N8N Automation: Convert YouTube Videos to WordPress Blog Posts in Minutes

What if every YouTube video you published automatically became a fully-formatted, SEO-optimized WordPress blog post—without you lifting a finger? With N8N automation and Scriptube's transcript API, this isn't fantasy. It's a 15-minute setup that content creators are using to 10x their output.

The Content Repurposing Bottleneck Every Creator Faces

You just uploaded a killer 20-minute YouTube video. Great content, solid editing, valuable insights. But here's the problem: 90% of your potential audience will never see it.

Why? Because not everyone searches YouTube. Millions search Google. They read blogs. They want text they can skim, copy, reference, and bookmark. Your video content is trapped in a single format while competitors are everywhere.

The traditional solution? Manual transcription and rewriting. Content creators report spending 2-4 hours converting each video to a blog post. That's 8-16 hours per week just on repurposing—time that should go toward creating new content.

The real cost isn't just time. It's the articles you never published, the SEO traffic you never captured, and the audience segments you never reached.

The Automated Solution: YouTube → Transcript → AI → WordPress

Here's the automation pipeline that changes everything:

1. Trigger: New video published to your YouTube channel
2. Extract: Scriptube API pulls the complete transcript with timestamps
3. Transform: GPT-4 converts spoken transcript into polished article format
4. Enhance: AI adds headers, internal links, meta descriptions, and CTAs
5. Publish: WordPress REST API creates draft or publishes directly
6. Notify: Slack/email confirmation with preview link

Total time from video upload to blog post? Under 3 minutes. Zero manual work.

Complete N8N Workflow: Copy, Paste, Customize

Here's the production-ready N8N workflow. Import this JSON directly into your N8N instance:

{
  "name": "YouTube to WordPress Blog Automation",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "parameters": {
        "rule": {
          "interval": [{"field": "hours", "hoursInterval": 1}]
        }
      },
      "name": "Check for New Videos",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
      "position": [250, 300]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "resource": "video",
        "operation": "getAll",
        "channelId": "={{ $json.youtube_channel_id }}",
        "limit": 5,
        "options": {
          "order": "date"
        }
      },
      "name": "Get Latest Videos",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.youTube",
      "position": [450, 300]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "url": "https://api.scriptube.app/v1/transcript",
        "method": "POST",
        "authentication": "predefinedCredentialType",
        "body": {
          "video_url": "={{ 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=' + $json.id.videoId }}",
          "format": "text",
          "include_timestamps": false
        }
      },
      "name": "Get Transcript via Scriptube",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "position": [650, 300]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "model": "gpt-4o",
        "messages": {
          "values": [
            {
              "role": "system",
              "content": "You are an expert blog writer. Convert the following video transcript into a well-structured blog post. Requirements:\n- Create an engaging title (include main keyword)\n- Write a compelling meta description (150-160 chars)\n- Add H2 headers for each major section\n- Include bullet points for lists\n- Add a call-to-action at the end\n- Maintain the original voice and key insights\n- Format in clean HTML"
            },
            {
              "role": "user", 
              "content": "Video Title: {{ $node['Get Latest Videos'].json.snippet.title }}\n\nTranscript:\n{{ $node['Get Transcript via Scriptube'].json.transcript }}"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "name": "Transform with GPT-4",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.openAi",
      "position": [850, 300]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "resource": "post",
        "operation": "create",
        "title": "={{ $json.choices[0].message.content.match(/