wp-o-matic cron install problem

February 21, 2008

wp-o-matic cron install problem

WP-o-Matic is a cool auto-blogging plugin for wordpress.

After installation you’ll have to change cron.php if you want to use automatic feed fetching via crontab.

1. take note of the code wp-o-matic will give you on installation.
2. open cron.php in your favorite editor
3. add this piece of code after the <?php opening tag :
   if ($argc > 0)
{
for ($i=1;$i < $argc;$i++)
{
parse_str($argv[$i],$tmp);
$_REQUEST = array_merge($_REQUEST, $tmp);
}
}

4. fire up crontab -e and add something like the following line to it :
   */20 * * * * php /DIR_TO_WP/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cron.php code=YOURCODE
change DIR_TO_WP with you path to wordpress and YOURCODE with the code you noted in step 1
5. Save the file and cron will run your fetcher every 20 minutes.
6. You’re done, go add some rss feeds.

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