Blog Wordpress Stats

WordPress Blog Stats — blog.postman.com

Show how many blog posts were published between two dates on the Postman blog.

Input Handling

This skill prompts the user for a date range:

• Start date — the beginning of the range (inclusive), format YYYY-MM-DD
• End date — the end of the range (inclusive), format YYYY-MM-DD

If both dates are provided as arguments (e.g. /blog-wordpress-stats 2026-01-01 2026-03-31), use them directly without prompting.

If no arguments are provided, prompt the user:

What date range would you like stats for?

• Start date (YYYY-MM-DD):
• End date (YYYY-MM-DD):

Validate that:

• Both dates are valid dates in YYYY-MM-DD format
• Start date is not after end date
• Neither date is in the future (beyond today)

If validation fails, tell the user what's wrong and ask again.

Prerequisites

This skill requires WordPress credentials. The following environment variables must be set in ~/.claude/settings.json under "env":

• WP_USERNAME — WordPress username for blog.postman.com
• WP_APP_PASSWORD — WordPress application password (generate one at blog.postman.com/wp-admin/profile.php under "Application Passwords")

If either is missing, tell the user:

To use this skill, you need WordPress application credentials. Go to blog.postman.com/wp-admin/profile.php, scroll to "Application Passwords", create one, and add these to your ~/.claude/settings.json:

"env": {
  "WP_USERNAME": "your-username",
  "WP_APP_PASSWORD": "xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx"
}

Step 1: Fetch Published Posts in the Date Range

Write and run a Python script to fetch all published posts between the start and end dates. Handle pagination — if any request returns 100 results, fetch additional pages.

Write the script at references/fetch-wp-posts.py to /tmp/fetch-wp-posts.py, replacing START_DATE and END_DATE with the actual values, then run it with python3 /tmp/fetch-wp-posts.py.

Step 2: Display Results

Present the results in this format. All dates in PST:

Blog Stats — blog.postman.com
{start_date} to {end_date}

Total posts published: 14

  Date             Day   Author          Title
  --------------   ---   -------------   ------------------------------------------
  Jan 07, 2026     Wed   Jane Doe        "What's New in Postman v11"
  Jan 09, 2026     Thu   John Smith      "GraphQL Testing with Postman"
  Jan 14, 2026     Tue   Jane Doe        "API Security Best Practices for 2026"
  ...

Posts per month:
  January    — 4
  February   — 3
  March      — 7
  ─────────────────
  Total      — 14

Posts per author:
  Jane Doe      — 6
  John Smith    — 5
  Alex Lee      — 3
  ─────────────────
  Total         — 14

Formatting rules:

• Show the total count prominently at the top
• List every post with its date, day of week, author, and title
• Include a per-month breakdown and a per-author breakdown at the bottom
• Sort the per-author breakdown by post count, descending
• If the range spans a single month, skip the per-month breakdown
• If all posts share one author, skip the per-author breakdown
• If zero posts were found, say "No posts were published in this date range."

Error Handling

• Authentication failure (401/403): Tell the user their credentials may be invalid or expired. Suggest regenerating the application password.
• Network timeout: Retry once. If it fails again, show the error and suggest the user check their network connection or VPN.
• Invalid date format: Show the expected format (YYYY-MM-DD) and ask again.