Wordpress : scheduled posting

[Deputy Chief Command]

Lets say I have a wordpress blog with 500 quality posts. Now I don't want to post any new stuff anymore I just want to repost the 500 I have already.

How would I go about this? I would want to daily have 4 or 5 random updates at a set time. Is this possible? IF so how ? Am kind of new to wordpress

[johnny_d]

It doesnt look like there is a plugin for something like this, so you need to do it by hand. Go to Dashboard -> Posts -> Quick Edit, and change the status of some of the posts from Published to Draft. Then you can Edit the drafts, and schedule them to get published in the future.

[astronaut23]

I would advise against posting the same content again because you will get a duplicate content penalty from Google.

I know of a way how you can randomize the post order of the posts you already published, if that`s of any help. That way, when people visit your site, they will always see different posts on the first page, so it would look like you have new posts.

To do this, you need to edit the index.php file and find

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

and just below that line, paste this

<?php query_posts($query_string . '&orderby=rand') ?>

If I`m not mistaken, the full thing should look like this:

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php query_posts($query_string . '&orderby=rand') ?>
	<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

Or something like that, depending on theme. Also, remember to backup your index.php file first, if anything goes wrong.

[Simon]

Take a look at these...

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/...-newest-redux/

http://ryowebsite.com/wp-plugins/old2new/

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/old-post-promoter/

HTH


P.S. If anyone knows how to make one of these select an older post to promote which is "older than ___ days but not older than ___ days" that would be a nice option to have. Right now one of them will choose based on "older than" only and the others will simply choose the oldest post available.

[Tom.K]

try also OPS Old Post Spinner wp plugin

[Tom.K]

it actually duplicates a post, but is making them unique via spinning