KBucket: Your Curated Content in WordPress

Description

Introducing KBucket – the ultimate solution for WordPress content curation. Our robust, plug&play content library plugin makes it easy to display and share curated content from your website.

In today’s world of AI, the human touch can often feel like it’s being left behind.

That’s why we at Optimal Access believe that a truly curated hub is one that is editorialized and organized by humans.

While AI is undoubtedly a powerful tool for content discovery and summary generation, we understand that it cannot replicate the intentions and insights of a human curator.

That’s why with KBucket, we’ve created a plugin that puts the power of curation back in your hands.

No matter where you find your content, whether it’s from social media channels, search results, discovery tools or trade publications, you are already using the power of AI by those platforms to find content.

As a human editor, your job is to select what resonates with you, which will distinguish you from others.

Our idea for our curation tools is to make sure your unique perspective and editorial voice are being heard.

But KBucket isn’t just a plugin for publishing and managing a resource hub.

We’ve taken it a step further by providing you with the ability to embed your curated content as a carousel, slider, or grid anywhere on your website.

With KBucket, you can bring your curated content to life and showcase it in a way that engages your audience.

What’s more, managing your curated content is a breeze with our Kurator app.

You and your team can collaborate effortlessly, allowing multiple people to contribute to your resource hub’s content.

And once you’ve connected Kurator to KBucket, managing your content is a cinch. You’ll never have to log into your website to update your KBucket content, as everything is managed directly from the browser.

WHO IS KBUCKET FOR…

KBucket is the ultimate content curation solution for anyone looking to provide their audience with valuable and informative resources.

Whether you’re a

  • marketer looking to fill content gaps with curated content,
  • an educator seeking to provide resources for your students,
  • a journalist aiming to curate and publish your research,
  • or a political entity hoping to educate and comment on news and policy,

KBucket is the ideal plugin for you.

Take a look to see how it all works.

SOME EXAMPLES

  • Retirement Program Services Plansponsor Consultants is an elite retirement planning consultancy. Being a trusted advisor for their clients and prospects, they provide a trusted resource of third party content that they have assessed.
    *Immigration Attorney John Manley is a US Immigration attorney who uses KBucket to curate and automates the sharing of immigration-related news on multiple social channels using KBucket.
  • Toastmaster Club Silicon Speech is a Toastmasters group that uses KBucket to curate and distribute Toastmaster-related material for its members and the public at large.

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Installation

Steps to activate the plugin.

  • Activate the Plugin from your WordPress Dashboard, KBucket Plugin page (You will see KBucket in the sidebar)
  • Register the Plugin by going to our registration page
  • Get your API key from your new profile page (The free version lets you display 10 articles per channel)
  • Enter your API key under the settings tab in your WordPress KBucket page
  • If you are using a Page Builder product, you need to use short codes to display the content
  • Go the the “Settings Tab” and choose “use short code” option
  • Go to the KBucket page (this page is labeled under your pages list) and create a row with two columns and copy the short codes into each section
  • Add the Kbucket page to your desired menu and change the name and url of the page as you wish
  • If you are not using short codes, go to the Appearance Widgets menu and add the KBucket tags to the “KBucket Sidebar”
  • Download Kurator from the Kurator product page
  • Visit our forum if you have any questions forums.
  • To learn how to create and export your curated research see this post in the Kurator forum.
  • To upload your curated page go to the ‘upload KBucket’ tab in your plugin and upload the file.

FAQ

What are the limitations with the Free Version

The Free version lets you post 100 articles per channel and create as many channels as you wish.

How do I curate Articles

In order to curate articles you need our Kurator extension for Chrome. You can find the link to Kurator under the installation tab, or you can search for the name in chrome web-store.

Reviews

June 22, 2022
I'd been looking for an aggregator plugin for a site I'd been wanting to start, and this one did the trick. It's easy to set up, and if you run into trouble, the author is available and very willing to assist.
June 9, 2022
This is a fantastic plug in. I am using it regularly on my website. I highly recommend this. I am an immigration attorney and use KBucket to curate and share related information on multiple channels.
May 16, 2022
This has been one of our easiest plugins and the new features help it work even better. If you're looking for an easy way to share curated content from outside sources on your website, this is the way to do it. Couple it with their browser extension for Chrome and this becomes seamless.
May 13, 2022
Silicon Speech is a Toastmaster club based in Santa Monica, California. We utilize KBucket as a knowledge library to offer our members with important information and resources. To promote community among all of our members, we established a shared folder where they may curate and share any materials or speeches that are relevant to the activities of our club and organization.
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Contributors & Developers

“KBucket: Your Curated Content in WordPress” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

Changelog

2.3.8

First official public release

2.3.9

Fixed minor theme related bugs

2.3.10

Fixed minor theme related bugs

2.3.11

Fixed issues with “Set Social” on the backend

2.3.13

Added Twitter handle for sharing

2.3.16

Added Twitter handle for sharing
Fixed upload bugs

2.3.19

Fixed category tag issues

2.3.20

Fixed memory upload issues

2.3.21

Fixed issues with social image share

=2.3.23 =
Fixed issues with Style formatting

=2.3.24 =
Fixed issues with Java Script – conflicts with newer versions

=2.4.7 =
Made KBucket page micro tags visible to the search engine
Added short code capabilities to make it compatible for more themes
Changed how images are uploaded. Once an image is loaded from the server, it will stay, till changed by the server.

=2.4.8 =
Solved issues with mobile display

=2.6.1 =
Changed the URL structure to SEO friendly URLs.

=2.6.3 =
Added a new template with the channels appearing in the side-bar

=2.6.6 =
Added CSS tab for modifying look and feel of the KBucket page

=2.6.7 =
Fixed issues with image upload

=2.6.16 =
Updated Mobile display of posts. Now you see the whole description while in Mobile viewing. This helps with our Botcopy integration.

=2.6.22 =
Updated the version to work with the new WordPress database, enhanced the RSS feeds and added more fields for our Chatbot CMS solution and changed how the cards display content.

=2.7 =
Updated the tag and image edit features. Also made the plugin compatible with PHP 8.0

=2.7.4 =
Added a new theme for the KBucket page.
Added the ability to edit and replace images directly on the page
Updated the payment gateway

=2.7.6 =
Ability to add description for each channel

=2.7.7 =
Fixed issue with camera icon

=2.8.0 =
Fixed minor issues and crated a link back to our website

=2.9.0 =
Added a sync feature to sync Kurator files with KBucket

=2.10.0.1 =
Fixed bugs with the sync feature

=2.11.7 =
Fixed issues with Sync, improved the uploading process to only update what has changed. Much faster sync process.

=2.11.9 =
Fixed an issue with a log file that needed to be deactivated. It was slowing down access to plugin on the back end.

=2.12.1 =
Added styles option for customizing the look & feel of the content tags and post items. Updates to image upload and sync feature.

=2.12.2 =
Fixed a compatibility bug with WordPress version 6.1.1

=2.13.9 =
Added widgets to embed content from KBucket via shortcode anywhere on your website.

=2.13.11 =
Added a Slider widget via shortcode