Looking for a plugin to mass create pages

Maybe he means something like this

Write Page

Mass Page Creator

Title | Description
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1.Candle Type 1_____________ | This Candle is Shaped like ????
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2.Candle Type 2_____________ | This Candle is Shaped like ????
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3.Candle Type 3_____________ | This Candle is Shaped like ????
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4.Candle Type 4_____________ | This Candle is Shaped like ????
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And So on.

It’s a great idea, btw.

I would be interested in this plugin as well.

I suppose no one’s been able to find anything so far?

This is way easier to do from outside WordPress… Create one page, note its ID, and then clone it to your heart’s content via a freeform PHP script or an SQL batch file… Something along the lines of:

<?php 

// Let's pretend that connection to the DB server
// has been established and the DB selected...

$myPageID = 1234;
$myPostsTable = 'wp_posts';
$select = "SELECT * FROM {$myPostsTable} WHERE ID = '$myPageID'";
$myResult = mysql_query($select);
$myPage = mysql_fetch_assoc($myResult);
while ($morePagesNeeded) {
  $myNewPage = $myPage;
  $myNewPage['post_content'] = 'Content of the Page.';
  $myNewPage['post_title'] = 'Page title';
  $myNewPage['post_name'] = 'page-slug';
  $myNewPage['guid'] = 'http://www.example.com/pages/page-slug';
  $firstField = true;
  $insert = "INSERT INTO {$myPostsTable} SET ";
  foreach ($myNewPage as $key => $value) {
    if (strtoupper($key) == 'ID') {
      continue;
    }
    if ($firstField) {
      $insert .= $key
        . " = '"
        . mysql_real_escape_string($value)
        . "'";
      $firstField = false;
    } else {
      $insert .= ', '
        . $key
        . " = '"
        . mysql_real_escape_string($value)
        . "'";
    }
  }
  mysql_query($insert);
}

?>

Obviously, the fields in $myNewPage will have to be populated from somewhere (CSV file or perhaps constructed dynamically) and $morePagesNeeded has to be replaced with some realistic condition, but I hope you get the picture…

This idea for a plugin intrigues me. I’m going to have a look at the process and see if I can make something that does the job. It would likely be an admin panel that gives options like page title, page content and page status which would then be incremented.

Should be interesting.

For those people looking for a solution to this problem, I have a plugin available at my blog. Once the submission is accepted to the plugin directory, it will be available there as well.

http://www.wesg.ca/2008/06/wordpress-plugin-mass-page-maker/

Just noticed this. It will surely be helpful in the future, thanks so much wesg!