Mass Backdate Wordpress Posting Tool?

If I need to post a ton (potentially thousands) of posts to a wordpress blog (probably through xmlrpc) and want them all to be backdated, is there a tool out there to do this? Preferably, it would allow me to set a time frame I want them to be posted in and would either progressively post them within that time span or randomly post them within that time span. For example, if I had 1000 posts that I wanted backdated starting three years ago, it would essentially go through and make one post backdated to each day in that time span.


I'm considering an experiment in the coming months and need this capability. Is there a tool out there that will do this or will I need to create one if I want it automated? It doesn't seem like it would be that complicated, but if it's already out there I don't want to re-invent the wheel...

You could easily write a xmlrpc posting script which loops through your 1000 posts while modifying the publish date for each post.

amazonian raider said:

If I need to post a ton (potentially thousands) of posts to a wordpress blog (probably through xmlrpc) and want them all to be backdated, is there a tool out there to do this?

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The ScrapeBox article scraper plugin will do this, if you set a date range it will assign a random time and date for each post within that range and save the permalinks. http://www.scrapebox.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/batch-poster.png

Also i believe Link Farm Evolution does this, and a WP plugin called ZipSubmit if you dont need to post to remotely hosted blogs.

MrBlue said:

You could easily write a xmlrpc posting script which loops through your 1000 posts while modifying the publish date for each post.

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Easy if you know how to write a script..

As SweetFunny said, scrapebox will allow you to make sure all your posts are backdated.

i remember i used the backdate plugins before but i just can't find it

Thanks for the help. I knew I could go the route of making my own script, and I have some programming experience so I know I could figure it out... I just didn't really want to take the time to do it if there is already something available.

Scrapebox seems like the best option - I've never used that particular plugin so I never realized it had that functionality. If this experiment goes as planned I'll definitely be putting some use into it... Thanks again