Viralomatic - Viral News Post Generator Plugin for WordPress 1.3.0

Viralomatic is an automated content curation plugin for WordPress designed to help you build "viral" news websites with minimal manual effort. It works by monitoring popular RSS feeds, social media, and news outlets to automatically generate posts on your site based on trending topics.

It is a popular choice for developers looking to create "auto-blogs" or niche news aggregators that stay updated 24/7.

## Core Functionality

Automatic Content Fetching: Uses RSS feeds or direct scrapers to pull content from sources like Google News, BuzzFeed, CNN, or any site with a feed.

Smart Content Spinner: Includes built-in integration with spinning services (like SpinRewriter or WordAI) to rephrase imported text, helping to avoid "duplicate content" SEO penalties.

Auto-Featured Images: Automatically fetches and sets featured images from the source article to ensure your site looks professional.

Bulk Import: Can populate a brand-new website with hundreds of trending articles in minutes.

## Key Features

Keyword Filtering: You can set "Required" or "Banned" keywords to ensure the automated content remains relevant to your niche.

Custom Post Status: Set imported posts to "Draft" if you want to review them first, or "Published" for a fully hands-off experience.

Canonical Tags: Automatically adds a link to the original source, which is essential for ethical curation and protecting your site's SEO reputation.

Social Auto-Poster: Often works in tandem with social media plugins to share the newly generated "viral" news to Facebook, X (Twitter), or Pinterest instantly.

## Use Cases

Niche News Sites: Creating a hub for specific interests, such as "Crypto News" or "Gaming Rumors."

SEO Backlink Farms: Building a network of sites that provide content and links to a main "money" site.

Affiliate Marketing: Pulling in product news or reviews and inserting your own affiliate links into the content.

Trend Monitoring: Keeping a community site updated with the latest headlines without hiring a 24/7 editorial team.

## Technical Requirements

WordPress Cron: The plugin relies on the WordPress Cron system to "check" for new news at specific intervals (e.g., every 30 minutes).

PHP allow_url_fopen: Your hosting must have this enabled to allow the plugin to "reach out" and grab content from other websites.

API Keys (Optional): If you use the content spinning or translation features (e.g., Google Translate API), you will need to provide your own API keys.

## Ethical & SEO Best Practices

A Note of Caution: Purely automated "scraping" can lead to your site being flagged by Google if the content provides no unique value. To succeed with Viralomatic:

Add "Value" Sections: Use the plugin to generate the base post, but manually add a "Our Take" or "Summary" section at the top.

Use Content Spinners: Never post 100% identical text; use a high-quality rewriter to make the articles unique.

Frequency: Don't post 50 articles an hour; space them out to look like natural human activity.

Would you like me to help you configure a specific "Source Feed" for a niche (like Tech or Finance), or are you looking for a guide on how to set up the content rewriter settings?