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Adds automatic WP-Cron scheduling and DALL-E 3 featured image generation. No database migration required. New Automation settings section appears after upgrade.<\/p>","1.0.6":"
Maintenance release \u2014 fixes Plugin Check warnings and cleans up inline styles. No settings migration required.<\/p>","1.0.5":"
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ArunAI \u2013 Auto News Poster transforms the latest news articles into unique, engaging blog posts using OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, or any OpenAI-compatible API. Perfect for news sites, blogs, and content creators who want to stay on top of trending topics without the manual effort.<\/p>\n\n
Key Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n How It Works:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n This plugin connects to the following external services. By using this plugin you agree to these services' terms and privacy policies.<\/p>\n\n OpenAI API<\/strong> (required when LLM Provider is set to OpenAI)<\/p>\n\n Anthropic API<\/strong> (required when LLM Provider is set to Anthropic)<\/p>\n\n RSS Feeds<\/strong> (publicly available news sources)<\/p>\n\n The plugin fetches articles from RSS feeds configured by the site administrator. The default built-in feeds are:<\/p>\n\n What is sent: a standard HTTP GET request (no personal data, no cookies). The feed URLs are configurable \u2014 administrators can add, remove, or replace any feed.<\/p>\n\n No data is transmitted to any external service without the site administrator explicitly configuring an API key and\/or feed URL in the plugin settings.<\/p>\n\n This plugin sends article headlines and summaries to your configured AI provider for content generation. Please review your provider's privacy policy:<\/p>\n\n Data handling:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n AI Providers (requires API key and may incur costs):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Default RSS Feeds (publicly available, no registration required):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Users can add, remove, or replace these feeds at any time.<\/p>\n\n This plugin is licensed under GPL v2 or later. You are free to use, modify, and distribute it under the terms of that licence.<\/p>\n\n\n OpenAI (GPT-3.5-turbo), Anthropic (Claude 3 Sonnet), and any OpenAI-compatible custom API endpoint (e.g. Ollama, LM Studio, OpenRouter).<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. You need a key from OpenAI, Anthropic, or your custom provider. The plugin does not include AI credits.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. The AI is prompted to rewrite the article in its own words and explicitly told not to copy text from the source.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes \u2014 tone (neutral \/ professional \/ friendly), word count (short ~300 w \/ medium ~500 w \/ long ~800 w), and WordPress categories.<\/p><\/dd>\n No. All posts are saved as drafts for you to review and edit before publishing, even when scheduled generation runs automatically.<\/p><\/dd>\n Up to 30 per batch (manual or scheduled).<\/p><\/dd>\n To prevent accidental API overuse. The cooldown applies to manual generation only; scheduled runs are not rate-limited.<\/p><\/dd>\n Choose a schedule (Hourly \/ Every 6 Hours \/ Twice Daily \/ Daily) in Settings > Automation and save. The plugin registers a WP-Cron event that fires generation automatically. The next run time is shown in the settings. WP-Cron requires incoming traffic \u2014 on low-traffic sites, set up a system cron to call Approximately $0.08 USD per image at the standard resolution (1792\u00d71024) on OpenAI's standard tier. Image generation only fires when the Featured Images<\/strong> option is enabled and the provider is OpenAI.<\/p><\/dd>\n Keys are encrypted with AES-256-CBC using a 32-byte key derived from your site's The plugin checks its own tracking table ( Yes. It follows WordPress security best practices: nonce verification, \n
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What AI providers are supported?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Do I need an API key?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Are the generated posts unique?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
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Are posts published automatically?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
How many posts can I generate at once?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Why do I have to wait 60 seconds between manual batches?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
How does automatic scheduling work?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
wp-cron.php<\/code> on a regular interval.<\/p><\/dd>\nHow much do DALL-E 3 images cost?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
How are API keys stored?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
wp_salt('auth')<\/code> value. They are never displayed in plaintext after saving.<\/p><\/dd>\nWhat happens if an article was already posted?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
wp_aanp_generated_posts<\/code>) and silently skips any source URL that has already been processed.<\/p><\/dd>\nIs the plugin secure?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
manage_options<\/code> capability checks, $wpdb->prepare()<\/code> for all queries, and output escaping throughout.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n1.0.8<\/h4>\n\n
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