Frequently Asked Questions

Why was this plugin written?

I have a blog which uses a 3rd party script that adds posts directly to the database, bypassing the WordPress API. I have another blog that uses the wp-o-matic plugin to aggregate the first blog’s feed. Neither of these blogs would have tags included.  I tried using a couple of different plugins that suggest tags but I wasn’t satisfied with the result – I ended up with 1100+ different tags, many of which were unrelated to the topic of the blog. I wanted to use a smaller set of SEO friendly keywords/phrases as tags.  Now, the blog that uses the 3rd party script has all (untagged) posts tagged nightly via a cron job, and the blog which uses wp-o-matic has it’s posts tagged immediately.

How do I run Autotagger on a schedule?

I use the WP-Crontrol plugin.  On the ‘Add Cron Entry’ page, add the Hook Name ‘tag_posts’ and select how often to call it from the dropdown menu.  Maybe I’ll add a built in cron option in the next version of Autotagger?