=== 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, rss, feed, keywords summary, keywords dashboard, seo control center, keyword, seo, sitemap, google webmasters, google Donate link: https://bit.ly/expresscuratedonate Requires at least: 3.9 Tested up to: 4.1 Stable tag: 2.0.2 License: GPLv3 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html ExpressCurate plugin is a content curation tool for WordPress. It enables you to create and publish high quality content within minutes. == Description == ExpressCurate plugin includes: * **RSS feeds and Google alerts importer** * **Curation post composer and editor** * **SEO optimization** * **Keyword analysis and management** * **Flexible publishing options** * **Curation on-the-go**: optional [Chrome extension](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/expresscurate/nldipdepdfjilejlpeeknodkpiajhfkf?hl=en "Your favorite Chrome Extension") and [Android app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.expresscurate "Your favorite Android app") (both free) ExpressCurate is an ideal tool for professional bloggers, marketing agencies, and marketing professionals that need to rapidly scale content marketing efforts with limited budgets, time, and resources. = FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS = **RSS feeds and Google Alerts** * **RSS & Google Alerts Importer** - bring content from your RSS feeds and Google Alerts directly into ExpressCurate, providing you a convenient starting point. * **Content Notification Emails** - receive emails with newly discovered content. * **Top Curation Sources** - keep track of your top curation sources. **Curation Post Composer and Editor** * **Quickstart button** - start a curated post with a single click of a button. * **Prefilled content** - ExpressCurate prefills the original content, images, and some web page attributes to provide you with an easy starting point. * **Multi-Source Curation** - curate content from one article or multiple sources into a single post. * **Content augmentation** - ExpressCurate enables you to add your perspective in the annotation area, pick an image, format the post, decide on the type of link to include, and much more. * **Content Quality Checker** - ExpressCurate checks key quality attributes, such as article length, percentage of curated vs. unique content, keyword and image utilization, and more. **SEO Optimization** * **SEO Essentials** - add all key SEO elements into your post from a single page. These components include adding a meta title and description, categories, keywords, customizing URLs, and more. * **Post Analysis** - analyze your post for duplicate content, optimal length, optimal keyword utilization, usage of graphics, and other elements necessary for creating a high-quality post. * **Sitemap Rules** - Create sitemap update rules based on your business and content model by defining sitemap update frequency, new page/post priorities, and other attributes. **Keyword Analysis and Management** * **Keyword Center** - A centralized area where you can monitor keyword utilization in your blog, manage target keywords, and discover/add new ones based on the most frequently used words in your blog. **Flexible Publishing Options** * **Publishing Options** - ExpressCurate provides you with flexibility to publish your curated post immediately, schedule it for a later time, or smart-publish automatically based on time intervals specified by you. **Curation On-The-Go** * **Chrome Web Browser** - use the [ExpressCurate Chrome Extension](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/expresscurate/nldipdepdfjilejlpeeknodkpiajhfkf?hl=en "Your favorite Chrome Extension") to discover content, bookmark articles for future curation, as well as curate and create posts on the go without having to go to WordPress to create a post draft. * **Android App** - use [ExpressCurate Android app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.expresscurate "Your favorite Android app") on your smartphone or tablet to discover content and create curated posts more quickly. = How To Get Started = [Download ExpressCurate plugin](http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/expresscurate.2.0.2.zip "Your favorite content marketing tools") for WordPress. 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. == 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*. Also, install curation on-the-go tools. * **Chrome Web Browser** - install the [ExpressCurate Chrome Extension](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/expresscurate/nldipdepdfjilejlpeeknodkpiajhfkf?hl=en "Your favorite Chrome Extension") to discover content, bookmark articles for future curation, as well as curate and create posts on the go without having to go to WordPress to create a post draft. * **Android App** - install [ExpressCurate Android app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.expresscurate "Your favorite Android app") on your smartphone or tablet to discover content and create curated posts more quickly. 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. == 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 == = 2.0.2 = * Admin bar issues are fixed. * Sitemap rules are improved. * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 2.0.1 = * Sitemap Rules. * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 2.0.0 = * RSS & Google Alerts Importer. * Content Notification Emails. * A much better Top Curation Sources. * Content Quality Checker. * Advanced SEO Essentials. * Post Analysis. * Keyword Center. * Wordpress 4.1 supported now. * Curation On-The-Go. = 1.2.23 = * Auto-hashtagging is fixed. * News page is redesigned. * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 1.2.22 = * Problems with WooCommerce are fixed. * Problems with custom post types are fixed. * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. = 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.