How to Build a Replicating Website with WordPress

Introduction

In this article, we’ll show you how to build a website that can be used to generate content for other websites or social media accounts. We’ll call this “content scrapping” because it’s similar to content scraping, where a website collects content from other websites and saves it for later reuse.

The main difference is that with content scraping, the content is used immediately to create new pages or posts. But with content replicating, the content is stored and can be accessed at a later date. Let’s get started.

Step 1: Choose A Niche

While the concept behind a content replicating website is fairly self-explanatory, it’s worth pointing out that content scraping and content replicating are not identical. The choice of which strategy to use depends on several factors, such as your existing platform, the size of your audience, and your finances. If you have more than one website or social media account, you should consider doing some research to see which platform is the best suited to your needs. Don’t worry — we’ll cover this in more detail in the following steps.

Step 2: Find The Best Possible WordPress Plugin

When choosing a platform, it’s important to keep in mind that there are many different WordPress plugins that can be used to build a content replicating website. Each one has its perks and quirks, which you should be aware of before making a decision. To save you the effort and financials of trial and error, we’ve compiled a list of everything to look out for when choosing a WordPress plugin for this purpose.

Lists

• List building
• Post thumbnails
• Video embedding
• Custom CSS
• Live Custom Field Feed
• Event Calendar
• Advanced image features
• Visual Composer
• FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
• And basically everything in between

Scarcity

Another important consideration when choosing a WordPress plugin is scarcity. Just like with any other product, when a plugin is in high demand, it will become increasingly difficult to secure a license. WordPress plugins that are typically licensed for use on multiple sites are Action Pack, SEO by Yoast, and Ubercart. If you plan on using these three plugins together, it’s imperative that you get them all at the same time. Otherwise, you’ll experience frustration as you’ll run into licensing issues.

Step 3: Customize The Dashboard

When building a website from the ground up, it’s important to make sure that the dashboard is user-friendly and intuitive. A good WordPress administrator will save you hours of frustration by streamlining the process of building your site and by customizing the dashboard with features specifically designed for content scraping. Some of the more useful features that can be customized are:

• Posts (See also: Building A Complete Blog Using WordPress) – This feature allows you to organize and display your content in a way that’s easy for visitors to discover. You can use the WordPress post editor to create an archive of all your content or use a third-party tool like XeroApp to automate the process.
• Search (See also: How to Build A Complete Blog Using WordPress) – This feature allows you to create various search forms that will help users find the content that they’re looking for. You can use Google Search Console to build and optimize your search functions, or use a tool like XeroApp to do it automatically.
• Meta (See also: How to Build A Complete Blog Using WordPress) – This feature is used to provide useful data about a website. Meta data is information about a webpage that is not part of the HTML source code itself. For example, the meta data of this page informs us that it was published on June 20, 2018, and has 13,200 words of content.
• Email (See also: How to Build A Complete Blog Using WordPress) – This feature is used to send out email notifications when a certain action is taken on a website or blog, such as a post being published or an email being subscribed to.

Step 4: Set Up The Remote Management System

One of the main reasons why webmasters choose to utilize WordPress is because of its incredible flexibility in terms of how a website can be set up. You don’t necessarily need a webmaster to build a WordPress site; any developer with basic HTML knowledge can do it themselves. What makes WordPress so powerful is its extremely intuitive dashboard. You can use this to set up your site with minimal effort and frustration. But as mentioned earlier, not all features are created equal. Some WordPress plugins can be more trouble than they’re worth. One of the main reasons why we recommend avoiding many of the free WordPress plugins is because they typically have a “one-click install”, which means users can download and install them with little to no knowledge of HTML or website administration.

To avoid this type of frustration, we recommend using a managed WordPress hosting plan so that you can install and configure the plugins manually. Managed WordPress hosting gives you full access to the WordPress dashboard, as well as several other helpful tools, including a remote management system. The latter allows you to connect with your hosting account via web browser and perform all kinds of website tasks, such as changing the contents of a certain page, viewing analytics, and more.

Step 5: Choose A Domain Name

The last step in the process of building a content replicating website is to choose a domain name. To make sure that your content is easily accessible and recognizable, we recommend using a.com or.net domain name. However, any top-level-domain (TLD) will work, as long as it’s registered. If you use a free domain name generator, such as https://www.freedomainnames.com, you’ll have hundreds of options to choose from. If you run out of ideas, you can also search for an existing domain name and request to change it or create a new account and purchase it directly from the provider.

Wrapping Up

At this point, you have a fully functional WordPress installation, with a domain name and a remote management system. All that’s left to do is to configure the site as you see fit and fill it with content. This is where the fun begins. Once you have a working WordPress installation, the possibilities are endless in terms of what you can build with it. You can use the content, products, or services that you want to promote, along with the power of WordPress to build a visually appealing and functional site that provides value to your audience. Plus, you can use this to easily build additional sites, using the same automated content harvesting technology.