Check out this short video to see what we mean when we talk about rules and schedules, or read more below!
Rules
A rule is a general task that a schedule runs against target posts. It is the “what to do” part of the equation. A rule can do the following to the content within a wordpress post:
Replace one string with another (String replace) e.g. Replace ‘X’ with ‘Y’
Remove instances of a string (String remove) e.g. Remove all instances of ‘X’
Replace strings which match a regex rule with another string (Regex replace) e.g. Replace any numbers (^[0-9]{3}$) with ‘y’
Remove strings which match a regex rule (Regex replace) e.g. Remove any numbers (^[0-9]{3}$)
Prepend a string onto the front of a post (Prepend) e.g. Add ‘X’ to the top of a post
Append a string onto the back of a post (Append) e.g. Add ‘X’ to the bottom of a post
Add a post into a category (Add category) e.g. Add category ‘X’ to the post if its not already added.
Add a tag onto a post (Add tag) e.g. Add tag ‘X’ to the post if its not already added.
[...] A nice small chunk of a project, Automated Editor is a wordpress plugin which allows you to automate some of the post editing process. Written to be lightweight and flexible it can do a lot with a little input. The plugin replaces a previous script/small app I had previously commissioned to offer automatic string replacement/removal from posts at point of publishing. With this public release version though it has had all the bells and whistles added to it, and will do some other useful tasks such as the following (taken from here): [...]
By Automated Editor Released! | Woody Hayday | Blog August 11, 2011 - 12:33 pm
[...] A nice small chunk of a project, Automated Editor is a wordpress plugin which allows you to automate some of the post editing process. Written to be lightweight and flexible it can do a lot with a little input. The plugin replaces a previous script/small app I had previously commissioned to offer automatic string replacement/removal from posts at point of publishing. With this public release version though it has had all the bells and whistles added to it, and will do some other useful tasks such as the following (taken from here): [...]