trigger.
• If no category is selected, WordPress will assign the default category (usually Uncategorized).

This ensures that all generated posts are consistently categorized for better structure and SEO.