OpenStation vs News-Parser

wp-admin forgets. OpenStation doesn’t. You know the moment. You’re deep in a post and you need one image from the Media Library. You click over, find it, click back, and everything you had going is gone. Your scroll position, your half-typed thought, the three other things you had queued up in your head. That’s not a bug you hit. That’s the design. wp-admin shows you one screen at a time, and every navigation throws the last one away. It has worked this way since 2003, like a fridge that empties itself every time you close the door. WordPress has rebuilt almost everything else. The editor, the site editor, the patterns, the styles. The admin’s one-screen-at-a-time model is the layer nobody touched. OpenStation touches it. Install it and admin screens become draggable, resizable windows. Edit a post while the Media Library sits open next to it. Drag an image from one window straight into the other. Keep comments open in the corner. Reload the browser and your window layout — open pages, positions, sizes, and window states — comes back where you left it. OpenStation itself is free, GPL, and opt-in per user. One click in the admin bar turns it on for you. One click turns it off. Nobody else on your site sees anything change, and deactivating the plugin restores the classic admin exactly. No Core patches and no lock-in. Optional AI providers may charge for their service. Built and maintained by Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Jetpack, WooCommerce, and Tumblr. Work on more than one thing at once Admin pages open as windows, including pages added by most other plugins. Drag them, resize them, snap them, tile them, minimize them to a taskbar. The admin menu becomes a dock of icons. Two editors open at once is one click away. Never lose your place Moving between open windows leaves each page in place. Across reloads, OpenStation remembers your open pages, window positions, sizes and states, virtual desktops, and focus. Closing a window with unsaved changes warns you first. A desk you can actually put things on Drop posts, media, and links right onto the wallpaper. Sort them into folders. Trash them to a Trash that actually holds things. The stuff you’re working on this week can just sit out where you can see it. One desktop per job Virtual desktops, the way your operating system does them. One for writing. One for the store. One for comment triage. One for that redesign you keep poking at. Switch between them without closing anything. Find anything with Cmd+K The full WordPress command palette, plus slash commands from your plugins, all under one keystroke. Turn on the optional AI assistant and you can ask it things like “which post had the comment asking for the recipe?” and it searches your own content to answer. (Requires an AI provider configured in Settings → Connectors on WordPress 7.0+. Details under “External services” below.) See how your site fits together The Corkboard is an interactive, zoomable map of how your posts, pages, and products link to each other. Pan around it. Find the orphans. Find the hubs. Running a store? Orders, Products, Coupons, and Customers become browsable folders with stock and sale ribbons. Open a customer to see their lifetime spend and what they buy most. Follow a product to its buyers, or a coupon to who redeemed it. Make it yours Wallpapers, from color presets to animated scenes to your own photo. Live widgets pinned to the desktop: drafts, stats, recent comments, a focus timer. Uploadable desktop themes, including a built-in Legacy theme that brings the old WordPress blue back in one click. And Mio, a soft-body desk companion that drifts across your wallpaper and gets bumped around by your windows. Off by default. You’ll turn it on. For developers Extend OpenStation through documented PHP and JavaScript APIs. Register windows, icons, wallpapers, widgets, commands, and settings tabs through stable openstation_register_* PHP APIs and a typed JavaScript API; customize dock items through documented hooks; add AI tools with the WordPress Abilities API. Copy-paste examples live in the developer docs on GitHub. External services No external service is required for OpenStation’s desktop interface. The optional AI Assistant and two user-initiated enrichment features make the external requests described below. AI Assistant The optional AI Assistant sends data to the AI provider you configure in WordPress’s Settings → Connectors (for example OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google). Generation is routed through WordPress 7.0’s built-in AI Client, which supplies the credentials stored in Connectors. The plugin never handles an API key itself. With no provider configured in Connectors, no external AI requests are made. When the AI Assistant is enabled and a user invokes it (via Cmd+K or the slash-command palette): What is sent: the user’s prompt, the conversation history for the active session, and tool-call metadata. The plugin’s built-in tools (search_posts, search_pages, search_comments) run WordPress’s native keyword search and may include excerpts of the matching posts/pages/comments in tool results, which are then sent back to the provider as part of the agentic loop. When it is sent: on user-initiated AI requests, and (if an administrator enables “Score new comments with AI”) on comment-save hooks for spam analysis. Posts, pages, and taxonomy terms are not sent automatically. Why it is sent: to obtain model completions and tool-call decisions that drive the AI Assistant. Who provides the service: whichever provider you configured in Settings → Connectors. Which provider (and endpoint) receives the data depends entirely on that configuration. Review the chosen provider’s own terms and privacy policy (e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google). URL shortcut favicons When an authorized user creates a desktop shortcut to an external URL, OpenStation asks that URL for its page HTML and favicon so the shortcut can display the site’s icon. The request is made from your WordPress server and sends the requested URL, the server’s IP address, an OpenStation user-agent string, and normal HTTP request metadata to the operator of that site. This happens only when a user creates the shortcut. The destination site’s terms and privacy policy apply. WordPress.org plugin information When an authorized user opens or refreshes parts of OpenStation’s Plugins window, OpenStation may request public plugin details, update metadata, and review excerpts from WordPress.org. These requests send plugin slugs, the site’s locale, and normal HTTP request metadata to WordPress.org. This information is used only to display and manage plugins. Review the WordPress.org Privacy Policy. OpenStation’s OAuth relay does not contact a service by itself. Third-party plugins that configure the relay may contact their own providers and are responsible for disclosing those services. Credits OpenStation is brought to you by Automattic. The plugin is open source under GPLv2-or-later; contributions are welcome on GitHub. Third-party libraries The plugin bundles the following third-party JavaScript library, loaded on demand only when a feature that needs it is in use: PixiJS (MIT License) — used by the Corkboard window, built-in canvas wallpapers (e.g. the animated WordPress logo), the Mio desk companion, and the Inkfall typing game. PixiJS is loaded from the plugin’s own assets/vendor/ directory; no CDN requests are made. Data files The Inkfall game’s word list (assets/games/inkfall/words.txt) is generated from the following sources (attribution also ships in the file’s header): FrequencyWords by Hermit Dave (CC-BY-SA 4.0) — English word-frequency ranking derived from the OpenSubtitles corpus. english-words by dwyl (Unlicense) — used as a validity filter. LDNOOBW English list (CC-BY 4.0) — used as an exclusion filter.

News-parser WordPress Plugin News-parser is a plugin for WordPress that allows you to easily receive the full text of the article, as well as images from the site using an RSS feed. Parsed information from the site is saved as a draft,which you can just publish or edit at your discretion. This makes it easy to create content for your site. New Features The following new features are available in the new version of the plugin: * Sitemap Parsing: You can now parse information directly from sitemap files, expanding the sources of data for your content. * Yoast SEO Integration for AI Descriptions: Seamlessly integrate with Yoast SEO to automatically generate compelling post descriptions using AI, enhancing your SEO efforts. * Expanded AI Provider Support: Enjoy greater flexibility with added support for DeepSeek and Anthropic AI APIs, alongside existing providers. * CSS Selector Parsing Templates: Create custom parsing templates using CSS selectors for precise and targeted data extraction from websites. * Autopilot Post Filtering: Implement advanced filtering options when using the autopilot function, giving you more control over the content processed automatically. Website and Documentation Explore the plugin`s resources: Website: https://www.news-parser.com/ Documentation: Docs Features Gutenberg editor support. Autopilot Function for Automatic RSS Parsing Visual content extractor. WP-CLI support Flexible template creation system to speed up parsing. Ability to parse not only from RSS XML source but also from url. Sitemap Parsing: Parse information directly from sitemap files. Yoast SEO Integration for AI Descriptions: Generate post descriptions using AI and integrate seamlessly with Yoast SEO. Expanded AI Provider Support: Supports DeepSeek, Anthropic, and other AI APIs. CSS Selector Parsing Templates: Create parsing templates using CSS selectors for precise data extraction. Autopilot Post Filtering: Advanced filtering options for autopilot function. Installing You can clone the GitHub repository: https://github.com/zalevsk1y/news-parser.git Or download it directly as a ZIP file: https://github.com/zalevsk1y/news-parser/archive/master.zip This will download the latest developer copy of News-parser. How to use NewsParser plugin? Parsing RSS To parse RSS, go to the News-Parsing->Parsing RSS menu in the admin panel of your site. Enter the RSS feed address in the search bar. Click on the Parse RSS Feed button. When parsed data is fetched from the server,it will appear on your screen. You can open the visual extractor by clicking on the icon and create a template for parsing posts from this RSS source or simply select the content you are interested in and save it as a draft. Watch this short video to learn HOW TO PARSE FROM RSS with news-parser plugin: To parse several posts, select posts and press the Parse Selected button. Wait for the data to be saved,you`ll be notified by the message at the top of the screen. The icon at the bottom of the post allows you to go on to edit or publish a saved draft.Note that parsing selected post could be done only if you created parsing template! Watch this short video to learn HOW TO PARSE SEVERAL POSTS with news-parser plugin: Visual Constructor. To create a template or simply select the content you are interested in, use the visual constructor. You can open visual constructor by clicking icon at the bottom of post box. To select content, click on the block that you need in the main window and it will be marked with a turquoise frame. When you hover over the content, the expected area will be painted in turquoise color. To cancel the selection, click on the block again. Try to separate different types of content (pictures, video, text) into separate blocks. The YouTube video will be replaced with a picture of the YouTube logo. You can extrude it and this video will be inserted into your post. Parsing videos from other sources is not yet supported. Pictures are inserted into your post as a link; the exception is a featured image which is saved in your media library. In the sidebar, you can change the featured image of your post. Just select the appropriate image on the left side of the designer and click the Change Image button. The last image you selected will be selected as featured image. You can also create a post without featured image. Just click on No featured image. You can change the name of the post in the next submenu ‘Post title’. Write your version of the post title in textaria and click the Change Title button. To add a source link, check the box labeled ‘Add source link’ to the post. in the ‘Extra Options’ submenu. Beyond visual content selection, you can now also leverage the power of AI directly within the constructor. A dedicated ‘AI’ tab is now available in the panel, allowing you to generate content using AI models. Simply navigate to the ‘AI’ tab to explore the available options and create engaging content. Furthermore, to optimize your posts for search engines, you can now easily add AI-generated SEO descriptions.Within the panel, you will find an ‘SEO’ tab. In the ‘SEO’ tab, you can utilize AI to create compelling post descriptions, enhancing your SEO directly from the post visual creation interface. Watch this short video to learn HOW TO USE VISUAL CONSTRUCTOR: Create Parsing Template To save the template, it is necessary to mark the content in the main window of the visual constructor, select the ‘Save parsing template that you can use in automatic parsing from this source item.’ and click the Save Template button. It is important to understand that individual posts even from one source can be very different, therefore parsed pages may not contain the content you need. Now, you can also create powerful parsing templates using CSS selectors. In the ‘Template’ tab within the Visual Constructor, you’ll find a new section called ‘Template Patterns’. As you visually select elements in the main window, you will see their corresponding CSS selectors populate in the ‘Template Patterns’ block. If you select the ‘Save Parsing Template’ checkbox, you unlock the ability to directly edit these template patterns. Two editable parameters become available: ‘Elements pattern’ and ‘Exclude elements pattern’. It’s important to note that when you edit the ‘Elements pattern’ field, the elements you selected visually in the constructor will be disregarded. Therefore, if you intend to primarily use the visual constructor for creating parsing rules, leave the ‘Elements pattern’ field empty. When editing the pattern fields, separate each CSS selector with a comma. Once you have finished editing your CSS selector patterns, click the ‘Update’ button to apply the changes and save your template. This allows for fine-grained control over content selection using the precision of CSS selectors. Watch this short video to learn HOW TO CREATE PARSING TEMPLATE: Parse single page. To parse a single page, select News-Parsing-> Parse Page in the admin panel of your site. In the search bar, enter the site address URL and press Parse Page button. Visual constructor will open. In the visual constructor, select the content and click the Create Post Draft button. The draft will be automatically created and you can edit it in the Posts editor.If everything suits you, you can simply publish this post or edit it at your discretion. Watch this short video to learn HOW TO PARSE SINGLE PAGE with news-parser plugin: Autopilot Function for Automatic RSS Parsing The autopilot function is now available to automatically parse posts from an RSS feed. Please note that the WordPress cron system (wp-cron – https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/) is used for scheduling the autopilot function. WP-Cron triggers the task scheduler only when your website receives a visit. If you experience any issues with the autopilot function not running as expected, you can add the following line to your wp-config.php file: define('ALTERNATE_WP_CRON', true); This can sometimes improve the reliability of WP-Cron. To configure the autopilot settings, please follow these steps: Navigate to the Autopilot tab in the menu (News Parser -> Autopilot). In the Schedule Options, select the URL that corresponds to the RSS source you want to parse from. Click the Select button. Once the data is loaded, the following configuration options will become available: Status: Determines whether the autopilot is active (enabled) or inactive (disabled) for this specific source. Maximum Number of Posts: Set the maximum number of posts to be parsed in a single autopilot run from this source. Maximum Number of Autopilot Runs: Specify the total number of times the autopilot should run for this source before it automatically stops. Parsing Frequency: Define how often parsing should occur from this source. You can set intervals like hourly, daily, etc. Use Original Post Creation Date: Enable this option to use the original publication date from the source post as the creation date for your parsed post. If disabled, the post will be dated when it is parsed and published on your site. Filter Type: Choose the type of filtering condition to apply. Available options are Include and Exclude. Filter Object: Determines which post parameter will be used as the object for filtering rules. You can select from three options: URL: Filter based on the URL of the source post. Title: Filter based on the title of the source post. Meta: Filter based on meta data from the source post. Filtering Expression: Define the words or phrases to be used for filtering. Separate words with | (OR) or & (AND). For example: apple|grape (includes posts with “apple” OR “grape”) or apple&grape (includes posts with “apple” AND “grape”). If ‘Meta’ is selected as the Filter Object: You will need to specify the name attribute of the tag. The Filtering Expression will then be applied to the content attribute of the specified meta tag. Additionally, in this menu, you can delete previously saved parsing templates. The Autopilot feature for automatically parsing RSS feeds has been significantly enhanced with new logging capabilities, removal of run and post limits, and more granular control over parsing behavior. Watch this short video to learn HOW TO USE AUTOPILOT with news-parser plugin: AI Feature To use AI feature you need to get API key from OpenAI or from Google. To use AI for generating content on your website, follow these instructions: 1. Set up the Open API Key: – To setup OpenAPI key, open the wp-config.php file and add the following line to define your API key: define('NEWS_PARSER_OPENAI_API_KEY', 'your_key'). – To setup Google key, open the wp-config.php file and add the following line to define your API key: define('NEWS_PARSER_GEMINI_API_KEY','your_key'). 2. Access the Visual Constructor: Go to the Visual Constructor within your website’s admin panel. 3. Select the AI Provider: In the AI tab of the Visual Constructor, you will see a list of available AI providers. Choose the desired provider from the list. 3. Generate Featured Image: In the Featured Image section, check the “Generate using AI” option if you want to generate a new featured image for your post. Select the model and enter a prompt. Use ${title} in the prompt wherever you want to insert the original title. 4. Generate Post Title: In the Post Title section, check the “Generate using AI” option if you want to generate a new title for your post. Select the model and enter a prompt. Use ${title} in the prompt wherever you want to insert the original title. 5. Generate Post Body: In the Post Body section, select the model for generating the post’s content. Enter a prompt in the request field and use ${post} where you want to include the original article’s text and you can use tag ${title} here as well. 6. Add Pipeline (Optional): If you need to modify the text using multiple requests, open the “Add Pipeline” tab. Enter the additional request text, which will automatically include the result of the previous request. Click “Add Prompt” to add this request to the pipeline. With the pipeline, you can ask the AI to review the results of the previous generation or request translation of the generated text into another language. 7. Apply AI Modifications: After configuring the AI settings for content modification, you can apply them immediately by selecting the content in the Visual Constructor and clicking the “Create Post” button. Alternatively, you can save these settings as a template for applying them during RSS parsing or when using the autopilot function. Please note that when using AI for content generation, it requires making API requests to the OpenAI API, which will incur charges on your OpenAI account. Additionally, the AI generation process can take a significant amount of time. By following these instructions, you can use artificial intelligence to create content for your website, whether it’s parsing individual pages, parsing from RSS feeds, or using the autopilot function. SEO Feature This tab contains three sections: Post Description, SEO Plugins, and Description AI Generation. Post Description – This section displays the current post description and allows you to replace it with a custom description that you provide. To enable this feature and make the description visible in search results, you need to have an SEO plugin installed, such as Yoast SEO, and activate the SEO Integration within the plugin settings. SEO Plugins – To utilize the SEO plugin integration, you must check the Enable SEO Integration option. Then, select your desired SEO plugin from the dropdown menu to establish the integration. Description AI Generation – This section enables you to create and modify post descriptions using AI. When crafting your AI prompt, you can include the original post description by using the placeholder ${description}. This allows the AI to incorporate the existing description into the newly generated one if desired. WP-CLI Support With the latest update, a new feature has been introduced that leverages wp-cli. This feature enables users to activate an autopilot function, allowing for automated parsing and saving of posts from RSS feeds. The autopilot function can now be accessed directly from the command-line interface, providing a convenient way to manage this process. To utilize this functionality, you’ll need to install wp-cli and execute the command wp autopilot in the command-line interface. Additionally, you’ll need to specify the desired interval at which the autopilot function should be triggered by including the additional parameter wp autopilot --interval=. This allows you to customize the frequency of the autopilot function according to your specific needs. By incorporating wp-cli and the new “wp autopilot” command, managing the automatic parsing and saving of posts from RSS feeds becomes more efficient and streamlined. This feature provides enhanced control and flexibility, empowering users to automate their post management tasks with ease. Example: wp autopilot --interval=hourly Dependencies * php-simple-html-dom-parser https://github.com/sunra/php-simple-html-dom-parser Bugs If you find an issue, let us know here or Discord Contacts GitHub Discord Instagram