=== ExpressCurate === Contributors: expresscurate Tags: content curation, content marketing, curation plugin, content curation plugin, curation tools, content curation tools, content curation toolkit, content writing, attribution, content, curation, curating, keywords summary, keywords dashboard, seo control center, keyword, seo Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7T6FC4B97CEHL Requires at least: 3.9 Tested up to: 4.0 Stable tag: 1.2.21 License: GPLv3 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html ExpressCurate simplifies and expedites content curation and provides SEO enhancement and keyword effectiveness monitoring. == Description == The ExpressCurate content curation plugin is a WordPress platform for creating, optimizing, and publishing high-quality content. While there are many content discovery tools, the process of curation in WordPress is still convoluted and confusing, requiring multiple steps and manually switching back and forth between screens, plug-ins, and programs. ExpressCurate solves this problem by bringing all the key elements for content curation onto a single screen, making content curation in WordPress intuitive and quick! It combines the three essential content curation components -- content, keywords, and SEO -- in a single plugin. It includes: 1. **Composer/Editor** to streamline the process of writing a curated post 1. **Keyword Dashboard** for centrally storing and updating your keywords as well as for monitoring their usage within your blog/site content 1. **SEO Control Center** for streamlining the creation of important SEO components associated with your posts, such as meta descriptions, keywords, and tags. = Curated Post Composer and Editor Features = 1. **Quickstart Button.** Start a curated post with a single click of the Curate Content Button next to the standard Add Media. 1. **Original Content Preloading.** Just specify the target URL of an article that you want to curate, and ExpressCurate will auto-populate the content into your post, making it easier and faster for you to edit and post an article. 1. **Image Slider.** ExpressCurate can pick up images from the original post, making it easy to add a graphical element to your curated content. 1. **Duplicate Content Check.** ExpressCurate provides a warning if the same URL has been used in a prior article in your blog, helping you to prevent a potential double-curation. 1. **Multi-source Curation --** curate content from multiple sources and web pages in a single article. 1. **Content-aware tag suggestions based on the keywords and tags defined in your prior WordPress blogs.** 1. **Automatic hashtagging whenever # is used** 1. **Google Authorship** = Keywords Summary and Dashboard Features = 1. **Keywords Summary.** Get a content-effectiveness summary for the keywords you are targeting, including how often they show up in your titles and text and the number of posts containing them. 1. **Most Frequently Used Words.** Use the ExpressCurate Keywords Dashboard to find out the most frequently used words on your blog. This can give you new keyword directions or ideas on how to optimize your content for better results with the current keywords. 1. **Keywords Center.** A centralized place to keep your keywords and keyphrases. 1. **Keyword Discovery.** Add new keywords/keyphrases and see their occurrence frequency in your blog content. You can also click on the "+" icon next to the words from the "most frequently used words" list to add to your target keywords list. 1. **Keyword-targeted Posts.** Should you decide to create a post that is focused around a certain keyword/keyphrase from the keyword center, just click on the "add post" icon next to it. This will start a new post with hints focused around the usage of your target keywords in the post. = SEO Control Center Features = 1. **SEO Control Center.** Enter all SEO-related information for your new post on the same page you are composing/editing your curated post. 1. **Key page attributes and SEO enhancements** on a single page 1. **Keywords** 1. **Meta descriptions** 1. **h1/h2/h3 tags** = How To Get Started = **[Download ExpressCurate plugin](http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/expresscurate.1.2.21.zip)** for WordPress from **[here](http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/expresscurate.1.2.21.zip)**. It's simple. It's free. You can also **[download](http://www.expresscurate.com/p/products/wordpress-theme "Your favorite WordPress Theme")** a **free [ExpressCurate WordPress theme](http://www.expresscurate.com/p/products/wordpress-theme "Your favorite WordPress Theme")**. It will give your curated content a modern online news look. Make the content curation process even faster with [ExpressCurate Chrome Extension](http://www.expresscurate.com/p/products/chrome-extension "Your favorite Chrome Extension"). == Installation == This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working. e.g. 1. Upload *expresscurate* folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress 3. Curate using *Quickstart Button*. == Screenshots == 01. Curate Content Button. Curate Content quickstart button is available for posts and pages. Dialog will open to curate and edit content from original posts. 02. Curation Dialog: Original Page. Type the original article URL and load the content. Have image and content automatically summarized and prefilled for you. 03. Curation Dialog: Fields. Fixed structure for a curated post. You can edit title, image, content, and add annotation. 04. Curation Dialog: Prefilled Content. Load the original post. Title, image and content will be prefilled and ready for editing. 05. Curation Dialog: Content Suggestions. Original page metadata as well as text paragraphs are available for curation. Add one or more item into your content. 06. Curation Dialog: Curate Into Post. Edit your content and curate into the post. 07. Styling boxes. Annotation as well as left, right and center aligned text boxes. These elements allow to give more structure to your blog post. 08. SEO Control Center. Enter key page attributes and SEO enhancements from a single page. It is recommended to have the short description always defined. 09. Customization. Customize the plugin with 10+ settings. 10. Top Curated Websites. Visit the top curated websites and pages. 11. Summary-at-a-glance of keywords usage in your Wordpress blog. 12. Keywords Dashboard. This is a centralized place where you can add and manage your target keywords, as well as monitor key stats for optimizing SEO performance. 13. Keywords Dashboard: Enter your target keywords and ExpressCurate will calculate their usage stats, so you can decide which keywords are underutilized, overused, or just right. 14. Keywords Dashboard: A shortcut for creating a post with an emphasis on a specific keyword. 15. Keywords Dashboard: Color coding to identify how optimal your keyword is used. 16. Keywords Dashboard: Most frequently used words (not keywords) in your blog or site. 17. Submit your ideas, problems, and suggestions. We would love to hear from you! == Changelog == = 1.2.21 = * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.2.20 = * Conflicts with Mail Poet plugin are fixed. * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.2.19 = * Keyword analytics fixes and improvements. * "Image Placement" setting and Featured image handling problems are fixed. * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.2.18 = * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.2.17 = * Special Column in Posts page that will show Smart Publish Time. * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.2.16 = * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.2.15 = * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.2.14 = * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.2.13 = * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.2.12 = * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.2.11 = * The authorship rel=author meta tags are removed. * Wordpress 4 supported now. * We no longer automatically create tags out of keywords. * Auto-hashtagging was confusing for some of our customers. While we left this feature present in the plugin, it is now disabled by default. * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.2.10 = * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.2.9 = * API methods to retrieve source urls: expresscurate_the_source_url, expresscurate_the_source_urls * Problems with WooThemes are fixed. * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.2.8 = * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.2.7 = * Improved text selection in content curation dialog. * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.2.6 = * Improved text selection in content curation dialog. * It is now possible to filter out short paragraphs in content curation dialog. * It is now possible to search within loaded paragraphs in content curation dialog. * Toolbar button that allows to highlight post keywords. * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.2.5 = * Hashtagging is improved and bugfixed. * Keywords adding is fixed. = 1.2.4 = * Problems with double-links on hashtags are fixed. = 1.2.3 = * Problems with plugin activation are fixed. = 1.2.2 = * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.2.1 = * Support Page. * FAQ Page. * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.2.0 = * Keywords Summary widget. * Keywords Dashboard. * SEO Control Center improvements with Keywords Analytics. * Image placement and size options added to the curation dialog. * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.1.9 = * Problems with older PHP versions fixed. * Smart Publishing Status added. * Like ExpressCurate tools and want to support us? You can now Donate! = 1.1.8 = * New setting to specify post type for posts curated from Chrome Extension. * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.1.7 = * Problems with automatic hashtagging are fixed. * Problems with Curate Into Post button are fixed. * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.1.6 = * Wordpress 3.9 support. * Keyword Tags Suggestion Fixes. = 1.1.5 = * Some changes to prepare support for Wordpress 3.9. = 1.1.4 = * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.1.3 = * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.1.2 = * Optional ExpressCurate Blockquote * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.1.1 = * Authorship for posts. * Publisher for website. * Social profile attributes for users (visible with ExpressCurate Theme, author page). * Smart publishing, available for curated draft posts. * New text box tools for better blog styling. * Image selection from original page enhanced. * Paragraph selection from original page enhanced. * Optional Auto-Hashtagging. = 1.1 = * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.0 = * Initial release.