REVIVEPRESS
Revivepress review. A WordPress plugin that is absolutely necessary when you plan to operate a WordPress site for a long time!
One of the most important elements in operating a blog is undoubtedly creating enough Evergreen Content (related article [English]). In simpler terms, it’s not just about writing a well-crafted piece once and leaving it. It’s about consistently maintaining it. Of course, managing just any content consistently is not meaningful. Rather, it’s important to update and maintain companions regularly that can enhance the quality of content in the long term, not just one or two occasional reviews that receive good feedback. On my blog, I have a series of Scrivener reviews, collections of iPad writing apps, and more. I actually manage it somewhat regularly.
So, I’ve been looking into how to manage it and, as expected with the large WordPress market, there are quite a few related plugins available. Among them, I’ve tried out a pretty good WordPress plugin. It’s called Revivepress. Here’s the plugin link.
Table of Contents
- Revivepress review. A WordPress plugin that is absolutely necessary when you plan to operate a WordPress site for a long time!
- It doesn’t seem like Revivepress republishes the content itself.
- I like Revivepress because it has a lot of detailed features!
- I should monitor how much impact Revivepress has on my blog’s visitor numbers.
- Revivepress turned out to be better than I expected in terms of service.
- Revivepress offers a fairly good cost-performance ratio as well.
- Revivepress Conclusion
It doesn’t seem like Revivepress republishes the content itself.
Revivepress updates only the date to make the content appear more recent. This alone has value of course.
I have updated Evergreen Content on my own before. However, back then, it would notify through the WordPress app as if the post were being newly published. But with Revivepress, republished posts don’t trigger app notifications separately. The method seems different. Still, the most important aspect—the date refresh—and the ability to republish to X(Twitter), Facebook, LinkedIn, Tumblr, and other Social Media with the premium version are very useful.
I’ve used and reviewed many automatic Social Media publishing plugins before. These plugins usually offer the Social Media republishing feature as a paid service, but this plugin, despite what I’ll add later, has a great cost-performance ratio. That’s why I liked this plugin more. However, there are still some aspects of the functionality that I find lacking. I’m considering if I can resolve this issue, as I am currently discussing it with the team.
I like Revivepress because it has a lot of detailed features!
I like Revivepress because it allows for quite detailed plugin settings. You can change the update cycle to every 4 hours, 8 hours, 12 hours, etc., allowing for a rotation of posts. Initially, I thought I could update my important blog posts once a year. However, this approach would mean that posts that are relatively recent would get updated later based on their recentness.
As my blog accumulates more Evergreen Content in the future, the need to publish articles more quickly will also increase. Of course, to have these happy (?) concerns, I’d need to create at least 365 pieces of evergreen content, which is actually quite a high standard to achieve, so I’m not sure when that will be possible. Still, I’ve already edited over 250 articles at the moment, so I’m progressing towards my goal.
In addition, this plugin’s main features include republishing only posts with specific categories or tags, automatic republishing to the mentioned Social Media platforms (paid feature), republishing translated posts from WPML (paid feature), and various settings such as choosing whether to update the content or just the title when republishing. The WPML republishing feature is also very important. As I have explained in many of my posts, operating WordPress properly requires operating it multi-lingually.
It’s practically difficult to secure higher visitor numbers than Naver or Tistory(Korean blog platforms) solely with Korean traffic. We inevitably rely heavily on Google and need views from people around the world, including those who speak English. Therefore, even though currently the number of foreign visitors is much lower compared to domestic visitors, I am steadily translating my blog with a forward-looking perspective. With a vision for the bigger picture…
I should monitor how much impact Revivepress has on my blog’s visitor numbers.
My blog saw a significant improvement in performance from May onwards, but it’s currently in a stagnant state again. I believe it’s necessary to observe how much impact this plugin has had on my blog’s performance. If I were a true expert, I would prepare a test WordPress site and observe the changes before and after, or base it on many data points, but that’s still challenging for me. Almost all SEO experts consistently emphasize the creation and consistent management of Evergreen Content. Therefore, I also have a certain level of trust and adherence to this approach. It seems I will need to continue monitoring more closely in the future.
Although my blog has over 800 posts, there are certain posts that receive a lot of traffic. Knowing this, while it’s good to increase the number of posts through blog activity itself, I also intersperse more carefully crafted posts to increase blog traffic. It’s a textbook approach, but it’s difficult…
Revivepress turned out to be better than I expected in terms of service.
However, there is some variability, so sometimes there is no response…
When I was initially searching for the Evergreen Content plugin, I came across reviews that mentioned “poor service” and “no response”. This made me hesitant, but when I later reached out to the developers to inquire about these reviews, they decent responded before I purchased the premium version, which left a positive impression on me. Now that I’ve purchased the premium version and asked another question, I’m eagerly awaiting when I will receive a response.
However, while the initial service aspect left a good impression, the lack of response can feel like complete disregard. It’s best to consider there is some variability…
Revivepress offers a fairly good cost-performance ratio as well.
I hope to achieve even better blog performance in the future…
WordPress also seems to follow the trend of subscription-based services like Netflix or MS Office, rather than onetime purchases. However, this plugin’s premium price of around $99 for a onetime purchase, while objectively expensive, feels reasonable considering long-term WordPress operation. By the way, certain reputable plugins also sell lifetime licenses for $599, $799, $899, and so on…
The longer I use WordPress, the more I yearn for a lifetime license. For example, WPML used to offer a lifetime license for around $250. My allowance was not enough to make the purchase. As a result, I am now spending $80 to $90 annually as a result. I aspire to run this blog for a lifetime if possible, but the prospect of annual expenditures is quite detrimental.
Currently, my blog doesn’t have an enormous amount of content, but if it surpasses a thousand posts in the future, with over 365 Evergreen Content posts, I expect running out of topics gradually. As time goes on, the importance of this plugin increases. Therefore, although it is already quite important now, I believe it will become even more crucial as my blog grows. I hope Revivepress will show even better results in the future.
Revivepress Conclusion
Good point
- The features are quite good, and the settings are also diverse.
- The cost-effectiveness is also decent. Except for some core features, the free version is also acceptable.
bad point
- A plugin that requires sufficient blog content to show its functionality.
- It may be disappointing to use outside English-speaking countries.
- There is some variability in the service aspect.
