WP-o-Matic. The Wordpress RSS Agreggator
WP-o-Matic makes autoblogging a snap by automatically creating posts from the RSS/Atom feeds you choose, which are organized into campaigns.
Screenshots
These are some screenshots from the admin view:
Features
WP-o-Matic aims to provide a very wide range of features. Currently, these are:
- Campaigs Feeds and all settings and options are now organized into campaigns for the perfect organization and comfort.
- Multiple feeds / categories: it’s possible to add as many feeds as you want, and add them to as many categories as you want. It’s not obstrusive, so you can also write your own posts to any of those categories.
- Every form of XML syndication supported. This includes RSS 0.91 and RSS 1.0 formats, the popular RSS 2.0 format, and the emerging Atom.
- Feed autodiscovery, which lets you add feeds without even knowing the exact URL. (Thanks Simplepie!)
- Unix cron and Wordpress cron jobs For maximum performance, you can make the RSS fetching process be called by a Unix cron job, or simply let Wordpress handle it.
- Comfortable interface. The admin is powered by a state of the art ajaxy interface that lets you handle your feeds with ease. Updated!
- Images caching for extreme performance and hotlinking bypassing.
- Words Rewriting. Want to replace the word “Poker” with “Texas Holdem”? We have it covered. Want to use regular expressions? We have it covered.
- Words Relinking. Define custom links for words you specify.
- Post templating. Define a global header and footer for the posts, or even for a specific feed. Add ads
- Campaigns import/export using OPML files. Easily import hundreds of feeds into new or existing campaigns!
Upcoming features
- Improved export (to include campaign options, with an extended OPML)
- Image thumbnailing
- Improved importing with drag and drop
- Advanced templates
- Advanced filters
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Known bugs
- No Internet Explorer in RC1
- Missing help files
FAQ
How do I link to the original site/article?
Use the post template feature (example: {content} <p><a href={permalink}>Link to the original site</a></p>)
Why isn’t the full article showing?
Because the site is only syndicating excerpts, not full content
Download
Click here to download WP-o-Matic 1.0RC3.
As this is a release candidate, bugs still can be expected. Note: every time WP-o-Matic is deactivated, tables are removed. This will only happen with RC releases.
WP-o-Matic is released under the MIT license.
Installation Instructions
Unzip wp-o-matic.zip in wp-content/plugins/ and enable it. A message will warn you to verify SimplePie is compatible with your setup. Follow the link in the box to do so.
Upgrading
Once WP-o-Matic reaches 1.0Stable, you’ll be able to update without rewriting tables. For now, uninstall any previous version of WP-o-Matic (make sure tables go away) and install the latest version.
Credits
WP-o-Matic makes use of the wonderful Simplepie library for the feeds parsing. Without Simplepie it’d be virtually impossible to provide reliable support for a variety of feed types and versions.
Report bugs
Please report bugs by creating tickets in the Issue Tracker
April 24th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Could anyone tell me how I make the thumbnail appear not above the content but on the side of it, and that only 3 lines of the full context shows up?
and how can I make a link appear with “read more” that links to the site with the orginal content?
is it possible to make a post regonize the category he belongs to somehow?
how do you make the thumbnails appear with a border around it?
April 24th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
When submitting a feed I get
The following errors have been encountered:
* Feeds
o Feed http://boring.me.uk/podcast/rss.xml could not be parsed (SimplePie said: )
but it doesnt tell me why, whats the problem?
April 24th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Hi Guillermo! Thanks for all your hard work on wp-o-matic. I’m having a tough time confirming if i’m using the latest RC, the version number in the file i’m downloading from the main post is Version: 1.0pre5. Does that correspond to the RC-9? Looking forward to your new release when you get some free time. thanks again!
April 23rd, 2008 at 4:34 pm
You have to create the cache folder by urself.
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:53 am
Hi,
I have just downloaded your plugin, and seem to have a problem.
Thru the wp-o-matic dashboard, under options, there is this error
____________/public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache is not writable!
I had a look on my FTP, and i cant see the /cache file in the above directory.
Your help is appreciated, and I am fairly new at all this internet stuff
Thanks
Carlo
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:39 am
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April 22nd, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Can you only show the RSS feed items on a page instead of creating individual posts? I don’t see an exact option for it or how to do that….
Thanks for your help!
John
April 22nd, 2008 at 7:48 pm
thank you
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:40 pm
@Guys
It’s probably coming sometime this week.
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:19 pm
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April 22nd, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Hi Guillermo, do you have any word on the new version for 2.5? I know a lot of people are waiting for some news. If the update is still some way off it would be handy to know…Thanks for a great plugin
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:20 pm
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April 21st, 2008 at 7:33 am
For me 1.0RC2: work with 2.5
Maybe it depends of templemate - i have 4 different websites
April 20th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
toha, it does not work with 2.5 yet, we are waiting for an update
April 20th, 2008 at 6:07 am
Guys, the plugin doesn’t work with WP 2.5 ?
Yes?