Buildinga news aggregator with WordPress Why and how!
Mirko HumbertDesigner, Web Developer, Bloggertwitter.com/mirkohumbertMirkohumbert.chWp-expert.ch
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What is an aggregator?
Definition: a website or program that collects related items of content and displays themor links to them.
Sources of items / news Collection / Edition Template / Display
Why?• Monitoring information• Curating news• Creating archives• Listing Jobs/Events/…• Creating dashboards• …
• Individuals• Bloggers• Consulting firms• Professional associations• Community managers• Editors• …
ForWho?
HOW?HOW?
1. Install WordPress2. Install and setup plugin
(WPeMatico)3. Find and add sources (feeds)4. Install theme (or create it)5. Edit news daily (optional)6. Take it further (optional)
The Process
• Easy set-up• Free version good
enough for 90% of projects
• Campaigns/Categories• Images/Videos
management• Fetching/TimeOut/Cron
management• Filtering options• Eliminate duplicate posts
WPeMaticofeatures
1. WP RSS Aggregator2. WP Pipes3. Feedzy RSS Feeds Lite4. Super RSS Reader5. RSS Import
Alternative plugins
Sources• RSS Feeds• Google Alerts (feeds)• Emails (converted to feed)• Web Pages (converted to
feed)• Zapier, IFTTT,…• Twitter, Facebook,…
Custom themeWhat we did for ActuElles
ThemesDedicated themesFree & Premium
Editing the news
• Works like editing regularposts
• Eliminate irrelevant posts• Update feeds• Source URLs come as
custom meta fields
Take it furtherNewsletter builder Report builder
Thank you!
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