Create Page
wordpress.create_page
ActionBusiness appsconnection required
Calls the WordPress API with the connection's credentials.
Create a page on the site. Like posts, a page with no explicit status is saved as a draft.
Connection
- Required
- Yes — the node will not save without one
- Auth type
- Username & password
- Providers
- WordPress
- Secret shape
- {"username": "…", "password": "… the application password …"}
- Config it needs
- site_url
- Resolved by
- config.connection_id, else node.connection_id
Configuration
12 fields, 1 required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Constraints | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
title Title of the page. | string | Yes | — | — | — |
content Body of the item as HTML or Gutenberg block markup. | string | No | — | — | — |
excerpt Short summary shown in listings. WordPress generates one when empty. | string | No | — | — | — |
status Publication status. Leave unset and WordPress creates a draft that is not visible on the site. | string | No | draft | one of "draft", "publish", "pending", "private", "future" | — |
slug URL slug. WordPress derives one from the title when this is left empty. | string | No | — | — | — |
date Publication date in the site's timezone, ISO 8601 (2026-09-09T10:00:00). | string | No | — | iso8601 format | — |
author User id to attribute the item to. Defaults to the connection's own user. | number | No | — | ≥ 1 | — |
parent Id of the parent page; 0 makes it a top-level page. | number | No | — | ≥ 0 | — |
menu_order Position among sibling pages; lower sorts first. | number | No | — | ≥ 0 | — |
featured_media Attachment id to use as the featured image; 0 clears it. | number | No | — | ≥ 0 | — |
comment_status Whether readers may comment on the item. | string | No | — | one of "open", "closed" | — |
extra_fields Any other WordPress REST argument, as a JSON object, merged into the request body. Use this for custom post meta or fields a plugin adds. | object | No | — | — | — |
Example configuration
Every value below is the contract’s own example or default — nothing invented.
{
"status": "draft"
}Output
One shape.
result
| Field | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
id WordPress id of the post. | number | — |
status Publication status the post now has. | string | — |
link Public permalink of the post. | string | — |
slug URL slug WordPress stored. | string | — |
date Publication date in the site's timezone. | string | — |
modified Last modification date in the site's timezone. | string | — |
author User id the post is attributed to. | number | — |
title.rendered Title as HTML; title.raw is added by context=edit. | string | — |
content.rendered Body as HTML; content.raw is added by context=edit. | string | — |
excerpt.rendered Excerpt as HTML; excerpt.raw is added by context=edit. | string | — |
parent Id of the parent page, 0 when top level. | number | — |
{
"author": 0,
"content": {
"rendered": ""
},
"date": "",
"excerpt": {
"rendered": ""
},
"id": 0,
"link": "",
"modified": "",
"parent": 0,
"slug": "",
"status": "",
"title": {
"rendered": ""
}
}Notes
- POST /wp/v2/pages.
See Create Page run in a workflow.
In a technical demo we add the WordPress connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.