The PlanetPlanet plugin will convert a WordPress site into an RSS/Atom feed aggregator by regularly reading all the configured feeds and importing the items in the feeds to WordPress posts.
The feeds are registered in the old WordPress links/bookmarks section, which is automatically reactivated. Feeds can be added, modified and deleted there.
The imported posts contain title, excerpt and maybe content from the feed items. Additional custom fields are added with some data that doesn't intuitively map to WordPress posts. If the feed item has a featured image, that is imported too.
Links to the imported posts redirect to the original post.
A post category is created automatically for each feed. The category page redirects to the originating site.
Imported posts are purged automatically after a configurable period.
Importing and purging articles can be scheduled using wp-cron. Output from scheduled actions can be mailed.
The plugin adds a WP-CLI command 'planet' with sub-commands for listing feeds, adding feeds, updating individual or all feeds, purging posts, and scanning web pages for available feeds. This allows most administration and actions to be run without using wp-cron.
Implementation notes: feeds errors are counted in the link_rating field, and the feed is marked not visible if it generates too many errors.
The fields in the Links section are used like this:
- Name: site title
- Web address: main site url
- Advanced / Image Address: featured image override url
- Advanced / RSS Address: site feed url
- Advanced / Notes: last update time or last error message
- Advanced / Rating: error count
- Keep this link private: private links are ignored
The plugin can be installed as any other
plugin.It requires not external setup.