5 Exciting New Features and Updates to BloggFast
Five new tools and features I added to my AI blog boilerplate project that I think you will love and get excited about.
Hey guys, it has been a week since I launched BloggFast.
For those who are new here, BloggFast is a Next.js blog boilerplate that gives you a fully wired, production-ready AI-powered blog site out of the box. Instead of spending weeks integrating authentication, database, CMS, email, hosting, and AI services, you get all of that configured and connected on day one.
So, if you are still paying for platforms like Webflow, Framer, or WordPress, you can finally ditch them and use BloggFast instead.
You do not need to keep paying a monthly subscription just because you reached a certain limit on content, pages, storage, or traffic. You have full control over your content. You own the source code. You can modify it, extend it, self-host it, or turn it into something completely different.
It is also very easy to set up.
In this post, I want to share five of the latest features and improvements I shipped this week. Here is a quick summary:
New article scheduler
OpenClaw integration
New comment section on articles
New model support with Opus 4.7
Reduced pricing
Let me get into the details.
1. New article scheduler
BloggFast now has a new Calendar tab on the left menu.
From here, users can schedule posts by hovering over a calendar date and clicking the + button. This makes it much easier to plan content ahead of time instead of manually publishing every article the moment it is ready.
Users can also click Generate with AI, which redirects them to the AI article generator page. On that page, there is now a new Schedule button beside the publish button. This allows you to generate an article with AI and schedule it for a later date.
Going back to the calendar page, you can switch between three views.
The first one is the Calendar view, which gives you a clean monthly view of your scheduled articles.
The second one is the List view, which shows a full list of articles with their status and publishing date.
The third one is the Board view, which works like a Trello board. It organizes articles based on their status, so you can quickly see what is still in draft, what is scheduled, and what has already been published.
Here’s what the list view and the board view looks like:
Why add this?
I wanted to give writers the ability to prepare content ahead of time and put everything in a proper publishing queue. There are many cases where this becomes useful. For example, a new LLM might be teased for release, and you already want to prepare an article before the official launch. You can write it ahead of time, schedule it, and let BloggFast handle the publishing for you.
This is especially useful if you run a news-style blog or publish multiple articles per week. Instead of rushing every time you want to post something, you can plan your content calendar properly and keep your site active even when you are busy.
2. OpenClaw integration
This is the update I am most excited to share, but it is also the most technical one.
If you have not heard about OpenClaw yet, it is an open-source tool that lets you connect AI agents to real workflows. You can think of it as a bridge between your messaging apps, automation tools, and your own apps. Instead of opening your dashboard every time you want to perform an action, you can send a command through a bot and let the system do the work for you.
When I first released BloggFast, I wanted to give writers the ability to write and publish content to their own blog or news website through the built-in AI article generator.
However, there was still one blocker in the workflow.
To publish content, you still had to open your laptop, go to the BloggFast dashboard, write the content, review it, and publish it. It usually takes around 5 to 10 minutes for a 1,000-word article to go live.
That is already fast compared to the usual blogging workflow, but I wanted to improve it even more.
What if you could simply send a topic to a bot from WhatsApp, and then the bot asks BloggFast to write and publish the content for you?
That is the idea behind the OpenClaw integration.
Instead of manually opening the admin dashboard, you can send a topic from your phone. OpenClaw receives the request, sends it to BloggFast, and BloggFast generates the article for you. The article can then be prepared, saved, or published depending on your setup.
The turnaround time can go from around 10 minutes to about 1 minute.
Here is a simple visualization of the process:
On the left side menu of the admin panel, I also created a new menu called OpenClaw. This acts as the dashboard for all the requests sent by the bot and the articles created through OpenClaw.
Here’s a sample curl reference:
# Trigger generation
curl -X POST https://<your-domain>/api/openclaw/articles/trigger \
-H “Content-Type: application/json” \
-H “x-api-key: $BLOGG_FAST_OPENCLAW_API_KEY” \
-d ‘{”topic”:”Your topic here”,”source”:”whatsapp”,”chatId”:”optional”}’
# Poll status
curl https://<your-domain>/api/openclaw/articles/status/<jobId> \
-H “x-api-key: $BLOGG_FAST_OPENCLAW_API_KEY”
# Cancel a job
curl -X POST https://<your-domain>/api/openclaw/articles/cancel/<jobId> \
-H “x-api-key: $BLOGG_FAST_OPENCLAW_API_KEY”For now, I will not go into the full setup process because it is a bit complicated. I will prepare a separate post that explains the step-by-step guide on how to set up your own OpenClaw workflow for free and connect it to BloggFast.
But honestly, this is one of the most exciting parts of the project for me.
It makes BloggFast feel less like a normal blog template and more like a real publishing system that can work with agents, bots, and automated workflows.
3. New comment section on articles
When you open an article, you will now see a new comment section at the end.
Guest visitors are allowed to view comments, but only logged-in users can leave a comment. The owner of the comment can also delete their own comments. Users can also upvote or downvote comments.
This makes the article page feel more alive. Instead of just publishing content and letting readers leave quietly, you can now start conversations around your posts.
I am also planning to allow anonymous comments in the future. Another feature I am considering is giving the author the option to turn off comments for specific posts.
That is still just a plan for now, so let me know what you think about it.
This new comment feature should have been part of the initial launch, but I had to delay it because I wanted to prioritize more important features first. But hey, it is finally here now.
You can now enjoy reading and commenting on other people’s posts directly inside BloggFast.
4. New model (Opus 4.7)
In case you missed it, Anthropic launched their latest and most capable model, Opus 4.7.
For BloggFast, this matters a lot because the AI article generator depends heavily on instruction following, long-form reasoning, research quality, and writing consistency. A better model does not just mean better text. It also means the system can follow your writing rules more carefully, understand article structure better, and produce content that needs less editing.
From my own testing, Opus 4.7 works very well for deep research, article writing, outlines, rewrites, and long-form content generation. It is especially useful when you want the AI to follow a specific tone, avoid certain words, or write in a format that matches your existing content style.
To switch the default model to Opus 4.7, open the Settings page. Under the AI Config tab, set the AI model to Claude 4.7 Opus Reasoning.
Save the settings and you are good to go.
How is the improvement?
Well, I noticed that Opus 4.7 is by far one of the best models to use for BloggFast. It follows instructions almost all the time, and it also uses the writing skills properly. Of course, you are free to try the other models, but this is the one I highly recommend right now for serious article writing.
Take note that the backend is wired to Vercel AI Gateway, so make sure that you have enough credits in your AI Gateway account.
And by the way, OpenAI just launched GPT-5.5, but the model’s API access is not publicly available yet. Once it becomes available, I will immediately add support for it inside BloggFast.
5. Reduced pricing
I received comments from writers saying that the pricing of BloggFast is a bit high.
So, I decided to offer a 75% discount to the first 50 customers.
I have poured a lot of sweat, time, and effort into this project. The amount of features and complexity inside BloggFast is not small. It is not just a UI template. It is a full-stack blog boilerplate with authentication, database, CMS, email, AI generation, article management, scheduling, comments, and now even automation support through OpenClaw.
The goal is to empower writers, publishers, indie hackers, and small teams who want real control and ownership over their platform.
So yes, I still believe the original pricing is justified. But I also understand that many writers and builders are careful with their budget, especially when starting something new.
That is why I decided to make the offer more accessible for the first batch of users.
What’s next?
I have worked on BloggFast for two months with the goal of giving writers and publishers more control and ownership over their platform.
I am committed to growing this product and continuously adding more features, improvements, and integrations to it.
In the next iterations, I am planning to work on these updates:
Add support for OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 model for article writing
Add support for OpenAI’s ChatGPT Image 2.0 model for image generation
Add newsletters so writers can compose daily or weekly emails with AI
Add research agents that can help find topics and gather useful information
Add the ability to share articles directly to social media
These are just some of the most exciting features I can think of at the moment, and many of them are already in the work pipeline.
I want BloggFast to become more than just a boilerplate. I want it to become a full publishing system for people who want to own their content, move fast, and use AI in a practical way.
Let me know if you have any other features or tools you want to see on BloggFast.
Thank you everyone for the support.