🗺️ Overview
When you publish AI-generated content from Content Genius, you choose between two content types: Page and Blog Post. This distinction controls where your content appears on your WordPress site. If your article is not showing up in a feed like /insights/, /blog/, or any archive page, the content type is almost always the reason.
📄 Pages vs Blog Posts: What's the Difference?
Understanding these two types will save you troubleshooting time every time you publish.
- Pages are static, standalone documents. They do not appear in blog feeds, category archives, or date-based listings. Use Pages for evergreen content such as About, Services, or Contact.
- Blog Posts are time-stamped entries that belong to your site's post feed. They appear automatically in blog archives, category pages, RSS feeds, and custom feed paths like /insights/. Use Blog Posts for articles, news, and any content you want listed in a feed.
If you published your article as a Page and expected it to appear under /insights/, it will not show up there regardless of how long you wait. The fix is to republish it as a Blog Post.
🔗 WordPress Sync Options Explained
When you are ready to send content from Content Genius to your WordPress site, you will see two publishing options. Here is what each one does.
- WordPress Synchronize — Updates an existing post or page on your WordPress site with the latest version of your content from Content Genius. Use this when you have already created the post in WordPress and want to push edits without creating a duplicate.
- Create New Post — Generates a brand-new entry on your WordPress site. Use this when the content does not yet exist in WordPress. You will also select the content type here: Page or Blog Post.
Choosing the wrong option is a common cause of duplicate posts or missing updates, so confirm which scenario applies before you click publish.
⏱️ How Long Does Publishing Take?
WordPress sync from Content Genius is near-instant. In most cases your content appears on your site within one to five minutes. You do not need to wait days or weeks for it to show up. If it is not visible after five minutes, there is a configuration issue to investigate rather than an indexing delay.
Note: Search engine indexing — the process by which Google discovers and ranks your page — is separate from publishing. Publishing makes the content live on your site immediately. Google indexing can take additional time, but that is unrelated to whether the article appears on your own website feed.
🔍 Troubleshooting: Article Not Appearing on Your Website
Work through this checklist in order if your published content is not visible on your site.
- Check the content type. Open the article in Content Genius (Left sidebar → Content) and confirm whether it was published as a Page or a Blog Post. If it was published as a Page and you need it in a feed like /insights/, republish it using Create New Post and select Blog Post.
- Confirm the correct publish action was used. If you used WordPress Synchronize but the post did not already exist in WordPress, a new post would not have been created. Use Create New Post instead.
- Check the post status in WordPress. Log in to your WordPress dashboard and verify the post is set to Published and not Draft, Pending, or Private.
- Check the assigned category. Some feeds like /insights/ are filtered by a specific WordPress category. Make sure your Blog Post is assigned to the correct category that the feed displays.
- Clear your site cache. Caching plugins or hosting-level caches can delay new content from appearing. Clear your cache and reload the page.
- Verify your WordPress connection. In Content Genius, confirm that your WordPress site is connected and authenticated. A broken connection can cause a publish action to appear successful in Search Atlas while nothing is actually sent to WordPress.
- Wait five minutes and hard-refresh. If everything looks correct, wait five minutes, then press Ctrl + Shift + R (Windows) or Cmd + Shift + R (Mac) to bypass your browser cache and reload the page.
✅ Quick Reference: Which Option Should I Use?
- Content needs to appear in /insights/, /blog/, or any archive feed → publish as a Blog Post
- Content is a standalone page (About, Services, Landing Page) → publish as a Page
- Pushing edits to an article already in WordPress → use WordPress Synchronize
- Publishing new content that does not exist in WordPress yet → use Create New Post
If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.