Article Rewrite Manager: Keep Old Blog Posts Fresh, Automatically
Table of Contents
- Key takeaways
- What is a content refresh?
- How Article Rewrite Manager works
- 1. Connect your blog
- 2. Create a rewrite project
- 3. Choose your AI and schedule
- 4. Decide how rewrites are posted
- 5. Let it run, then check the results
- What to refresh first
- Best practices for safe content refreshes
- Article Rewrite Manager vs. other tools in My PR Manager
- Who Article Rewrite Manager is for
- Frequently asked questions
- Does it change my original posts?
- Can I review rewrites before they go live?
- Which posts are rewritten first?
- Which AI is used?
- Can it add FAQ sections?
- Can I control when rewrites are posted?
- Put your old content back to work
Old blog posts don't stay relevant forever. Statistics go out of date, "best of" lists name last year, products change, and posts that haven't been touched in years slowly lose their place in search results. Most businesses know they should update their old content, but with dozens or hundreds of posts, it rarely happens. Article Rewrite Manager in My PR Manager makes it automatic. Connect your blog, choose which posts to refresh, and AI rewrites them on a schedule you control, either updating the original posts or saving new drafts for you to review.
Note: this is different from Article Publisher, which creates and publishes brand-new articles. Article Rewrite Manager works on posts you've already published.
Key takeaways
- Refresh existing blog posts on your connected WordPress sites automatically, using AI.
- Choose the blog, categories and, optionally, a date range of articles to rewrite. Older articles are handled first.
- Control the pace with a total post limit, a daily limit, posting days and a time window.
- Choose whether to edit existing posts or create new ones, and whether to publish immediately or save as drafts.
- Optionally add an FAQ section with schema markup, and check every rewrite in Submissions / Reports.
What is a content refresh?
A content refresh means updating an existing article instead of writing a new one: correcting out-of-date information, improving the structure, answering new questions and making it more useful today. Because the page already exists and may already have links and rankings, a good refresh can be one of the fastest ways to win back traffic.
The challenge is scale. Refreshing one post is easy; refreshing a whole archive by hand is a project nobody gets around to. That's where automation helps.
How Article Rewrite Manager works
1. Connect your blog
Add the WordPress site whose articles you want refreshed in Site Connections Manager. The same connections are used across My PR Manager's publishing tools.
2. Create a rewrite project
Click New Project, give it a name and choose the blog (article directory) and the categories to pull articles from. You can also set an optional date range, such as articles published between 2020 and 2023. Leave it blank to use all articles, oldest first. The date range filter isn't available for XML-RPC connections.
3. Choose your AI and schedule
Pick the AI Creator to use for rewriting, then set the maximum posts in total, the maximum posts per day, the days it may post on and a time window (in UTC). Spreading rewrites out keeps your workload and your site's changes manageable.
4. Decide how rewrites are posted
Choose Edit Existing Posts to update the original articles in place, or Create New Posts to publish the rewrite as a new article. Then choose the post type: Publish makes posts public immediately, while Draft saves them for you to approve first. Turn on Embed FAQ Schema to add an FAQ section with schema markup to each rewritten article.
5. Let it run, then check the results
Articles are rewritten and posted on your schedule, or straight away with Post Now. Submissions / Reports lists every article with its status and links to both the original and the rewritten version.
| Setting | What it controls |
|---|---|
| Article directory and categories | Which blog and which categories articles are taken from. |
| Date range | Optional. Only rewrite articles published in a chosen period. |
| AI Creator | Which AI model rewrites the articles. |
| Maximum posts total and per day | How many articles are rewritten overall and each day. |
| Post days and time (UTC) | When rewritten articles may be posted. |
| Edit or create posts | Update the original article, or publish the rewrite as a new post. |
| Post type | Publish immediately, or save as a draft for approval. |
| Embed FAQ schema | Adds an FAQ section with schema markup to each rewrite. |
What to refresh first
- Posts with outdated facts, such as old statistics, prices, years or product details.
- Posts that used to bring traffic but have slipped in rankings.
- Your oldest posts, which are most likely to be out of date. The tool handles these first by default.
- Thin posts that would benefit from more detail, structure or an FAQ section.
- Time-sensitive titles like "best tools of 2022" that now look stale in search results.
Best practices for safe content refreshes
- Start with Draft mode so you can review the first few rewrites before anything goes live.
- Read every rewrite for accuracy, especially facts, prices and claims.
- Prefer editing existing posts for articles that already rank, so you keep their URL and the links pointing to them.
- Use a modest daily limit so changes roll out gradually.
- Add your own expertise. A few original examples or tips make a refreshed post more useful than a straight rewrite.
Article Rewrite Manager vs. other tools in My PR Manager
| Tool | Best for |
|---|---|
| Article Rewrite Manager | Refreshing posts you've already published, on a schedule. |
| Article Publisher | Creating and publishing brand-new articles to your blogs. |
| AI Posting Campaign | Promoting a page with a scheduled batch of social posts. |
| Page URL Indexer | Telling search engines about updated pages so they're recrawled sooner. |
Who Article Rewrite Manager is for
- Bloggers and publishers with large archives of older posts.
- Businesses whose blog content has gone stale since it was written.
- Agencies maintaining content for several client blogs.
Frequently asked questions
Does it change my original posts?
Only if you choose Edit Existing Posts. You can also choose Create New Posts to publish rewrites as new articles.
Can I review rewrites before they go live?
Yes. Set the post type to Draft and each rewrite waits for your approval.
Which posts are rewritten first?
Articles from your chosen categories and date range, starting with the oldest.
Which AI is used?
You choose the AI Creator for each project, such as MyPRM ChatGPT, DeepSeek or Gemini.
Can it add FAQ sections?
Yes. Turn on Embed FAQ Schema to add an FAQ section with schema markup to each rewritten article.
Can I control when rewrites are posted?
Yes. Set the maximum posts per day, the days of the week and a time window in UTC. You can also post immediately with Post Now.
Put your old content back to work
Open Article Rewrite Manager from the left menu in My PR Manager, connect your blog and create your first rewrite project. Start in Draft mode, review the first few rewrites, and let it refresh your archive at your pace. New to My PR Manager? Start your free trial.
Related guides: Article Publisher · Page URL Indexer · AI Posting Campaign · Keyword Research Tool
