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Publishing

A last check before you publish

The plugin adds a Winston AI panel to the WordPress editor. Scan a draft in one click, see flagged sentences in context, and hold posts below your threshold for a second look.

For WordPress 6.0 and later, including multisite.

Set up in 4 steps

Install the plugin, add your key, and scan from the editor.

  1. Step 1: Install the plugin

    In WordPress, go to Plugins, then Add New. Search for Winston AI and activate it.

  2. Step 2: Add your API key

    Create a key on the Developers page of your Winston AI dashboard. In WordPress, paste it under Settings, then Winston AI.

  3. Step 3: Set a threshold

    Optional: choose a human score below which posts are held for an editor's review.

  4. Step 4: Scan from the editor

    Open the Winston AI panel in the editor sidebar and scan the draft before you publish.

What you get

Built into the editor your writers already use every day.

  • Editor sidebar panel

    The score and highlights sit beside the draft. No copying and pasting.

  • Pre-publish check

    Optionally hold posts below your threshold until an editor has looked.

  • History by author

    See scores across each writer's posts in one list.

  • Plagiarism in the same place

    Run a plagiarism check from the panel on Advanced and Team plans.

  • Compare revisions

    Rescan after edits and see how the score changed between versions.

  • Role controls

    Choose which roles can scan, and who can release a held post.

Questions about the plugin

Something else? Ask our team.

No. It only runs in the editor when someone scans. Nothing loads on the public pages of your site.

Yes. In the classic editor, the Winston AI panel appears as a box under the Publish button.

You can hold posts below a score until an editor reviews them. We don't recommend blocking outright: a score is evidence, not a verdict.

Yes. Network admins can set one API key for every site, or let each site use its own.

Start free, then install the plugin

Create an account in under a minute, then follow the 4 steps above. Setup takes about three minutes.