AI Blog is a self-hosted PHP script that generates AI-written blog content automatically using the Gemini API, fetches royalty-free thumbnails from Pexels, and sends newsletters to subscribers. It’s fully responsive, SEO friendly, and comes with six premium themes. Perfect for content marketers, affiliate bloggers, and entrepreneurs.

No premium subscription needed. With free-tier API keys, you can publish up to 100 AI-generated articles per day at no cost.

Live Demo: https://aiblog.nextmas.in

Login Credentials:
Email: admin@testing.com
Password: admin@123

Features

• Auto Publish Articles (100 per day with free API limits)
• Auto Send Newsletters (CRON-based)
• Auto Fetch Thumbnails from Pexels
• AdSense Compatible
• Responsive Layout
• 6 Premium Themes Included
• SEO Friendly Markup
• Admin Panel for Configuration
• Script-Only (No Subscription Required)
• Free Updates Based on User Feedback
  

Version Logs

AIBlog v1.1
- Added Sidebar Tags Support (Add custom HTML in sidebar)
- Separate pages for newsletter and contact
- Fixed "AIBlog" title issues

AIBlog v1.0
- Core Functionalities

Requirements

• PHP 8.0 or higher
• MySQL 5.7 or higher
• Enabled PHP extensions:
  • curl
  • openssl
  • mbstring
  • json
  • mysqli
  • zip
• Apache or NGINX with rewrite support
• Pexels API Key (for image fetching)
• Google Gemini API Key (for content generation)

Installation

The script is provided in a downloadable ZIP file. Installation is easy:

1. Unzip the contents to your web server (e.g., /var/www/ or public_html/).
2. Visit https://yourdomain.com/install.php in your browser.
3. Enter your database and API credentials during the setup wizard.
4. Finish installation and start managing your site from the admin panel.

Note: You must set CRON jobs to automate article publishing and newsletter delivery.