For Ghost Sites

SEO for Ghost Sites

Research keywords, audit your site, and publish AI-drafted articles straight into your Ghost publication.

Ghost is built for publishers and creators who want a fast, focused writing platform, but it doesn't do keyword research or technical SEO auditing on its own. Illumae connects directly to Ghost's Admin API — so keyword research, technical audits, and AI-drafted articles lead to real posts on your Ghost publication. From £40/month per domain, or free to start.

Publish Drafts Straight to Your Ghost Publication

AI content generation drafts full articles from a target keyword, and — once you connect your Ghost Admin API key in Integrations — Illumae publishes that draft directly to your Ghost publication via the Admin API, including the featured image and meta title/description. Every draft runs through a fact-consistency audit before publishing, checking for internal contradictions and unhedged claims about specific figures.

Find the Keywords Worth Writing About

keyword research and rank tracking gives you real search volume and difficulty data for any keyword, then tracks your organic Google ranking for the ones you target — so you're publishing with evidence behind the topic, not a guess.

Audit the Technical Side Ghost Leaves to You

Ghost handles publishing and hosting, but it doesn't crawl your live site for SEO issues on its own. site audit crawls your entire site and returns a health score with a prioritised, page-by-page fix list — flagging broken links, missing meta tags, slow-loading pages, and images without alt text.

Check Who's Linking to Your Publication

backlink checker shows domain authority and spam-risk banding for every backlink pointing to your site. If you find links worth disavowing, Illumae generates a properly formatted Google disavow file — you submit it yourself through Search Console, since no API lets a third-party tool do that automatically.

How the Ghost Connection Actually Works

Illumae publishes to Ghost using its Admin API, authenticated with a JWT signed from your Staff Admin API key — generated in Ghost's own Integrations settings and entered in Illumae's Integrations screen. A published Illumae article becomes a real post on your Ghost publication, not a file you import by hand.

Frequently asked questions

What Ghost credentials does Illumae need?+

A Staff Admin API key, generated from a custom integration in your Ghost site's own Integrations settings (Ghost Admin → Settings → Integrations). Illumae uses this to authenticate directly with Ghost's Admin API.

Does Illumae publish in Ghost's native Lexical format?+

Illumae sends the article as HTML, which Ghost's Admin API accepts and converts into its own canonical Lexical format during import. Highly custom card types built specifically in Ghost's own editor aren't something a published article would include, since the article originates outside Ghost's editor.

Does a published Ghost post go live immediately?+

Yes — Illumae publishes directly as a real post on your Ghost publication via the Admin API, so a successful publish is a live post, not a staged draft sitting unpublished.

Does the AI content tool know accurate facts about my topic?+

Not on its own. Illumae's AI content generation runs every draft through a fact-consistency audit that checks for internal contradictions and unhedged claims about specific figures, but it does not independently verify domain-specific accuracy — a review before publishing is still worthwhile.

Can I try it before paying?+

Yes. The free plan includes 3 AI article generations, keyword research, a content calendar, and a basic dashboard — no card required.

Try your first 3 articles free

No credit card required. See real output for your own business before you pay anything.