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Publish EarlySEO articles to Ghost CMS using the Ghost Admin API key, URL, and publish mode settings.

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The Ghost integration publishes articles from EarlySEO to your Ghost CMS blog using the Ghost Admin API. You will need your Ghost site URL and an Admin API key.

Prerequisites

  • A Ghost site (Ghost.io or self-hosted)
  • Ghost Admin access to create an integration and copy the API key
  • An EarlySEO account

Setup

1. Create a Ghost Admin API key

  1. In Ghost Admin, go to Settings - Integrations
  2. Click Add custom integration and name it "EarlySEO"
  3. Copy:
    • Admin API key (format: id:secret)
    • API URL (your Ghost site URL, e.g. https://yourblog.ghost.io)

2. Create the integration in EarlySEO

  1. Go to Integrations in your EarlySEO dashboard
  2. Click Add Integration and select Ghost
  3. Fill in the form:
FieldDescription
Ghost URLYour Ghost site URL, e.g. https://yourblog.ghost.io
Admin API KeyFormat: id:secret from Ghost Admin - Integrations
API VersionDefaults to v5.0 change only if your Ghost version requires
Publishing StatusPublish Immediately or Save as Draft
  1. Click Create Integration

Troubleshooting

Authentication fails

  • Use the Admin API key, not the Content API key (Content API keys are read-only)
  • The format must be id:secret with a colon separating the values

Wrong URL

  • Use your canonical Ghost URL including https://
  • For Ghost.io: https://yoursite.ghost.io
  • For self-hosted: https://yourdomain.com

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