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Ghost and Google Sheets integration
Save yourself the work of writing custom integrations for Ghost and Google Sheets and use n8n instead. Build adaptable and scalable Marketing, Data & Storage, and Productivity workflows that work with your technology stack. All within a building experience you will love.
How to connect Ghost and Google Sheets
- Step 1: Create a new workflow
- Step 2: Add and configure nodes
- Step 3: Connect
- Step 4: Customize and extend your integration
- Step 5: Test and activate your workflow
Step 1: Create a new workflow and add the first step
In n8n, click the "Add workflow" button in the Workflows tab to create a new workflow. Add the starting point – a trigger on when your workflow should run: an app event, a schedule, a webhook call, another workflow, an AI chat, or a manual trigger. Sometimes, the HTTP Request node might already serve as your starting point.
Step 2: Add and configure Ghost and Google Sheets nodes
You can find Ghost and Google Sheets in the nodes panel. Drag them onto your workflow canvas, selecting their actions. Click each node, choose a credential, and authenticate to grant n8n access. Configure Ghost and Google Sheets nodes one by one: input data on the left, parameters in the middle, and output data on the right.
Step 3: Connect Ghost and Google Sheets
A connection establishes a link between Ghost and Google Sheets (or vice versa) to route data through the workflow. Data flows from the output of one node to the input of another. You can have single or multiple connections for each node.
Step 4: Customize and extend your Ghost and Google Sheets integration
Use n8n's core nodes such as If, Split Out, Merge, and others to transform and manipulate data. Write custom JavaScript or Python in the Code node and run it as a step in your workflow. Connect Ghost and Google Sheets with any of n8n’s 1000+ integrations, and incorporate advanced AI logic into your workflows.
Step 5: Test and activate your Ghost and Google Sheets workflow
Save and run the workflow to see if everything works as expected. Based on your configuration, data should flow from Ghost to Google Sheets or vice versa. Easily debug your workflow: you can check past executions to isolate and fix the mistake. Once you've tested everything, make sure to save your workflow and activate it.
Popular Ghost and Google Sheets workflows
✍️ AI agent to create Linkedin posts for blog promotion with GPT-4o
Tags: Automation, AI, Marketing, Content Creation
Context
I’m a Supply Chain Data Scientist and content creator who writes regularly about data-driven optimization, logistics, and sustainability. Promoting blog articles on LinkedIn used to be a manual task — until I decided to automate it with N8N and GPT-4o.
This workflow lets you automatically extract blog posts, clean the content, and generate a professional LinkedIn post using an AI Agent powered by GPT-4o — all in one seamless automation.
>Save hours of repetitive work and boost your reach with AI.
📬 For business inquiries, you can add me on LinkedIn
Who is this template for?
This template is perfect for:
Bloggers and writers** who want to promote their content on LinkedIn
Marketing teams** looking to automate professional post-generation
Content creators** using Ghost platforms
It generates polished LinkedIn posts with:
A hook
A quick summary
A call-to-action
A signature to drive readers to your contact page
How does it work?
This workflow runs in N8N and performs the following steps:
🚀 Triggers manually or you can add a scheduler
📰 Pulls recent blog posts from your Ghost site (via API)
🧼 Cleans the HTML content for AI input
🤖 Sends content to GPT-4o with a tailored prompt to create a LinkedIn post
📄 Records all data (post content + LinkedIn output) in a Google Sheet
What do I need to start?
You don’t need to write a single line of code.
Prerequisites:
A Ghost CMS account with blog content
A Google Sheet to store generated posts
An OpenAI API Key
Google Sheets API** connected via OAuth2
Next Steps
Use the sticky notes in the workflow to understand how to:
Add your Ghost API credentials
Link your Google Sheet
Customize the AI prompt (e.g., change the author name or tone)
Optionally add auto-posting to LinkedIn using tools like Buffer or Make
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📬 Let’s connect on LinkedIn
Notes
You can adapt this template for Twitter, Facebook, or even email newsletters by adjusting the prompt and output channel.
This workflow was built using n8n 1.85.4
Submitted: April 9th, 2025
✍️ Blog image SEO & size auditor with Ghost and Google Sheets
Tags*: Ghost CMS, SEO Audit, Image Optimisation, Alt Text, Google Sheets, Automation
Context
Hi! I’m Samir — a Supply Chain Engineer and Data Scientist based in Paris, and founder of LogiGreen Consulting.
I help companies and content creators use automation and analytics to improve visibility, enhance performance, and reduce manual work.
> Let’s use n8n to automate SEO audits to increase your traffic!
📬 For business inquiries, feel free to connect on LinkedIn
Who is this template for?
This workflow is perfect for bloggers, marketers, or content teams using Ghost CMS who want to:
Extract and review all images from articles
Detect missing or short alt texts
Check image file size and filename SEO compliance
Push the audit results into a Google Sheet
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How does it work?
This n8n workflow extracts all blog posts from Ghost CMS, scans the HTML to collect all embedded images, then evaluates each image for:
✅ Presence and length of alt text
📏 File size in kilobytes
🔤 Filename SEO quality (e.g. lowercase, hyphenated, no special chars)
All findings are written to Google Sheets for further analysis or manual cleanup.
🧭 Workflow Steps:
🚀 Trigger the workflow manually or on schedule
📰 Extract blog post content from Ghost CMS
🖼️ Parse all tags with src and alt attributes
📤 Store image metadata in a Google Sheet (step 1)
🌐 Download each image using HTTP request
🧮 Extract file size, extension, and filename SEO flag
📄 Update the audit sheet with size and format insights
)
What do I need to get started?
This workflow requires:
A Ghost Content API key
A Google Sheet (to log audit results)
No AI or external APIs required — works fully with built-in nodes
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Next Steps
🗒️ Follow the sticky notes inside the workflow to:
Plug in your Ghost blog credentials
Select or create a Google Sheet
Run the audit and start improving your SEO!
This template was built using n8n v1.93.0
Submitted: June 8, 2025
Build your own Ghost and Google Sheets integration
Create custom Ghost and Google Sheets workflows by choosing triggers and actions. Nodes come with global operations and settings, as well as app-specific parameters that can be configured. You can also use the HTTP Request node to query data from any app or service with a REST API.
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