=== Magic Post Thumbnail ===
Plugin Name: Magic Post Thumbnail
Version: 3.0
Tags: automatic, thumbnail, featured, image, generate, google image, google api, flickr, pixabay, aggregation, autoblog, autoblogging, autopost, scraping, image bank, magic, youtube, shutterstock, unsplash, cron
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Contributors: Mcurly
Author URI: https://magic-post-thumbnail.com/
Author: Magic Post Thumbnail
Requires at least: 4.0
Tested up to: 5.3.2
Stable tag: 3.0
Automatically generate thumbnails for your posts. Magic Post Thumbnail use Google Image/Flickr/Pixabay to create an Automatic Featured Image.
== Description ==
Automatically **generate thumbnails for your posts** !
Retrieve first image from **Google Images**, **Flickr** or **Pixabay** thanks to API, based on your post title and add picture as your featured thumbnail when you publish the post.
Settings allow you to configure some settings for your automatics images : Image bank, language search, posts types chosen, image type, free-to-use or not, image size and much more.
You can :
* Generate image or thumbnail for one post (or page, custom post type...)
* Generate thumbnails massively for chosen posts or chosen taxonomies
* Generate automatically thumbnails : **Compatible with WPeMatico, CyberSyn, Rss Post Importer, FeedWordPress & WP All Import**
Upgrade your plugin to **Pro Version** ! You will get much more options to configure, more image banks, and customisable crons.
**Official Website**
== Translations ==
* English
* French
== Todo list ==
Magic post thumbnail is improving progressively. Feel free to post on the forum or email me to give your suggestion or warn about a bug.
* More translations (you can help)
* Logs
* Improve integration with Gutemberg editor
== Screenshots ==
1. Magic Post Thumbnail : Bulk Generation
2. Magic post Thumbnail : Settings
3. Magic post Thumbnail : Image Banks
4. Magic post Thumbnail : Cron
5. Magic post Thumbnail : Generate featured images for post types
6. Magic post Thumbnail : Generate featured images for taxonomies
== Support the plugin ==
If you've found the plugin useful, please consider making a donation. You can also visit my Amazon Wishlist. Thank you for your support !
== Installation ==
1. Activate the plugin
2. Go to Settings > Magic Post Thumbnail
3. Configure your settings, which post type you want to enable it and the image bank.
4. Go into a post or create one, choose "Plugin enabled for this post" on the sidebar. Update/Create the post and your thumbnail is generated as featured image !
5. You can also **mass generate thumbnails** for posts. Go into the list of your posts, choose posts or taxonomy you want to get thumbnails, and into "Bulk Actions" choose "Generate featured images"
If you want to use the **Google Image API method** : From now on to use the Google Images API, **it's required** to provide your own Google Search engine ID and API Key. Follow these steps :
* Go to the Google API Console > Credentials > Create credentials > API key, copy your new key into the plugin preferences ( Google API Key field ). Then go to Library > Custom Search API > Enable.
* Go to Custom Search page. Create a new search engine. Then edit the search engine and get the search engine ID. Copy/paste it into the plugin preferences ( Custom Search Engine ID field ).
* Enjoy !
The "How to do" for APIs activations is available here.
== Changelog ==
= 3.0 =
* New Bulk generation design
* Work with resizers plugins
* More Google Image Sizes
* New setting : Image format
* Remove useless files
* Change image generation method : use admin-ajax now
* Fix error with "Restricted domains" textarea
* PRO : Fix problem with crons that don't fire
* PRO : Fix problem with crons, - pages images don't generate
* PRO : Better design in Crons settings (interval & Post date)
* PRO : New setting - Image generation into posts
= 2.4.10 =
* New Option : Add choice for image filename
* New Option : Rewrite existing featured images