Automatic editing

Running the Aimogen Pro AI Content Editor automatically on new or updated posts, or on a schedule, with the full set of targeting filters.

Automatic editing applies an editor template without anyone pressing a button — as posts are published or updated, or on a schedule.

AI Content Editor › Automatic Editing

Enabling it#

Setting	What it does
`Automatic Post Editing`	Master switch
`Automatically Process Posts When They Are`	The trigger: published, updated, or both
`Delay Article Editing By (Seconds)`	Waits before processing, so other plugins finish their own work first
`Use Async Posting Method`	Dispatches the work asynchronously instead of during the publish request
`Use This AI Content Editor Template For Automatic Post Editing`	Which template to apply

Automatic editing runs through the aiomaticeditaction cron event when scheduled, and through aiomatic_new_post_cron for individual posts. See Cron events.

Targeting filters#

The filters decide which posts are eligible. They are the most important settings on the screen, because an unfiltered automatic editor will rewrite everything on your site.

Post types#

Setting	Effect
`Enable Editing of 'Posts'`	Standard posts
`Enable Editing of 'Pages'`	Pages
`Enable Editing of 'Custom Post Types'`	All custom types
`Excepting This Comma Separated List Of Custom Post Types`	Exclusions when custom types are enabled
`Process Only This Comma Separated List Of Custom Post Types`	An allowlist instead

Taxonomy#

Setting	Effect
`Disable Editing of Selected Post Categories`	Category blocklist
`Disable Editing of Selected Post Tags`	Tag blocklist
`Enable Editing of Selected Post Tags`	Tag allowlist

Authors#

Setting	Effect
`Disable Editing Of Posts By Author User IDs`	Blocklist by author
`Enable Editing Of Posts By Author User IDs`	Allowlist by author

Excluding your human editors while including an import account is a common and sensible pattern.

Custom fields#

Setting	Effect
`Enable Editing If Custom Field Has Value`	Only posts carrying a marker are edited
`Disable Editing If Custom Field Has Value`	Posts carrying a marker are skipped

This is the most precise control available. Set a field such as _ai_edit = yes on the posts you want processed, and nothing else is touched.

State filters#

Setting	Effect
`Featured Image Status`	Only process posts with, or without, a featured image
`SEO Meta Description Status`	Only process posts with, or without, an SEO description
`Don't Process Same Post Twice`	Skips posts already edited

The state filters make targeted backfills easy: "add a featured image to every post that lacks one" is Featured Image Status = missing plus a template that only generates a featured image.

Recommended first configuration#

Automatic Post Editing:                          on
Automatically Process Posts When They Are:       published
Delay Article Editing By (Seconds):              60
Use Async Posting Method:                        on
Template:                                        a template you have already tested
Enable Editing of 'Posts':                       on
Enable Editing of 'Pages':                       off
Enable Editing of 'Custom Post Types':           off
Enable Editing If Custom Field Has Value:        _ai_edit
Don't Process Same Post Twice:                   on

Starting from a custom-field allowlist means automatic editing only touches posts you have explicitly opted in, which makes the first weeks safe.

Interaction with generated content#

Posts created by the content creators are ordinary posts, so automatic editing will process them too if they match the filters.

That is sometimes what you want — generate, then enrich. Usually it is not: you pay twice and the second pass can undo careful structure from the first.

To prevent it:

Use the custom-field allowlist and do not set the field on generated posts, or
Exclude the author account your rules publish as, or
Enable Don't Process Same Post Twice

Rules for automatic editing#

aiomatic_Editor_Rules holds a separate set of rules with their own filters, so different templates can apply to different content. The fields mirror the ones above, per rule.

Common problems#

Everything on the site got rewritten No filters were set. Restore from backup, then configure the filters before re-enabling.

Nothing is processed Filters are too narrow, Don't Process Same Post Twice has already marked the posts, or cron is not running. See Scheduled tasks do not run.

Posts are edited twice Both the publish and update triggers are on, and editing updates the post — which triggers editing again. Use the publish trigger only, plus Don't Process Same Post Twice.

Page-builder layouts are broken Block support was not enabled. See AI Content Editor.

Still stuck? Open a support ticket and include the diagnostics from Aimogen Pro › System & Logs › System Info.