Can’t get content with the Full Content add-on

The Full Content add-on gets the complete article from almost any website automatically. If it can’t get the content of a site, you need a config file for that domain: a small text file that tells the add-on where the content of the article is.

Open the Full Content Tool
In the WPeMatico Tools.

Go to WPeMatico → Tools and open the Full Content tab. There you’ll find the Config File box, to create and test config files, and the Config Files on Folder box, with the list of the files you already have.

Config file box in the full content tab of the wpematico tools

Note: If you see the Move to Uploads button, click it. It moves your config files to the uploads folder, so they are not deleted when you update the add-on.

Create a Config File
Step by step.

  1. Click New, or open an existing file from the list to use it as a model.
  2. Write the rules that point to the content of the article. They use XPath, for example body: //div[@class='article-content'].
  3. Click Test Url and paste the address of an article of that site, or add it to the file in a test_url: line. Then click Preview to see what the add-on gets. Use Inspector to check the content of the page and find the right element.
  4. Click Save file or Save as and type the domain name without https://, for example example.com.

You can also upload .txt config files from the Config Files on Folder box.

Need Help With XPath?
  • The Help tab at the top right of the screen includes an XPath tutorial, examples and tips.
  • If you prefer, our premium support can create the config file for you.

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