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The Guardian releases free blog tool

New plugin for Wordpress allows users to publish Guardian articles on their blogs

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The Guardian has released a free tool that allows owners of Wordpress blogs to publish articles from its archive onto their sites.

The free plugin, called The Guardian News Feed, allows users to browse the archive of Guardian content and then either post articles directly to their blog or store them in the drafts folder for later publication.

It is free to use, but requires users to register for a Guardian Open Platform API key. Republished articles include adverts, which the blog owner is required to leave in place, but there is no restriction on the blog owner also using their own adverts around the Guardian content.

The terms of service also stipulate that the blog owner may not alter any content republished using the tool.

Wordpress is a popular blogging tool that is open source and free to install and use. Co-founder Matt Mullenweg said he was "excited to see more major news organisations like the Guardian getting involved with Open Source development".

The plugin requires Wordpress 2.5 or higher, and is compatible with the latest version, Wordpress 3.

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