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Despite all this time of inactivity, the WP-o-Matic project is more alive than ever!

Here are some screenshots of what will be the next stable version of this useful plugin. As I promised, it comes packed with all the features of competitors’ similar products, and even more.

Please don’t hesitate to send in your comments, and don’t forget to…


97 Comments

NI-LIMITS said

Does this version also work on WP 2.2+ …?

We have been very eager to test this out on one of our blogs, but when we tried the first version, it did not seem to work…

Either way, it sounds awesome and wish you the best of luck!

Guillermo Rauch said

@Nl-LIMITS
Absolutely. This version will be bullet proof.

Trae said

Will this version feed my dogs while I’m away?

Ed Finkler said

Great news!

Irfan said

Hi
Great news but i have one problem with this at the moment. When new blog entries are created, Instead of linking the title to the source, it links it to my blog entry.
Can you tell me how to fix this?

Irfan

Hey, this is great news. Prepare for a good-sized donation from me once I test the plugin and see if it lives up to what I’ve come to expect with all the stuff I’ve read so far! Cant wait..

rapidturk said

nice work
:D

i can be a beta tester, with 13 blogs and + 4K hits

rapidturk said

i have problem with old version

it makes slow down cpu
there are 72 rss address in list when i pull it of all
it makes cpu %100 and server get unreachable..
can you fix it too ?

thnxx

when i get money form adsense this month i will be donate :$

Jon said

Just curious about SlideList2/FancyMenu2. Any news?

Thanks for your time Guillermo. Keep up the great work!

Jon

Guillermo Rauch said

@Jon
SlideList2 is completed. I was looking for time to create examples, package it properly, etc, before releasing it.

But since many people have emailed me to find out if it’s possible to add dropdown menus to it, I think I’ll add that feature first.

Great news, I can volunteer to be a beta tester.

i have one question here, is there any auto tool to automatically insert meta keywords and tag on an auto-RSS post?

Thank you.

Jon said

That’s great news Guillermo! Thanks for the quick reply.

Let me know if you need any help.

Jon

mgs said

Great news! but i have one problem with this current version .it pull feed and post many posts at the same time, can you fix it to pull feed and post one item ..

Prepare for a big donation from me once I download it .

thanks ..

BornToBuzz said

Wow yeah, excellent news… Happy coding to you ;)

Shage said

When is thing coming since the wp update screwed with the old one?

Jim said

Wonderful news, Guillermo, thanks a ton.

Al said

Hey, Can I beta test it?

Marko said

“Source link” problem? Has anyone solved it? Anyone? Please help.

Sid said

Hey Guillermo,

Been using a feed plugin called feedpress till now.. very redundant. Just came across your site today.. Can I beta test the plugin?

Thanks.

blogslum said

I have evered to experience am usable WP-o-Matic 0.1-beta it works well and great for Blog at initial my thank you that develop WP-o-Matic for WP.

I bring to call feed rss from amazon it effective amount of good work is attractive for impress.

Thank Guillermo.

Marko said

Anyone?

Zonetrap said

Will there be an option for a feed to create a draft or publish the article? I think that would be a great addition.

wp o lover said

I think he is very busy with stuff.. dont know when it will be released

Jamison F said

When will this version be out, i don’t mind donating… but i am desperate as the feeds i am syndicating blocked my hot linked images and i know the new versions supposed to be able to transfer them to your own server…

I currently use your plug-in in one of my “aggregation” blogs — it’s very useful for me (for research purposes).

Many thanks for making this awesome plug-in available!

As for my suggestions:

(1) Some way to make sure every post is unique and that it doesn’t duplicate a previously posted article.

(2) An option to post a “header” and a “footer” to the a given pulled feed. For instance, I’d like to have “This feed comes from [this place]” (perhaps accompanied by a small logo) as a header and “Many thanks to [this provider] for this news article, be sure to visit them [here] for more interesting posts” as a footer — or something along that line.

(3) An easy way to tell readers (a) where the article comes from and (b) where to go (the link) to read the original.

(4) A toolset that makes it as easy to add feeds as it is to remove them (although I think you’ve already covered that).

Again, many thanks for your hard work ; )

leuk said

Hi,

i’m using your script at one of my blogs, and it’s awesome.
Is there a possibility to beta test your current Release Candidate?
Or can you say when the stable will come? Yes, I know, when it’s ready :-)

Regards
leuk

betaland said

Hi,

It is a great script. I am trying your 0.2 beta version. I am looking forward your new stand version. I will be honor to be invite to test your scripts.

Best

Betaland.net

MD said

Can we possibly get an ETA for the release? Also is there a bugfix list we could take a look at?

Great Plugin – Love it!

leuk said

Yeah, an ETA would be great. If we can do anything, please let us know

Jamison F said

The script is pulling feeds twice all of a sudden now, duplicating posts any ideas?

unblocker said

I have the same problem , the plugin pulling feeds and post twice , any ideas on how to fix this ?..

waiting for the new updated version, when this will come ?

thanks ..

osCommerce said

Looking forward to trying this out, should be fun…there goes the weekend

Doug said

Looks AWESOME!!
When will it be released?

I can’t get the .2 version to work.
And I don’t see any of the options (like rewrite) that are mentioned on the download page.

donno said

Thank for new plugin u want to released it. Waiting ur plugin :)

dave said

HELLO THE SOURCE LINK IS NEVER ADDED WHY IS THIS PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP

Rob Mitchell said

How would I go about adding the source link? I’ve have a site threatening legal action for not providing this. If there a way to add this in?

James said

Hi,

I’m having the same problem, it is only showing part of the feed and the source is not working… can you help us please…

Thank you

Guillermo Rauch said

Everyone:

WP-o-Matic stable (1.0) is due to be released this weekend.
Be a little more patient!

Thanks,
Guillermo

Quentin said

I was wondering if you can contact me Guillermo. I sent an email to your address re a proposal.

Quentin

Anon said

:D can’t wait – expect a donation upon release!

Hello Guillermo,
Very site & extremely useful plugin !
I am planning to use it to mirror posts from various blogs me and my friends own (no splogging …). I am still testing the latest version available and it is working fine! However some essential features are missing (like better post content /images handling custom post templates etc.)
Since I am seriously consider to furtherly customize it, and add the features I need,(as I have done with many plugins) It would be very nice if you could send/provide the code / changes you have already implemented to avoid working on the same features! You will gain a … code pal :-) & WP-o-Matic will gain an experienced beta tester / contributor!
Be very careful with proposals and be sure to get a fair price in return of your work (and always deliver after payment has been made /verified ) if you decide to go commercial (or create customized / advanced versions) (Un)Fortunately your plugin’s primary audience will be ruthless ( and very … lazy) sploggers / spammers that want , for free ,all the features that would allow them to generate $$ from advertisements , without even writing a single line of code (e.g. to add the source link doesn’t take more than 5 min), and will pay back to you nothing or worst try to scam you!
I don’t want to be miss-understood , I am NOT saying all users of this plugin who are requesting here help / provide feedback , are spammers – gangsters :-) etc. I just have been there – worked a couple of years ago , when I was younger and still inexperienced, on a (un)ethical ;-) marketing project, proposed to me as a great chance to gain money developing and received almost no-payment in return…

If you haven’t done already you should also specify the software license (BSD / GNU – GPL, Others ) under which your sources are licensed in the source files.

You can email me the sources / leave a comment with a URL on my site if you are interested!

Thanks and keep up the good work!

Mike L said

Sounds great. Keep it real.

I have a small request though.. Would it be possible to add some support for adding movieclips from lets say youtube, metacafe, liveleak etc?..

Take care!

David said

Was really looking forward to playing with the new version this weekend :)

What happened?

Any chance of getting a copy of the new one? Even if you call it beta? :)

David

Guillermo Rauch said

David,

WP-o-Matic RC1 has already been distributed to random betatesters among donators.

David said

Can I donate to get a beta copy? ;)

rapidturk said

omg :(

any releases for the guest ?

Guillermo Rauch said

@David
No.

@rapidturk
Probably later today, if I get all the feedback I need. I really want to make sure this version works flawlessly on different WordPress setups.

Mar said

Please set the price to $20-30.(sure i’ll buy)
Don’t give free copy. haha

Guillermo Rauch said

@Mar
I’ll set it to $500 for you

David said

Hmmm, ok then. Wanted to test it on http://www.hottogs.com. Guess I will just have to wait. :(

Cheers,
David

Ziegler said

Hi Guillermo,

Just find your site. May I pay for the script? I like very much.

Thanks in advance

Ziegler

Guillermo Rauch said

@Ziegler,

You may donate. However, that won’t speed up the betatesting that’s going on right now :)

Wait a few more hours and you’ll get it for free.

David said

Any news? Waited a number of hours ;) lol

Sorry, just a little bored. Been doing quite a bit of wordpress coding on a new jobs board this evening so thought I would come by and see what is going on :)

Guillermo Rauch said

@David

Hehe, you have reasons to be impatient. I’ve been reported a small number of bugs I’m fixing (thanks guys)… It should be ready soon

Anon said

You’ve got 40 minutes on the east coast!

I kid – I just can’t wait. You genius you.

David said

Your site has been down for most of today. Everything ok?

Still don’t see any release though :( Sniff.

Dave

Anon said

He’s bailed on us!

-G said

Waiting on pins and needles since last night! Can’t wait :D

Guillermo Rauch said

Guys, as I remember saying before, some bugs have been encountered that need fix.

Even though minimal, I don’t intend to release this version unless it’s completely bug-free.

By the way… the more you whine, the more I hate you =)

Anon said

If I donate will you still hate me?

Guillermo Rauch said

Of course.

Anon said

Thanks for your work Guillermo!

Doug said

I for one appreciate the intent on quality. :)

(does sucking up help?)

Guillermo Rauch said

It does, well done.

Alex said

Go Guillermo Go

:D

Vincent said

Glad to see the new version fixes the source link problem. Just installed it last and noticed that.. came here to see if it was a known bug.

So, live everyone else… waiting for the release! :) updated ETA?

funvid.TV said

Hi all, 2 feature suggestions;

1- ability to choose how many feeds from a certain source. for example- if you have 10 post limit on home page and have 2 feed sources, one feed might push the second source off the home page if it has more than 10. hope this makes sense :)

2- Video feeds; ability to add feeds from youtube dailymotion etc with player instead of just text and another option to change video size.

Great plugin guys, keep up the good work.

Ryan said

Any chance of getting an update on SlideList2? I remember you saying something about adding drop down menus…

Opening beta to those who donated is a great idea, i think I’m going to do something similar myself.

Mar said

I don’t believe all the BS.

Vincent said

How about an update? Something?

Anon said

???

Anon said

hype-bust…

Guillermo Rauch said

@Anon
Stop the spam please.

Jamison F said

Ive read through the comments and was just wondering if there is a new time frame to work out the bugs as long as it takes for a stable release is fine, but a guesstimate would be nice, checking the site every few hours is excessive to say the least but are we looking at this weekend, next… ?

Guillermo Rauch said

@Jamison
It’s probably before this weekend. If you don’t want to check the site every few hours use a RSS reader =)

Marko said

Hey people, don’t act like hungry dogs. Give this guy a brake. He is doing it for free. I don’t mind checking site every 10 minutes.

FLX said

Hey Guillermo!
Any news yet? saturday? sunday?
Thanks!

gigi said

Uhh!! Many people hungry with your plugin.. i’m too.. lol.. every day i check your site until now.. :)

Jeremy said

Hey-

I’m digging this plugin.

Would it be possible to have the next version check the RSS feed for wordpress categories and if any are found, add the categories to the imported post? This would be a huge help, as i am using wp-o-matic to aggregate a bunch of other WP blogs.

j

Vincent said

Is the new one going to have the option to import new posts as drafts?

James said

any word on this?

Maybe this weekend?

Thx

slash said

nice work :)
it will be a great plugin :)

Vincent said

> any word on this?
>
> Maybe this weekend?

He said “soon” back in July.

Then said “WP-o-Matic stable (1.0) is due to be released this weekend” back on Aug 22nd.

Latest word is “It’s probably before this weekend” but who knows.

Did anyone fix the things that were broken with the current release? For instance, the “source” link not being pulled in no matter what. That’s really the only thing I want from he new version. :)

Guillermo Rauch said

@Vincent
Sorry, but I do not work for you. And since you’re such a smartass, I hope you don’t find the solution for the source link, which is being pulled and stored in the metadata of each post.

Jamison F said

LMFAO @ Guillermo’s response to Vincent. Not to flame, that was just nice.

Aaron said

Guillermo, you rock. Great work man, looking forward to future releases, no matter how long they take.

matt said

I’m encountering an problem when attempting pull feeds using your plugin. I’ve checked my index and footer as well as the style sheet. It doesn’t appear to be the cause. Randomly the styling of the content area and sidebars disappears showing that of the body.

Anyone else experience this problem?

Jnuk said

Hey Guillermo. First of all, thanks for this plugin, it’s excellent!

I have a problem with words’ automatic relinking: the destination url doesn’t work because it is written correctly by the plugin.

http://www.mysite.com/wordpress/www.destinationurl.com
instead of
http://www.destinationurl.com

Does anyone know where to change this function?
Thanks a lot

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matt said

good works..

Jon said

where can I download the plugin?

int said

can you please make rc1 and rc2 available again? pre5 doesnt work for me

Hi there, first of all thanks for all the hard work you have put into it. I installed it and it works like a charm, apart of one thing: Everything gets posted four times! Anybody else having this problem and knows a solution? Thanks, SY

About Guillermo Rauch:

CTO and co-founder of LearnBoost, developer, open source enthusiast, blogger.