SpinChimp WordPress Plugin

October 26th, 2012
We’ve had something in the works for a little while we thought we’d announce with the new version of SpinChimp (ChimpRewriter), but instead we’ve decided to let this go early. This is software that a lot of people charge for, but we’re giving it away to you for nothing. That’s right, FREE! In simple terms, it’s a WordPress plugin that uses the SpinChimp API to spin your content 2 ways.
  • Automatically when it is posted
  • Manually from inside the WP Post Editor
Why is this awesome? Because now you can pump out content to your blogs and have it spun with zero effort. Set it up on auto, and all content you send to your blog will be spun. No more manual posting! The best part is you can install it in 30 seconds from your WP panel. Follow these instructions:
  • Go to “Plugins”
  • Click “Add New”
  • Type “SpinChimp” and Click “Search Plugins”
  • Find the plugin called “SpinChimp WP Spinner” (it should be the only result!)
  • Click Install Now, then OK
  • Once it’s installed, click “Activate Plugin”
  • In the WordPress menu, select SpinChimp
  • Enter your API details and hit Update (you’ll need a Pro or API account)
  • That’s it!
You can also download it here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/spinchimp-wp-spinner/ The default settings are best for most people, but if you want finer control, the plugin fully supports all out API options including Part of Speech.

Gotta love great feedback

July 17th, 2012

Here’s a thread on BHW giving SpinChimp a lot of love. Cheers guys!

P.S. If you think this version is good, just wait for SpinChimp v2. We’ve even impressed ourselves with what we’ve done so far. The game ends soon

Thesaurus and User Management Back Online

February 23rd, 2012

If you’ve been trying to log in to user management or download a thesaurus, you may have noticed some errors in the last few hours. Our hosting company had performed some server upgrades and accidentally broke some of the SpinChimp services.

Thanks to everyone who brought this to our attention. We’ve brought everything back online and it is all good to go!

The SpinChimp Team


We’re Still Here

February 22nd, 2012

Ok so it’s been a while since you’ve heard from us. Never fear, we have not disappeared. Instead, we are slaving away working on a new version of SpinChimp that is going to see some massive improvements over the previous versions. We’re talking even more speed and support for massive files. So far we’ve tested 300k words and it runs without a hiccup.

We’re also developing a new set of statistics to collect on the way you use synonyms which is going to improve synonym selections as well as introducing multilingual funtionality to the user thesaurus.

There will also be some new features, and the best thing about this upgrade is that adding features if going to require less than half of the development time than they currently do.

Stay tuned.


SpinChimp Goes Italian!

January 10th, 2012

This is one very brief announcement. There is now a default Italian thesaurus built into SpinChimp Pro. The instructions on how to get your new thesaurus can be found on this post.

We have about 10 more languages ready for conversion into the SpinChimp format, so you will see these appear very soon.


A Real Comparison Of SpinChimp Vs the Competition

January 10th, 2012

Recently a SpinChimp user posted on a popular internet marketing forum (BlackHatWorld) about his experience of using SpinChimp Pro and one of our competitors.

The competition he refers to is probably the next best choice you will find, but in his words “There really is no comparison”. A screenshot of the post is below (with a couple of follow ups), and if you want to see it in it’s original place, click here.


SpinChimp is now a French, German and Spanish Spinner!

December 27th, 2011

SpinChimp fully supports any langauge supported by the UTF8 character encoding. This means that languages like Spanish, French, German and Portugese are supported. You can add your own synonyms, import or export them and set favorites. These langauges are also synchronized to the server just like the English user based thesaurus.

If you aren’t familiar with the cloud thesaurus, based on your usage statistics, the thesaurus learns which synonyms are better than others to only replace the best synonyms. This adds incredible power to the synonym replacement algorithm.

There are also complete seed thesauri for German, Spanish and French. The French and German variants are based off open thesauri, while the Spanish has been built up over years by one of our great users, making it the best Spanish thesaurus in the spinner world!

So, SpinChimp is now not only the most valuable content spinner on the planet, but it is now a German spinner, a Spanish spinner and a French spinner!

For instructions on how to download the thesauri, go to this post. To get started with the Pro version, head over to the home page.


SpinChimp v1.6.4369 Released

December 18th, 2011

A minor update has been released for SpinChimp. The update adds several minor new features, fixes usability issues and addresses reported bugs.

Note: (Pro Only) After updating to this version, existing project dictionaries will no longer work. They will need to be detached then reopened from the CSV file. Sorry for the inconvenience, however this change was needed to allow downloadable thesauri (see below).


New features:

  • Global Spin now uses common favorites when spinning. A common favorite is a synonym that has been selected as favorite by multiple users. This results in a higher spin percentage when using Global Spin.
  • (Pro Only) Added new feature allowing project thesauri to be downloaded from the SpinChimp servers. Current thesauri include French, German and Spanish. This feature will automatically detect new thesauri as they are added to the server. See below for more details.


Minor changes:

  • Added option to Global Spin to allow spinning within HTML tags.
  • Added option to Global Spin to spin using local thesaurus.
  • (Pro Only) Added option to Global Spin to spin using extended (project attached) thesauri.
  • (Pro Only) Added option to Global Spin to automatically run the Spin Tidy algorithm after spinning. Spin Tidy fixes grammatical errors and removes redundant words and synonyms.
  • (Pro Only) Bulk Spin now uses Global Spin options when spinning. Previously, Bulk Spin used to use best options resulting in highly readable content however the spin % was low.
  • (Pro Only) Added option to Bulk Spin allowing Instant Unique to be applied during the Bulk Spin process.
  • (Pro Only) Added ability to export local thesaurus synonyms, favorites and hated words.


Bug fixes:

  • (Pro Only) Anchor tags were sometimes broken when viewing spin in non-jet spin and non-plain text profiles.
  • A bug in the previous version incorrectly added sentences to the local thesaurus when using Rapid Spin.
  • Rating up and down of synonym uses has been improved resulting in ever better weightings in the future. Rating now also applies to Rapid Spin and Content spin.


The update is not mandatory however it is HIGHLY recommended that this update be applied as soon as possible to avoid possible loss of work.

Basic (Free) Version Paid (Pro) version

Note: Not all features shown or listed in this post will be available in the basic (free) version. A complete feature comparison can be found here.

Downloadable Thesauri (Pro Only)

This new feature allows thesauri to be downloaded and attached to a project. To use, follow these steps:

  • Select the “Project” tab and press the “Select” button
  • In the “Select Active Project” popup, select the “Download Dictionary” button.
  • In the “Thesauri Download Helper” popup, select the required dictionary from the Dictionary pulldown and press the “Download” button.

The above actions will download the dictionary and attach it the current project. The dictionary is downloaded into the standard Dictionary directory, so it can be easily attached to other projects using the standard “Add dictionary” button.


WPRobot now has SpinChimp integration!

November 27th, 2011

You guys have been asking us to get SpinChimp integrated with some other software and services so that you can get the most out of your subscriptions. Well, we have some exciting news.

As of this week, the newest version of WPRobot fully supports the SpinChimp API. WPRobot is easily the most powerful autoblogging platform that we here at AkturaTech have used.

Before the Chimp came along and decided to completely take over our lives, we did a lot of SEO stuff and built our own blogs for fun and profit. We’ve got autoblogs based entirely on WPRobot which have been happily plodding along and generating income for over a year and a half without being touched. Maybe they would be making more if we had some time to spend on them, but the fact remains that everything we buy from Amazon is free because of our affiliate credit :)

It’s seriously an honour to have software as huge as WPRobot working with us.

Even better, SpinChimp users qualify for a discount! Check inside the user panel to find the discount code.

If you don’t know what autoblogging is, head over to WPRobot and they’ll tell you all about it.

You need an API key to integrate with WPRobot. If you are a SpinChimp Pro user, you can get set up with an API key by going to user management and hitting the ‘Get Key’ link in the API section.

Just FYI, we are in the process of getting some other big players on board as well. If you have something you would like to integrate with SpinChimp, let us know through the ticket system. Don’t forget to ask the developers of other software to integrate with us, as most people will try to make their customers happy.


SpinChimp v1.6.4348 Released

November 26th, 2011

A minor update has been released for SpinChimp. The update adds several minor new features, fixes usability issues and addresses reported bugs.


New features:

  • Spin Tidy (Pro only): Available via the Tools menu, this new feature will automatically parse a document containing spin syntax and perform cleanup activities such as removing redundant words within spin and moving “a” and “an” from outside spin into spin to ensure the resulting spin is grammatically correct. All cleanup activities can be viewed within the System Log after running this function. Any bets on how long it will take others to copy this feature? By the way, we are normally the first to include numerous features that find their way into other spinners. See here for details.
  • Better text file support: SpinChimp now includes advanced functionality developed for web browsers to assist in determining text file codepage and type. This new feature allows you to load any text file (ASCII, UTF8, UTF16BE, UTF16LE, UTF32, CodePage 1251 and CodePage 1252) into the editor. This feature is extended in the Pro version allowing any text file type to be used when importing synonyms, protected words and so on.
  • Bulk spin improvements (Pro only): Bulk spin options now include spinning into a single directory and spinning profiles into a single file using a user defined break code. For example, it is now possible to spin a number of variations of a document into a single file, separated by the phrase “#BREAK#”.


Minor changes:

  • Grammar checking enhancements (Pro only): Grammar checking can now be performed from within the Spin and Original views.
  • Spin View enhancements (Pro only): Spin modification from within Spin View has been enhanced to color modified spin elements. Existing Spin View code has also been rewritten to be more robust and speed has been greatly improved.
  • User added dictionary enhancements (Pro only): User added project dictionaries can now include unicode and codepage text.
  • Extremely large file support: Extremely large files are now supported within the editor. All calculations such as Spin%, LSI% (Pro only), text statistics and colouring are now performed within a background task.


Bug fixes:

  • Spin as new document: Fixed possible crash that may be caused by this operation.
  • Spin view copy all: Fixed possible crash that may be caused by this operation.


The update is not mandatory however it is HIGHLY recommended that this update be applied as soon as possible to avoid possible loss of work.

Basic (Free) Version Paid (Pro) version

Note: Not all features shown or listed in this post will be available in the basic (free) version. A complete feature comparison can be found here.