=== Automated Editing ===
Contributors: tepelstreel
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Tags: autoexcerpt, automated excerpt, automated editing, auto excerpt, automation
Requires at least: 3.1
Tested up to: 3.4
Stable tag: 1.2

If working with a lot of editors, who either don't know how to use WP or don't pay attention, this plugin helps you by adding an excerpt automatically to every post, that doesn't have one. Since version 1.2 of the plugin it requires at least WP version 3.1, because it will also add a thumbnail, if the post doesn't have one. Therefoer, the function set_post_thumbnail is used, which only exists from on WP version 3.1.

== Description ==

The Automated Editing was made, because there are so many people, who just forget to add an excerpt or tags to the post, when they publish it. For several reasons that can be anoying. So, every time a post is saved, the plugin just checks, whether there is an excerpt or not. If there is no excerpt, it will check, whether you have defined some length or type of excerpt. If you haven't, the plugin just creates a post excerpt by cutting off all shortcodes of the content and taking the first 3 sentences as the excerpt. In later versions, you will be able to automatically ad the tags as well.

Tested up to WP 3.4

== Installation ==

1. Upload the `automated-editing` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. Define length and type of excerpt on the options page
4. Ready

== Changelog ==

= 1.2 =

* A post thumbnail is also put now
* You can choose also an amount of letters as auto-excerpt

= 1.1 =

* German translation added; one typo fixed

= 1.0 =

* Initial Release

= 0.9 beta =

* Basic plugin for personal use

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 1.2 =

Post thumbnail is added automatically now and you can finetune your excerpt a little more

= 1.0 =

Initial Release

= 1.1 =

German translation added; one typo fixed