📰 WordPress Post Copier

Automate syndication of articles from external websites to your WordPress site using the WordPress REST API. Perfect for content aggregation, cross-posting, and syndicating posts (with proper permissions).

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🚀 Features

• Fetches and Parses HTML from external posts
• Extracts Title, Content, and Featured Image
• Uploads Media to WordPress via REST API
• Creates Draft Posts with original metadata
• Preserves Original Slug for URL consistency
• Handles Tags/Categories Dynamically

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🛠️ Requirements

• Node.js v18+
• WordPress (with REST API enabled)
• App Password for WordPress User (for authentication)
• Axios, Cheerio, Form-Data (npm packages)

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🛠️ Setup

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/wp-post-copier.git
cd wp-post-copier

2. Install Dependencies

npm install

3. Create Config File

Create a file named wp-login.config in the root directory.

WP_SITE_URL = 'https://yoursite.com'
WP_API_BASE = 'https://yoursite.com/wp-json/wp/v2'
WP_USER = 'your-username'
WP_APP_PASSWORD = 'your-app-password'
AUTHOR_ID = 7
CATEGORY_ID = 12

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▶️ How to Use

1. Single Post

Fetch and copy a single post by passing the URL:

node wp-post-copier.js https://example.com/post-url

2. Batch Processing

Create a list of URLs in posts.list (one per line):

https://example.com/post1
https://example.com/post2

Run:

node wp-post-copier.js -l posts.list

3. Enable Verbose Mode (Debugging)

node wp-post-copier.js -v https://example.com/post-url

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🖼️ Uploading Images

The script will fetch and upload the featured image from the source post. If no image is found, the post will be created without one.

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📋 Notes

• Slug Preservation – The slug of the original post is maintained to match URLs.
• Draft Mode – Posts are created as drafts by default. You can manually publish them.
• Tag/Category Handling – If tags don't exist, the script creates them.

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🔧 Troubleshooting

Common Issues:

• 403 Forbidden (During Upload)

  • Ensure the app password has upload media permissions.
  • Check user roles (author/editor).

• Invalid Parameters (author, categories, tags)

  • Verify AUTHOR_ID and CATEGORY_ID exist using:

    curl -u user:app-password https://yoursite.com/wp-json/wp/v2/users
    curl -u user:app-password https://yoursite.com/wp-json/wp/v2/categories

• Image Upload Fails

  • Add https:// to image URLs if missing.
  • Ensure images are not too large (WordPress max upload size).

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📜 License

MIT License

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🤝 Contributing

Pull requests are welcome! For major changes, please open an issue to discuss.

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🎉 Happy Posting!