900,
'display' => __( 'Every 15 Minutes', 'peptide-news' ),
);
$schedules['every_thirty_minutes'] = array(
'interval' => 1800,
'display' => __( 'Every 30 Minutes', 'peptide-news' ),
);
$schedules['every_four_hours'] = array(
'interval' => 14400,
'display' => __( 'Every 4 Hours', 'peptide-news' ),
);
$schedules['every_six_hours'] = array(
'interval' => 21600,
'display' => __( 'Every 6 Hours', 'peptide-news' ),
);
return $schedules;
}
/**
* Master fetch method — called by WP-Cron.
* Uses a transient lock to prevent concurrent executions.
*/
public function fetch_all_sources() {
// Prevent overlapping fetch jobs.
$lock_key = 'peptide_news_fetch_lock';
if ( get_transient( $lock_key ) ) {
$this->log_error( 'Fetch already in progress. Skipping this cycle.' );
return;
}
set_transient( $lock_key, true, 300 ); // 5-minute lock.
$articles = array();
// Fetch from RSS feeds.
if ( get_option( 'peptide_news_rss_enabled', 1 ) ) {
$rss_articles = $this->fetch_rss_feeds();
$articles = array_merge( $articles, $rss_articles );
}
// Fetch from NewsAPI.
if ( get_option( 'peptide_news_newsapi_enabled', 0 ) ) {
$api_key = get_option( 'peptide_news_newsapi_key', '' );
if ( ! empty( $api_key ) ) {
$newsapi_articles = $this->fetch_newsapi( $api_key );
$articles = array_merge( $articles, $newsapi_articles );
}
}
// Filter out ads, press releases, and promotional content.
$pre_filter_count = count( $articles );
if ( class_exists( 'Peptide_News_Content_Filter' ) && Peptide_News_Content_Filter::is_enabled() ) {
$articles = Peptide_News_Content_Filter::filter_articles( $articles );
}
$filtered_out = $pre_filter_count - count( $articles );
// Store articles (deduplication handled by hash).
$stored = 0;
foreach ( $articles as $article ) {
if ( $this->store_article( $article ) ) {
$stored++;
}
}
// Log the fetch result.
update_option( 'peptide_news_last_fetch', array(
'time' => current_time( 'mysql' ),
'found' => $pre_filter_count,
'filtered_out' => $filtered_out,
'new_stored' => $stored,
) );
// Scrape OG images for articles missing thumbnails.
$og_scraped = $this->scrape_missing_thumbnails();
// Run AI analysis on newly fetched articles (keywords + summary).
if ( class_exists( 'Peptide_News_LLM' ) && Peptide_News_LLM::is_enabled() ) {
$llm_batch_size = absint( get_option( 'peptide_news_llm_max_articles', 10 ) );
$llm_processed = Peptide_News_LLM::process_unanalyzed( $llm_batch_size );
// Generate AI thumbnails for articles still missing images.
$ai_thumbs = Peptide_News_LLM::generate_missing_thumbnails( $llm_batch_size );
// Append LLM stats to the fetch log.
$fetch_log = get_option( 'peptide_news_last_fetch' );
if ( is_array( $fetch_log ) ) {
$fetch_log['ai_processed'] = $llm_processed;
$fetch_log['og_scraped'] = $og_scraped;
$fetch_log['ai_thumbnails'] = $ai_thumbs;
update_option( 'peptide_news_last_fetch', $fetch_log );
}
}
// Prune old articles beyond retention period.
$this->prune_old_articles();
// Release the fetch lock.
delete_transient( $lock_key );
}
/**
* Fetch articles from configured RSS feeds.
*
* @return array
*/
private function fetch_rss_feeds() {
$feeds_raw = get_option( 'peptide_news_rss_feeds', '' );
$feeds = array_filter( array_map( 'trim', explode( "\n", $feeds_raw ) ) );
$articles = array();
if ( ! function_exists( 'fetch_feed' ) ) {
require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/feed.php';
}
foreach ( $feeds as $feed_url ) {
$feed = fetch_feed( esc_url_raw( $feed_url ) );
if ( is_wp_error( $feed ) ) {
$this->log_error( 'RSS fetch failed for ' . $feed_url . ': ' . $feed->get_error_message() );
continue;
}
$max_items = $feed->get_item_quantity( 50 );
$items = $feed->get_items( 0, $max_items );
foreach ( $items as $item ) {
$thumbnail = '';
// Try enclosure first.
$enclosure = $item->get_enclosure();
if ( $enclosure && $enclosure->get_link() ) {
$thumbnail = $enclosure->get_link();
}
// Try media:thumbnail or media:content.
if ( empty( $thumbnail ) ) {
$thumbnail = $this->extract_image_from_content( $item->get_content() );
}
$pub_date = $item->get_date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s' );
if ( empty( $pub_date ) ) {
$pub_date = current_time( 'mysql' );
}
$article_url = esc_url_raw( $item->get_permalink() );
$source_name = $this->resolve_article_source( $item, $feed_url, $article_url );
$articles[] = array(
'source' => $source_name,
'source_url' => $article_url,
'title' => sanitize_text_field( $item->get_title() ),
'excerpt' => wp_trim_words( wp_strip_all_tags( $item->get_description() ), 40 ),
'content' => wp_kses_post( $item->get_content() ),
'author' => sanitize_text_field( $item->get_author() ? $item->get_author()->get_name() : '' ),
'thumbnail_url' => esc_url_raw( $thumbnail ),
'published_at' => $pub_date,
'categories' => $this->extract_categories( $item ),
'tags' => '',
'language' => 'en',
);
}
}
return $articles;
}
/**
* Fetch articles from NewsAPI.org.
*
* @param string $api_key
* @return array
*/
private function fetch_newsapi( $api_key ) {
$keywords = get_option( 'peptide_news_search_keywords', 'peptide research' );
$articles = array();
$url = add_query_arg( array(
'q' => urlencode( $keywords ),
'language' => 'en',
'sortBy' => 'publishedAt',
'pageSize' => 50,
'apiKey' => $api_key,
), 'https://newsapi.org/v2/everything' );
$response = wp_remote_get( $url, array(
'timeout' => 30,
'headers' => array( 'User-Agent' => 'PeptideNewsWP/' . PEPTIDE_NEWS_VERSION ),
) );
if ( is_wp_error( $response ) ) {
$this->log_error( 'NewsAPI fetch failed: ' . $response->get_error_message() );
return $articles;
}
$body = json_decode( wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response ), true );
if ( empty( $body['articles'] ) || 'ok' !== ( $body['status'] ?? '' ) ) {
$this->log_error( 'NewsAPI returned no articles or error status.' );
return $articles;
}
foreach ( $body['articles'] as $item ) {
$pub_date = isset( $item['publishedAt'] )
? gmdate( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime( $item['publishedAt'] ) )
: current_time( 'mysql' );
$articles[] = array(
'source' => sanitize_text_field( $item['source']['name'] ?? 'NewsAPI' ),
'source_url' => esc_url_raw( $item['url'] ?? '' ),
'title' => sanitize_text_field( $item['title'] ?? '' ),
'excerpt' => wp_trim_words( sanitize_text_field( $item['description'] ?? '' ), 40 ),
'content' => wp_kses_post( $item['content'] ?? '' ),
'author' => sanitize_text_field( $item['author'] ?? '' ),
'thumbnail_url' => esc_url_raw( $item['urlToImage'] ?? '' ),
'published_at' => $pub_date,
'categories' => '',
'tags' => '',
'language' => 'en',
);
}
return $articles;
}
/**
* Store an article in the database. Deduplication via SHA-256 hash of URL.
*
* @param array $article
* @return bool True if new article was inserted.
*/
private function store_article( $article ) {
global $wpdb;
$table = $wpdb->prefix . 'peptide_news_articles';
$hash = hash( 'sha256', $article['source_url'] );
// Check for duplicate.
$exists = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare(
"SELECT id FROM {$table} WHERE hash = %s",
$hash
) );
if ( $exists ) {
return false;
}
$result = $wpdb->insert(
$table,
array(
'source' => $article['source'],
'source_url' => $article['source_url'],
'title' => $article['title'],
'excerpt' => $article['excerpt'],
'content' => $article['content'],
'author' => $article['author'],
'thumbnail_url' => $article['thumbnail_url'],
'published_at' => $article['published_at'],
'fetched_at' => current_time( 'mysql' ),
'categories' => $article['categories'],
'tags' => $article['tags'],
'language' => $article['language'],
'hash' => $hash,
'is_active' => 1,
),
array( '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%d' )
);
return false !== $result;
}
/**
* Remove articles older than the retention period.
*/
private function prune_old_articles() {
global $wpdb;
$retention_days = (int) get_option( 'peptide_news_article_retention', 90 );
$cutoff = gmdate( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime( "-{$retention_days} days" ) );
$table = $wpdb->prefix . 'peptide_news_articles';
$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare(
"UPDATE {$table} SET is_active = 0 WHERE published_at < %s",
$cutoff
) );
}
/**
* Scrape Open Graph images for articles that have no thumbnail.
*
* Fetches the article URL and extracts og:image, twitter:image,
* or other meta image tags.
*
* @return int Number of articles updated with scraped thumbnails.
*/
private function scrape_missing_thumbnails() {
global $wpdb;
$table = $wpdb->prefix . 'peptide_news_articles';
$articles = $wpdb->get_results(
"SELECT id, source, source_url, title
FROM {$table}
WHERE is_active = 1
AND ( thumbnail_url = '' OR thumbnail_url IS NULL )
ORDER BY fetched_at DESC
LIMIT 20"
);
if ( empty( $articles ) ) {
return 0;
}
$updated = 0;
foreach ( $articles as $article ) {
$scrape_url = $this->resolve_article_for_scraping( $article->source_url, $article->title, $article->source );
$image_url = $this->scrape_og_image( $scrape_url );
if ( ! empty( $image_url ) ) {
$local_path = $this->download_thumbnail( $image_url, $article->id, $article->title );
$update_data = array( 'thumbnail_url' => $image_url );
if ( $local_path ) {
$update_data['thumbnail_local'] = $local_path;
}
$wpdb->update( $table, $update_data, array( 'id' => $article->id ) );
$updated++;
} else {
// Mark as attempted so we don't retry on every cron cycle.
$wpdb->update(
$table,
array( 'thumbnail_url' => '_no_image' ),
array( 'id' => $article->id ),
array( '%s' ),
array( '%d' )
);
}
// Throttle: 0.3s for direct scrapes, search adds its own delay.
usleep( 300000 );
}
if ( $updated > 0 ) {
$this->clear_article_cache();
}
return $updated;
}
/**
* Resolve an article URL to a scrapeable page.
*
* For Google News and other aggregators, tries redirect resolution first,
* then falls back to search-based lookup using article title and publisher.
*
* @param string $source_url The stored article URL.
* @param string $title The article title.
* @param string $source_name The publisher name.
* @return string URL suitable for OG image scraping.
*/
private function resolve_article_for_scraping( $source_url, $title, $source_name ) {
if ( empty( $source_url ) ) {
return $source_url;
}
$domain = $this->extract_domain( $source_url );
// Non-aggregator URLs can be scraped directly.
$aggregators = array( 'news.google.com', 'news.yahoo.com', 'msn.com' );
if ( ! in_array( $domain, $aggregators, true ) ) {
return $source_url;
}
// Try HTTP redirect resolution first (works for Yahoo, MSN).
$resolved = $this->resolve_redirect_url( $source_url );
if ( $resolved && $resolved !== $source_url ) {
$resolved_domain = $this->extract_domain( $resolved );
if ( ! in_array( $resolved_domain, $aggregators, true ) ) {
return $resolved;
}
}
// For Google News: search for the actual article URL.
if ( 'news.google.com' === $domain ) {
$search_result = $this->find_article_url_via_search( $title, $source_name );
if ( $search_result ) {
// Throttle between search requests.
usleep( 1500000 ); // 1.5s
return $search_result;
}
}
return $source_url;
}
/**
* Scrape Open Graph / meta image tags from a URL.
*
* @param string $url The article URL to scrape.
* @return string Image URL or empty string.
*/
private function scrape_og_image( $url ) {
if ( empty( $url ) ) {
return '';
}
$response = wp_remote_get( $url, array(
'timeout' => 15,
'user-agent' => 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; PeptideNewsBot/1.0)',
'headers' => array(
'Accept' => 'text/html',
),
// Only fetch the first ~200KB for efficiency.
'stream' => false,
'limit_response_size' => 200000,
) );
if ( is_wp_error( $response ) ) {
$this->log_error( 'OG scrape failed for ' . $url . ': ' . $response->get_error_message() );
return '';
}
$status = wp_remote_retrieve_response_code( $response );
if ( $status < 200 || $status >= 400 ) {
return '';
}
$html = wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response );
if ( empty( $html ) ) {
return '';
}
// Try meta tags in priority order.
$patterns = array(
// Open Graph image.
'/]+property=["\']og:image["\'][^>]+content=["\']([^"\']+)["\']/is',
'/]+content=["\']([^"\']+)["\'][^>]+property=["\']og:image["\']/is',
// Twitter card image.
'/]+name=["\']twitter:image["\'][^>]+content=["\']([^"\']+)["\']/is',
'/]+content=["\']([^"\']+)["\'][^>]+name=["\']twitter:image["\']/is',
// Schema.org image.
'/]+itemprop=["\']image["\'][^>]+content=["\']([^"\']+)["\']/is',
);
foreach ( $patterns as $pattern ) {
if ( preg_match( $pattern, $html, $matches ) ) {
$image_url = trim( $matches[1] );
// Validate it looks like an image URL.
if ( $this->is_valid_image_url( $image_url ) ) {
return esc_url_raw( $image_url );
}
}
}
return '';
}
/**
* Check if a URL appears to be a valid image.
*
* @param string $url
* @return bool
*/
private function is_valid_image_url( $url ) {
if ( empty( $url ) || strlen( $url ) < 10 ) {
return false;
}
// Must start with http(s).
if ( ! preg_match( '/^https?:\/\//i', $url ) ) {
return false;
}
// Reject obvious non-image URLs (tracking pixels, spacers, etc.)
$blocklist = array( '1x1', 'pixel', 'spacer', 'blank', 'transparent', 'data:image' );
$url_lower = strtolower( $url );
foreach ( $blocklist as $blocked ) {
if ( strpos( $url_lower, $blocked ) !== false ) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
/**
* Download an image and store it in the WP uploads directory.
*
* @param string $image_url External image URL.
* @param int $article_id Article ID for unique naming.
* @param string $title Article title for alt text / file naming.
* @return string|false Local relative path on success, false on failure.
*/
private function download_thumbnail( $image_url, $article_id, $title = '' ) {
// SSRF prevention: validate URL before fetching.
if ( ! wp_http_validate_url( $image_url ) ) {
$this->log_error( 'Invalid image URL (SSRF protection) for article ' . $article_id . ': ' . $image_url );
return false;
}
$upload_dir = wp_upload_dir();
$target_dir = $upload_dir['basedir'] . '/peptide-news-thumbs';
// Create directory if it doesn't exist.
if ( ! file_exists( $target_dir ) ) {
wp_mkdir_p( $target_dir );
}
$max_file_size = 5 * 1024 * 1024; // 5 MB.
$response = wp_remote_get( $image_url, array(
'timeout' => 20,
'user-agent' => 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; PeptideNewsBot/1.0)',
'limit_response_size' => $max_file_size,
) );
if ( is_wp_error( $response ) ) {
$this->log_error( 'Thumbnail download failed for article ' . $article_id . ': ' . $response->get_error_message() );
return false;
}
$body = wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response );
if ( empty( $body ) || strlen( $body ) < 1000 || strlen( $body ) > $max_file_size ) {
// Too small to be a real image, or exceeds size limit.
return false;
}
$content_type = wp_remote_retrieve_header( $response, 'content-type' );
$extension = $this->get_extension_from_content_type( $content_type );
if ( ! $extension ) {
// Try to detect from the image data.
$finfo = new finfo( FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE );
$mime = $finfo->buffer( $body );
$extension = $this->get_extension_from_content_type( $mime );
}
if ( ! $extension ) {
return false;
}
$filename = 'pn-thumb-' . $article_id . '.' . $extension;
$filepath = $target_dir . '/' . $filename;
// Write the file.
$result = file_put_contents( $filepath, $body );
if ( false === $result ) {
$this->log_error( 'Failed to write thumbnail file: ' . $filepath );
return false;
}
// Set secure file permissions.
chmod( $filepath, 0644 );
// Return the relative path from uploads base.
return 'peptide-news-thumbs/' . $filename;
}
/**
* Map content type to file extension.
*
* @param string $content_type
* @return string|false
*/
private function get_extension_from_content_type( $content_type ) {
$map = array(
'image/jpeg' => 'jpg',
'image/jpg' => 'jpg',
'image/png' => 'png',
'image/gif' => 'gif',
'image/webp' => 'webp',
'image/svg+xml' => 'svg',
);
$content_type = strtolower( trim( explode( ';', $content_type )[0] ) );
return isset( $map[ $content_type ] ) ? $map[ $content_type ] : false;
}
/**
* Clear all article transient caches.
*/
private function clear_article_cache() {
global $wpdb;
$wpdb->query(
$wpdb->prepare(
"DELETE FROM {$wpdb->options}
WHERE option_name LIKE %s
OR option_name LIKE %s",
$wpdb->esc_like( '_transient_peptide_news_articles_' ) . '%',
$wpdb->esc_like( '_transient_timeout_peptide_news_articles_' ) . '%'
)
);
}
/**
* Try to extract an image URL from HTML content.
*
* @param string $content
* @return string
*/
private function extract_image_from_content( $content ) {
if ( empty( $content ) ) {
return '';
}
if ( preg_match( '/
]+src=["\']([^"\']+)["\']/', $content, $matches ) ) {
return $matches[1];
}
// Check for media:content or media:thumbnail.
if ( preg_match( '/url=["\']([^"\']+)["\']/', $content, $matches ) ) {
return $matches[1];
}
return '';
}
/**
* Extract categories from a SimplePie item.
*
* @param SimplePie_Item $item
* @return string Comma-separated categories.
*/
private function extract_categories( $item ) {
$categories = $item->get_categories();
if ( empty( $categories ) ) {
return '';
}
$names = array();
foreach ( $categories as $cat ) {
$names[] = sanitize_text_field( $cat->get_label() );
}
return implode( ', ', array_filter( $names ) );
}
/**
* Resolve the real source name for an RSS feed item.
*
* Google News RSS wraps articles from other publishers behind
* news.google.com URLs, so the feed-level domain is useless.
* This method tries several strategies in priority order:
*
* 1. SimplePie element (Google News RSS includes this).
* 2. Title suffix — Google News formats titles as "Headline - Source".
* 3. Resolve the redirect URL to get the actual publisher domain.
* 4. Fall back to the article permalink domain.
* 5. Last resort: feed URL domain.
*
* @param SimplePie_Item $item The RSS item.
* @param string $feed_url The feed URL.
* @param string $article_url The article permalink.
* @return string Source name or domain.
*/
private function resolve_article_source( $item, $feed_url, $article_url ) {
$feed_domain = $this->extract_domain( $feed_url );
$is_aggregator = in_array(
$feed_domain,
array( 'news.google.com', 'news.yahoo.com', 'msn.com', 'feedly.com' ),
true
);
// Strategy 1: SimplePie element.
$source_obj = $item->get_source();
if ( $source_obj ) {
$source_title = $source_obj->get_title();
if ( ! empty( $source_title ) ) {
return sanitize_text_field( $source_title );
}
$source_link = $source_obj->get_link();
if ( ! empty( $source_link ) ) {
$domain = $this->extract_domain( $source_link );
if ( 'unknown' !== $domain ) {
return $domain;
}
}
}
// Strategy 2: Parse "Headline - Source" from title (common in aggregator feeds).
if ( $is_aggregator ) {
$title = $item->get_title();
if ( ! empty( $title ) && preg_match( '/\s[-\x{2013}\x{2014}]\s([^-\x{2013}\x{2014}]+)$/u', $title, $matches ) ) {
$candidate = trim( $matches[1] );
if ( mb_strlen( $candidate ) <= 60 && mb_strlen( $candidate ) >= 2 ) {
return sanitize_text_field( $candidate );
}
}
}
// Strategy 3: Resolve Google News redirect URL to actual destination.
if ( $is_aggregator ) {
$resolved = $this->resolve_redirect_url( $article_url );
if ( $resolved && $resolved !== $article_url ) {
$domain = $this->extract_domain( $resolved );
if ( 'unknown' !== $domain && $domain !== $feed_domain ) {
return $domain;
}
}
}
// Strategy 4: Use the article permalink domain.
$article_domain = $this->extract_domain( $article_url );
if ( 'unknown' !== $article_domain && $article_domain !== $feed_domain ) {
return $article_domain;
}
// Strategy 5: Fall back to the feed domain.
return $feed_domain;
}
/**
* Resolve a redirect URL to its final destination without downloading the body.
*
* @param string $url The URL to resolve.
* @return string|false The final URL or false on failure.
*/
private function resolve_redirect_url( $url ) {
if ( empty( $url ) ) {
return false;
}
$response = wp_remote_head( $url, array(
'timeout' => 8,
'redirection' => 5,
'user-agent' => 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; PeptideNewsBot/1.0)',
) );
if ( is_wp_error( $response ) ) {
return false;
}
$final_url = wp_remote_retrieve_header( $response, 'location' );
if ( empty( $final_url ) && isset( $response['http_response'] ) ) {
$http_response = $response['http_response'];
if ( method_exists( $http_response, 'get_response_object' ) ) {
$raw = $http_response->get_response_object();
if ( isset( $raw->url ) ) {
return $raw->url;
}
}
}
return ! empty( $final_url ) ? $final_url : false;
}
/**
* Find the actual article URL via DuckDuckGo search.
*
* Google News RSS stores encrypted article URLs that cannot be resolved
* server-side. This method uses the article title and publisher name
* to find the real article page via search engine lookup.
*
* @param string $title The article title (may include " - Source" suffix).
* @param string $source_name The publisher name (e.g., "STAT News").
* @return string|false The actual article URL, or false on failure.
*/
private function find_article_url_via_search( $title, $source_name = '' ) {
// Strip " - Source" suffix from title if present.
$clean_title = preg_replace( '/\s[-\x{2013}\x{2014}]\s[^-\x{2013}\x{2014}]+$/u', '', $title );
$clean_title = trim( $clean_title );
if ( empty( $clean_title ) || mb_strlen( $clean_title ) < 10 ) {
return false;
}
// Build search query with quoted title for exact match + source name.
$query = '"' . $clean_title . '"';
if ( ! empty( $source_name ) ) {
$query .= ' ' . $source_name;
}
$search_url = 'https://html.duckduckgo.com/html/?q=' . urlencode( $query );
$response = wp_remote_get( $search_url, array(
'timeout' => 12,
'user-agent' => 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36',
'headers' => array(
'Accept' => 'text/html,application/xhtml+xml',
'Accept-Language' => 'en-US,en;q=0.9',
),
) );
if ( is_wp_error( $response ) ) {
$this->log_error( 'Search lookup failed: ' . $response->get_error_message() );
return false;
}
$status = wp_remote_retrieve_response_code( $response );
if ( $status < 200 || $status >= 400 ) {
return false;
}
$body = wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response );
if ( empty( $body ) ) {
return false;
}
// Domains to skip in search results.
$skip_domains = array(
'news.google.com', 'google.com', 'duckduckgo.com', 'bing.com',
'yahoo.com', 'msn.com', 'youtube.com', 'facebook.com', 'twitter.com',
);
// DuckDuckGo HTML results: links with class "result__a" or redirect URLs with uddg param.
if ( preg_match_all( '/class=["\']result__a["\'][^>]*href=["\']([^"\']+)["\']/i', $body, $matches ) ) {
foreach ( $matches[1] as $href ) {
$actual_url = $this->extract_ddg_url( $href );
if ( ! $actual_url ) {
continue;
}
$domain = $this->extract_domain( $actual_url );
if ( in_array( $domain, $skip_domains, true ) ) {
continue;
}
return esc_url_raw( $actual_url );
}
}
// Fallback: look for uddg-encoded redirect links anywhere.
if ( preg_match_all( '/uddg=([^&"\'>\s]+)/i', $body, $matches ) ) {
foreach ( $matches[1] as $encoded_url ) {
$actual_url = urldecode( $encoded_url );
if ( ! filter_var( $actual_url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL ) ) {
continue;
}
$domain = $this->extract_domain( $actual_url );
if ( ! in_array( $domain, $skip_domains, true ) ) {
return esc_url_raw( $actual_url );
}
}
}
return false;
}
/**
* Extract the actual URL from a DuckDuckGo redirect link.
*
* DuckDuckGo HTML results use redirect URLs with the actual URL
* encoded in the 'uddg' query parameter.
*
* @param string $href The DuckDuckGo result href.
* @return string|false The actual URL or false.
*/
private function extract_ddg_url( $href ) {
$href = html_entity_decode( $href );
// Direct URL (no redirect wrapper).
if ( strpos( $href, 'duckduckgo.com' ) === false && filter_var( $href, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL ) ) {
return $href;
}
// Extract from redirect: //duckduckgo.com/l/?uddg=&...
if ( strpos( $href, 'uddg=' ) !== false ) {
$query_string = wp_parse_url( $href, PHP_URL_QUERY );
if ( $query_string ) {
parse_str( $query_string, $params );
if ( ! empty( $params['uddg'] ) && filter_var( $params['uddg'], FILTER_VALIDATE_URL ) ) {
return $params['uddg'];
}
}
}
return false;
}
/**
* Backfill thumbnails for existing articles that have none.
*
* Re-runs OG scraping with search-based URL resolution for articles
* missing thumbnails. Also retries articles previously marked '_no_image'.
*
* @return array Summary with 'updated' count and 'samples' for diagnostics.
*/
public function backfill_article_thumbnails() {
global $wpdb;
$table = $wpdb->prefix . 'peptide_news_articles';
// Reset '_no_image' sentinel on previously failed articles so we retry them.
$wpdb->query(
"UPDATE {$table}
SET thumbnail_url = ''
WHERE thumbnail_url = '_no_image'
AND is_active = 1"
);
$articles = $wpdb->get_results(
"SELECT id, source, source_url, title
FROM {$table}
WHERE is_active = 1
AND ( thumbnail_url = '' OR thumbnail_url IS NULL )
ORDER BY fetched_at DESC
LIMIT 20"
);
$result = array(
'total' => count( $articles ),
'updated' => 0,
'failed' => 0,
'samples' => array(),
);
if ( empty( $articles ) ) {
return $result;
}
foreach ( $articles as $article ) {
$sample = array(
'id' => $article->id,
'title' => mb_substr( $article->title, 0, 60 ),
);
$scrape_url = $this->resolve_article_for_scraping( $article->source_url, $article->title, $article->source );
$sample['resolved'] = ( $scrape_url !== $article->source_url );
$sample['scrape_url'] = mb_substr( $scrape_url, 0, 100 );
$image_url = $this->scrape_og_image( $scrape_url );
if ( ! empty( $image_url ) ) {
$local_path = $this->download_thumbnail( $image_url, $article->id, $article->title );
$update_data = array( 'thumbnail_url' => $image_url );
if ( $local_path ) {
$update_data['thumbnail_local'] = $local_path;
}
$wpdb->update( $table, $update_data, array( 'id' => $article->id ) );
$result['updated']++;
$sample['status'] = 'ok';
$sample['image'] = mb_substr( $image_url, 0, 80 );
} else {
$wpdb->update(
$table,
array( 'thumbnail_url' => '_no_image' ),
array( 'id' => $article->id ),
array( '%s' ),
array( '%d' )
);
$result['failed']++;
$sample['status'] = 'no_image';
}
// Only include first 5 samples in diagnostics.
if ( count( $result['samples'] ) < 5 ) {
$result['samples'][] = $sample;
}
usleep( 500000 );
}
if ( $result['updated'] > 0 ) {
$this->clear_article_cache();
}
return $result;
}
/**
* AJAX handler for the thumbnail backfill action.
*/
public function ajax_backfill_thumbnails() {
check_ajax_referer( 'peptide_news_admin', 'nonce' );
if ( ! current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {
wp_send_json_error( 'Unauthorized', 403 );
}
$result = $this->backfill_article_thumbnails();
wp_send_json_success( $result );
}
/**
* Backfill source names for existing articles that show an aggregator domain.
*
* Parses the " - Source" suffix from stored titles to update the source column.
*
* @return int Number of articles updated.
*/
public function backfill_article_sources() {
global $wpdb;
$table = $wpdb->prefix . 'peptide_news_articles';
$aggregators = array( 'news.google.com', 'news.yahoo.com', 'msn.com' );
$placeholders = implode( ', ', array_fill( 0, count( $aggregators ), '%s' ) );
// phpcs:ignore WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared
$articles = $wpdb->get_results( $wpdb->prepare(
"SELECT id, title, source, source_url
FROM {$table}
WHERE source IN ({$placeholders})
AND is_active = 1",
...$aggregators
) );
if ( empty( $articles ) ) {
return 0;
}
$updated = 0;
foreach ( $articles as $article ) {
$new_source = '';
// Try parsing "Headline - Source" from title.
if ( preg_match( '/\s[-\x{2013}\x{2014}]\s([^-\x{2013}\x{2014}]+)$/u', $article->title, $matches ) ) {
$candidate = trim( $matches[1] );
if ( mb_strlen( $candidate ) <= 60 && mb_strlen( $candidate ) >= 2 ) {
$new_source = sanitize_text_field( $candidate );
}
}
// Fall back to resolving the redirect URL.
if ( empty( $new_source ) ) {
$resolved = $this->resolve_redirect_url( $article->source_url );
if ( $resolved && $resolved !== $article->source_url ) {
$domain = $this->extract_domain( $resolved );
if ( 'unknown' !== $domain && ! in_array( $domain, $aggregators, true ) ) {
$new_source = $domain;
}
}
usleep( 300000 ); // 0.3s throttle for HTTP requests.
}
if ( ! empty( $new_source ) && $new_source !== $article->source ) {
$wpdb->update(
$table,
array( 'source' => $new_source ),
array( 'id' => $article->id ),
array( '%s' ),
array( '%d' )
);
$updated++;
}
}
if ( $updated > 0 ) {
$this->clear_article_cache();
}
return $updated;
}
/**
* AJAX handler for the backfill action.
*/
public function ajax_backfill_sources() {
check_ajax_referer( 'peptide_news_admin', 'nonce' );
if ( ! current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {
wp_send_json_error( 'Unauthorized', 403 );
}
$updated = $this->backfill_article_sources();
wp_send_json_success( array( 'updated' => $updated ) );
}
/**
* Extract domain from a URL for source identification.
*
* @param string $url
* @return string
*/
private function extract_domain( $url ) {
$host = wp_parse_url( $url, PHP_URL_HOST );
return $host ? preg_replace( '/^www\./', '', $host ) : 'unknown';
}
/**
* Log an error to the WordPress debug log.
*
* @param string $message
*/
private function log_error( $message ) {
if ( defined( 'WP_DEBUG' ) && WP_DEBUG ) {
error_log( '[Peptide News] ' . $message );
}
}
}