Free Wordpress Autoblog Plugin
You are thankful this very special Thanksgiving Holiday because . . .
I am releasing a free Wordpress automatic content (autoblog) plugin called wpArticleFetch.com.
Here is the story of how all this came to be and why you should care.
Many of you have noticed that in the past I endorsed the autoblog plugin called Ultimate Content Fetcher. . . . well here is a funny story about that.
So I rank on the front page of Google for the keyword “Ultimate Content Fetcher” and I threw a heavy endorsement to their software since I personally used it.
Once I achieved this mammoth task of ranking on the front page for ultimate content fetcher (not) . . . I contacted the owner and ask him if there is an affiliate program so I could at least earn a bit from my endorsement. (now would be a good time to read my FTC disclosure, you understand that I like to make money).
His answer was NO, there is no affiliate program. . . .
Feeling a bit jaded, I said well then I will just build my own.
It might appear at this point that I am being a kind of black-hat-autoblog-white-knight of sorts, but it’s really not true. My original plan was to sell this bad boy for around $50 – $150 same as the other guys producing similar software.
However . . . . something happened in between of all this.
I have just released version 1 of Monster Clicks WP Cloaker (a leading Wordpress cloaker) which included a RSS scrapper and auto content feature (autoblog).
We ran into a HUGE problem; not everyone wanted to use our auto content plugin (believe it or not some guys still like using caffeinated content and wp-o-matic). Thus when people tried to install a secondary autoblog plugin it rendered the cloaker useless.
At was at this point, I knew I would end up giving this resource away for free.
I made a choice to un-plug the autoblog content feature from Monster Click WP Cloaker and to provide a better functioning autoblog plugin at no cost.
So now, I am a black-hat-autoblog-white-knight of sorts, because I am giving WP Article Fetch away for free.
If you want to say thanks . . . . leave a comment, post a link to my blog, or go buy a link wheel.
The download link does not work on the plugin page.
It does now . . . we were running some test.
It’s still not working. The site http://www.wparticlefetch.com/ is bringing up an error. Try fixing it, please!
I just hit it . . . works for me.
Try the mirror:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C1DH6AM9
I really like your blog and i respect your work. I’ll be a frequent visitor.
The plugin has stopped working. Any manual for troubleshoots?
Hey CB,
Its working now . . . . There was an error in the database class that was preventing the articles from being distributed properly.
Great tool.. But i have a question… does the script rewrite the articles to avoid being dinged for duplicate content
It does by translating from English to German to Chinese to etc (then back to english).
We are working on incorporating a server side synonym replacement aspect to the content as well.
Yes, it is a great tool for the newbie seo!
Hi Michael
I installed the plugin but get an error when I try to activate it:
Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare mt_add_pages() in /home/childca5/public_html/Blogging/wp-content/plugins/WP-Article-Fetch/wpaf.php on line 0
Any ideas please?
Thanks and I look forward to getting this plugin working.
Paul
Is your host ION cube enabled?
thanks, is this similar to uniquearticle wizard?
Yes it is . . .
I’ve used encrypted plugins before only to find that the plugin author slips in code that takes over much of the blog to their own benefit.
Not a problem in that it’s free.. as long as it’s within reason..
What do you have in the code that is to your benefit?
We chose to encrypt because the software pulls from our server the scrapped articles.
If it was un-encrypted then the server location would be wide open for all to see.
The benefit is clear;
1) Notoriety for providing the plugin.
2) Increased exposure to Monster Clicks WP Cloaker (which is not free).
Again, this plugin was produced because of conflicts between Monster Clicks and other popular autoblog plugins. True to my word I promised the community there I would produce such a plugin for their benefit.
Good enough.. I’ll give it a shot..
Thanks..
Hi,
am currently using WP 2.8.6 got a “Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.” error when activating the wparticlefetch plugin. is 2.8.6 version not compatible with this plug in? if not what version is?
thanks
Do you have ion cube installed?
I’m with 1and1, and am trying to follow the following tutorial to active your plugin.
May I ask if the following tutorial will work?
http://www.mensk.com/webmaster-toolbox/wordpress/how-to-fix-ioncube-error-with-wordpress-on-1and1-shared-hosting-space/
Thank you in advance.
That should work, but I would just contact 1and1 support.
After following all of the 1and1 support, I keep recieving the following error:
Fatal error:
The file /homepages/46/d295707079/htdocs/DatingAddict/wp-content/plugins/WP-Article-Fetch/wpaf.php was encoded with the PHP 5 ionCube Encoder, and requires PHP 5 to be installed. in Unknown on line 0
Despite the helper file indicating that it should be fully working:
http://www.datingaddict.co.uk/ioncube/ioncube-loader-helper.php
Any suggestions?
1and1 sucks . . . I dont know mate.
There is no way I would use them or Godaddy for any kind of autoblog.
Personally I use SEOHosting.com
I am getting the same Fatal error as stated above and that the plugin could not be activated…I am using Hostgator and IonCube is enabled
hi
very helpful & tempting idea to change the blogging platform from blog to word-press .. i really liked it … but please could you also help me install the category | tags | archive | popular posts … widget … i just loved it thanks a lot …
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I have installed Ioncube loader and have activate the plugin but when I go to the WPArticleFetch plugin dashboar, I am getting an error
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: curl_setopt_array() in /homepages/36/d270848158/htdocs/armedandloaded/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/WP-Article-Fetch/wpaf.php on line 0
any clue
I am getting the same fatal error on all the installs I am trying which is strange as I installed the previous version on a few sites with no issues at all. The problem (fatal error) I am encountering is with WP2.9 and your newest update.
Hum . . . I wont lie we have not tested with 2.9.
I have it running on 2.8.4.
Let me see what we can do.
Hi Michael! Great plugin! I installed it and I am able to use the “post n articles now” feature, but I can’t get the daily autoposting feature to work. I set it to post 3 articles per day, but nothing ever gets posted. Am I missing something here?
Any luck getting the plugin to run on WP 2.9.1 yet? Looks great and I can’t wait to try it and check out your cloaking plugin.
yes. i jsut went into my host and added ion cube since i saw a mention of it above. still getting the same error.
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare strip_nofollow() in /home/XXXXXXXX/public_html/articlesxxxxxxxxxxxx/wp-content/plugins/WP-Article-Fetch/wpaf_functions.php on line 0
I don’t have a line 0 in the file. line 1 is as follows – <?php //003ab
I just downloaded the plug in today.
Is 1.5.5 the latest version?
Possible Solution to WP 2.9 problems.
Install Ion Cube through your host. I use bluehost and it was pretty easy.
Disable all of your plugins and then add WP Article Fetch. After it installs go back and activate each plugin one at a time and when you get to the plugin that it conflicted with you will see the error.
Skip that one and keep activating plugins and write down any that case an error. Once you are done you can either skip the conflicting plugin or search for an alternative plugin that does the same thing.
I had a problem with a dofollow plugin and searched for another that replaced it and they all work fine now.
Hi mate,
same with others, i have found the “fatal error” message, i’m using the monsterhost.com, is there any problem with that host?
I am not sure about the host you are using.
I use SEOHosting.com for all my autoblogs.
sorry, actually its a hostmonster.com
i can’t find place to add the ion cube there
any clue??
I had to add it in through the control panel under php admin. You save the file after it is created and then upload it to your blog root through ftp.
Contact your host and they can walk you through it.
thanks! I just downloaded it and can’t wait to check it out!
I’m actually on bizbuilder hosting which should not have a problem as far as I know, and am also getting an error:
Warning: fopen(../wp-content/plugins/WP-Article-Fetch/wpaf_functions.php) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/xxxxxxx/public_html/xxxxxxxxx.xxxx/wp-content/plugins/WP-Article-Fetch/one.php on line 0
The older version 1 WP Article Fetch plugin works fine, but this update gives me the error on two diff blogs, one on wordpress version 2.9.1, and the other on 2.8
has there been any progress on this issue? I’d love to get article fetch working again but after a brand new install I’m getting this error:
Warning: fopen(../wp-content/plugins/WP-Article-Fetch/wpaf_functions.php) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/xxxxxxxx/public_html/sxxxxxxxxxx.com/wp-content/plugins/WP-Article-Fetch/one.php on line 0
Is there a link to an older version of the plugin? That would probably help a lot… Thanks for your time.
Old version worked ok. New version 1.5.5 does not show catagories in dashboard – but a seemingly endless list of articles – many duplicated. Is there a problem – I’m tempted to uninstall and go back to predated version.
yes its work for my domain.thank you very much,i want to apply into my other domain.
I’ve installed and activated the plugin (am using wp 2.92) and when I go to the settings page it shows this error:
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 16 bytes) in /home/thnet/public_html/microscopiccolitis.org/wp-content/plugins/WP-Article-Fetch/wpaf_functions.php on line 0
Any ideas?
I am trying out his plugin on my new blog and it doesn’t seems to work (2.9.2). Like Andy I get a whole lot of “article tiles” many duplicated instead of the categories on the dashboard.
Also whenever I click update, the options at the botton doesn’t update at all.
Where do I find the old version of this plugin?
this very good plugin it work good for me due to iam use internet marketing i am test on my test blog it host on 0fees.net
Hmm, this plugin looks great…However, I update everything, it says changes are saved and new posts have been published successfully. However, the posts are not showing up on my site. The categories were created, just no posts. Any ideas?
I activated the plugin, setup my category but there are no posts showing although I get success message that my posts are being posted.I have hostgator hosting.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Yes i did, from the main site.
Hi
Thanks for the plugin..it sounds great but I have encountered an error when trying it on 2 different hosts…..Hostgator and a VDS.
Using Wordpress 2.8.4 at end on install it goes to a 404 error but shows as installed.
When I edit settings in categories etc no posts are made either now or in the future.
I checked the files and it shows only articlefetch.php is active while the other 3 show as inactive.
What should I do first?
I will be happy to promote this plugin for you when I get it going as it sounds really good.
Cheers
Did you download the latest update?
Not sure if this is in response to my question or not, but I downloaded this only 5 days or so ago. Is there something newer?