Description
Article from YouTube turns a YouTube video into a WordPress draft. Open a post or page, paste the URL in the sidebar, and click Generate article. The plugin asks StartupHub.AI to transcribe the video and write HTML into the editor.
You review the draft. You publish it.
Content teams use it to repurpose a video library without writing from scratch. Bloggers use it so a recorded video is not a blank page. Agencies use it when a client sends a YouTube link and wants an article with internal links.
What it does
- One-click generation. Paste a YouTube URL in the editor box. Draft HTML lands in the post. Existing title and body are replaced.
- SEO fields. Generate fills focus keyphrase, SEO title, and meta description, and writes those into Yoast or Rank Math when those plugins are active. You can pin the original video at the top of the draft.
- Internal links. A later pass ranks published posts and tag archives by title, tags, categories, and cornerstone flags. Connect Search Console for query-level ranking (clicks, impressions, position, query overlap). Site Kit or Rank Math can supply that data if they are already connected. The pass attempts 1 to 4 links.
- Your prompt. Tone and length live in Settings. There is no hidden writing rule.
- Review first. Editor generations never auto-publish.
Channel watch (Pro Mini and up)
Add a public YouTube channel URL, pick how often to check it (every 30 minutes, hourly, every 3 hours, every 6 hours, or daily), and choose draft or publish. StartupHub.AI watches the channel RSS feed and writes an article when a new video appears.
Drafts can be approved from email or Telegram. Set a default author and category. Caps live on StartupHub.AI, not as a timer inside this plugin.
The free plan includes a small number of editor generations. Channel watch needs a Pro Mini (or higher) key.
What you need
A StartupHub.AI API key from startuphub.ai/youtube-to-article.
YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC. This plugin is not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube.
External services
StartupHub.AI (required to generate and to watch channels). This plugin sends requests from your WordPress server to:
https://www.startuphub.ai/api/v1/youtube-to-article/generate
https://www.startuphub.ai/api/v1/youtube-to-article/internal-links
https://www.startuphub.ai/api/v1/wp-writer/sites
https://www.startuphub.ai/api/v1/wp-writer/sources
https://www.startuphub.ai/api/v1/wp-writer/jobs
https://www.startuphub.ai/api/v1/wp-writer/jobs/ready
https://www.startuphub.ai/api/v1/wp-writer/telegram/start
https://www.startuphub.ai/api/v1/youtube-to-article/gsc
https://www.startuphub.ai/api/v1/youtube-to-article/gsc/start
https://www.startuphub.ai/api/v1/youtube-to-article/gsc/rows
The generate request includes your API key (as a Bearer token), the YouTube URL you pasted, your writing prompt, and whether to pin the video. A first call asks for a transcript. A second call sends that transcript plus the video title and channel name so the service can write the article. A third call sends the draft HTML plus ranked candidate URLs from this site (published articles, tag archives, and any extra URLs you listed) so the service can insert internal links. That third call does not write a new article. If it fails, the draft stays unlinked. Nothing is sent until you click Generate.
When you save settings or add a channel, the plugin sends your site URL, inbound secret, notify email, default author and category, and the YouTube URL you entered so the service can register the site and watch that channel. It also asks for recent job status and any drafts that did not arrive, then creates those posts locally. Telegram start only runs if you click Link Telegram.
Connect Search Console only runs if you click that button. The plugin sends your site URL and a return URL under wp-admin, then Google asks you to approve read-only Search Console access. StartupHub.AI stores the token for that API key and later fetches query and page rows to rank internal links. Disconnect removes that token.
StartupHub.AI may push a finished article to this site at:
/wp-json/afyt/v1/inbound
That request is signed with the inbound secret stored in settings.
If Search Console is not connected here, and Site Kit by Google or Rank Math already stored Search Console data on this site, those local analytics can still be used to rank internal links.
- Service: https://www.startuphub.ai
- Terms: https://www.startuphub.ai/terms
- Privacy: https://www.startuphub.ai/privacy
Screenshots
Installation
- Install from Plugins Add New, or upload the plugin and activate it.
- Open Article from YouTube in the admin menu and paste your StartupHub.AI API key.
- Edit the writing prompt if you want a different tone or length.
- Edit a post or page, paste a YouTube URL in the Article from YouTube box, and click Generate article.
- Optional, on a paid key: add a channel and choose how often to check it.
- Optional: Connect Search Console so internal-link ranking can use queries and clicks.
FAQ
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Do I need a StartupHub.AI account?
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Yes, for generation. Create a free API key at startuphub.ai/youtube-to-article. The free plan includes editor generations.
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Will it publish without me?
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Not from the editor. Generate inserts a draft for you to review. Channel watch can auto-publish only if you turn that on for that channel.
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What does the free plan include?
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A small number of editor generations. Channel watch and higher limits need Pro Mini or higher on StartupHub.AI.
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Does it send data off the site?
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Yes, when you click Generate, Connect Search Console, save channel settings, or when StartupHub.AI pushes a finished article. See External services.
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Does it watch a playlist?
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No. Channel watch uses a channel URL. Playlists are not watched.
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How often are channel feeds checked?
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You pick per channel: every 30 minutes, every hour, every 3 hours, every 6 hours, or every day. StartupHub.AI looks at due channels about every 10 minutes and skips a channel until its interval has passed.
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Does a visitor need an account?
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No. Only people who can edit posts see the generator.
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Contributors & Developers
“Article from YouTube” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Changelog
1.5.5
- Directory listing: icons, banners, screenshots, and clearer readme.
1.5.4
- Plugin Check: Rank Math SQL uses {$wpdb->prefix}, video lookup is a prepared postmeta query.
1.5.3
- Plugin Check: nonce in each channel form handler, safe OAuth redirects, skip the current post without post__not_in, cache Rank Math reads.
1.5.2
- Directory review: four-character prefixes, no load_plugin_textdomain, no site-wide activation notice.
1.5.1
- Channels and Search Console stay visible without an API key. They stay dim until you enter a key and save.
- Readme: Tested up to WordPress 7.1 for the plugin directory.
1.5.0
- Connect Search Console in settings for query-level internal-link ranking. Site Kit and Rank Math remain a fallback if they are already on the site.
1.4.0
- Watch YouTube channels with a per-channel fetch frequency. Draft or auto-publish, default author and category, email and Telegram approve, HMAC inbound plus a pull fallback if a push misses.
1.3.0
- Writing prompt in settings. Dedicated internal-link pass with a count setting (dynamic, or 1 to 4 attempted links). Candidates are published articles and tag archives, ranked with Search Console via Site Kit or Rank Math plus title, tags, categories, and cornerstone. SEO title, meta description, and focus keyphrase, including Yoast and Rank Math when those are active. No footer credit option.
1.2.0
- First directory release: editor box for posts and pages, server-side generate via StartupHub.AI, Gutenberg and classic editors.