Article Settings
Set default publishing destinations, slug formats, and the tags, categories, and authors applied to your articles.
Article Settings let you set the defaults that apply to every new article — where it publishes, what its URL looks like, and which tags, categories, and authors it carries. Open Settings > Article Settings to manage them.
Most changes here save automatically as soon as you toggle or select them. The destination, tag, category, and author cards have no separate Save button.
Default Publishing Destinations
The Default Publishing Destinations card lets you pre-select which connected platforms new articles should publish to.
- Only active connections appear in the list. If you have not connected any platform yet, you will see a message prompting you to connect one first — set them up under Integrations.
- Toggle a platform on or off to add or remove it from your defaults. Each change saves automatically.
- These destinations are pre-filled when you turn on auto-publish in the generate, content plan, and series dialogs. Pre-selecting a destination here does not publish anything on its own — nothing publishes automatically until you opt in to auto-publish in those flows.
For how auto-publish actually works once destinations are chosen, see Automatic Publishing.
Slug Configuration
The Slug Settings card controls how article slugs (the URL path of each article) are generated.
- Auto-generate Slug — when enabled, an English URL slug is created automatically from the article title as each article is generated. Turn this off to set the slug yourself on each article.
- Slug Format — when auto-generate is on, choose the URL structure:
| Format | Example |
|---|---|
| Post name | /my-article-title |
| Date and post name | /2026-02-22/my-article-title |
| Month and post name | /2026-02/my-article-title |
| Numeric | /12345 |
| Custom structure | Defined by your own pattern (see below) |
- Custom Pattern — appears only when you pick Custom structure. Build your own path from these tags:
| Tag | Inserts |
|---|---|
%postname% | The article title slug |
%year% | 4-digit year |
%monthnum% | 2-digit month |
%day% | 2-digit day |
%id% | The article ID |
%category% | The article's category |
%author% | The article's author |
A common pattern is %year%/%monthnum%/%postname%.
- Live preview — below the options, a preview shows the resulting URL. If your site's website URL is set in your Business Profile, the preview is prefixed with that domain so you can see the full address.
Unlike the other cards on this page, the Slug Settings card does not save automatically — your changes are applied only after you click Save Changes.
Categories
The Category Management card manages the categories used to classify your articles. Categories can sync with WordPress categories on publish (see WordPress).
- Create — type a category name and click Add New Category (or press Enter). A slug is generated automatically and shown as a badge.
- Nesting — if you already have top-level categories, a parent selector appears so you can create a child category. Child categories are indented under their parent in the list.
- Delete — click the trash icon next to a category and confirm.
- Auto-assign category during title generation — toggle this on so the AI suggests a relevant category from your existing list for each generated article title. The toggle is disabled until you have at least one category.
Tags
The Tag Management card manages the tags used to categorize your articles. Tags are shared across all articles in this account.
- Create — type a tag name and click Add New Tag (or press Enter). Each tag is stored with an auto-generated slug shown as a badge next to its name.
- Delete — click the trash icon next to a tag and confirm in the dialog.
- Auto-assign tags during title generation — toggle this on so the AI suggests relevant tags from your existing tag list for each generated article title. The toggle is disabled until you have at least one tag.
Authors
The Author Profiles card manages the author profiles attached to your articles. Author information syncs with WordPress author fields on publish.
- Create — type an author name and click Add (or press Enter). Each author is stored with an auto-generated slug shown as a badge.
- Default author — once you have at least one author, a selector lets you choose a default that is automatically assigned to articles during title generation. Select No default to leave it unset. The current default is marked with a Default badge in the list.
- Delete — click the trash icon next to an author and confirm. If you delete the current default, the default is cleared.
Tags, categories, and authors created here become available when you generate titles and edit articles. For how they appear on each article, see Article Metadata, SEO Score & Sidebar.