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
May 7th, 2008 at 7:43 am
{content} doesn’t seem to rewrite.
The title is correct but the body of every post is “{content}”
I’m using WP 2.5.1 with the default theme and rc5 of wp-o-matic
All of the Fatal Errors are gone though
May 7th, 2008 at 12:23 am
1.0.3 on 2.5
It doesn’t save the Title of my campaign (says I must enter a title, which I am, obviously!!!), and thus won’t save many of the options, too. (Like publishing…)
What am I missing?
May 6th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
@Guillermo
Yes Sir, that took care of my issue. Thanks! Paypal coming your way Friday.
May 6th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
I am getting a bit confused on versions, I think there is an RC3-3/4 & now 5 that I have been trying…
The str_ireplace() issues I got yesterday I resolved with removing the ‘i’ with verious versions of php allowing that function or not, but I think todays version addresses this but introduces a new problem, at least as an upgrade now. Saving campaigns not working, the data from campaign settings are not being stored.
Also I have another question, if the ‘enclosure’ information from rss feeds (with music podcasts) can be imported through the alternate template fields? (ie {enclosure})???
May 6th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
@Eric
Check 1.0RC3-5 out
May 6th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Just a follow-up, I noticed a reply where someone said that you can Tick Allow Comments Off and Back On and for NEW post it will allow comments, but this didn’t work for me. I was under the impression that this version RC3 corrected the issue in 2.5.1 for comments, awaiting your reply Guillermo.
May 6th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Same problem here:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: str_ireplace() in /srv/www/…/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/wpomatic.php on line 729
May 6th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Love WP-O-Matic… I am using WP 2.5.1 and WPOMATIC V. 1.0 RC3 however, there still seems to be a problem… I have “Allow Comments” Enabled yet no matter what I do, the comments are not enabled. Every single post still shows Comments Closed… Can NE1 Help?
May 6th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Hi Guillermo
I’m also getting the following error with 1.0RC3:
“Fatal error: Call to undefined function: str_ireplace() in /homepages/…/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/wpomatic.php on line 729″
Wordpress version: 2.5.1
WP-o-Matic 1.0RC3
Firefox
IE
May 6th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Is there any time frame you could give us as to when the next version will be out that works with the wordpress version 2.5?
May 6th, 2008 at 8:02 am
regarding this:
http://devthought.com/wp-o-matic-the-wordpress-rss-agreggator/comment-page-70/#comment-4804
in Firefox dashboard is messed up.
in IE can’t see campaign menus
suggest plz
May 6th, 2008 at 7:56 am
I also get the following error with 1.0RC3:
“Fatal error: Call to undefined function: str_ireplace() in”
Using WordPress 2.5.1 (Oops…)
May 6th, 2008 at 3:49 am
Guillermo, is there a link to get the older version of WP-o-Matic? Wordpress.org has the links but they are broken for all the versions. (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-o-matic/download/)
Also, I get the following error with 1.0RC3:
“Fatal error: Call to undefined function: str_ireplace() in /homepages/…/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/wpomatic.php on line 729″
This occurs after the campaign is added and I try to do anything else with it. At this point I can’t do anything with the campaign or WP-o-Matic.
System Info:
WordPress 2.3.2
WP-o-Matic 1.0RC3
FireFox
Thanks,
S
May 5th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
the link to the zipfile is broken
May 5th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Can you please provide a working link to the plugin. The wordpress.org link is broke currently.