On the CatsWhoCode.com blog today they share an alternative method for getting content into your WordPress blog - a programmatic approach pushing it directly in through bits of code.

Recently, a client of mine asked me to write an article importer for his WordPress powered site, which was a very interesting project for me. In this article, I'll show you how you can easily add data (posts, comments, categories, etc) to your WordPress blog, without any manual effort.

They describe and show examples for a few different types of inserts:

• Inserting posts
• Inserting comments
• Adding categories to a post
• Adding tags to a post
• Automatically create a custom field when a post is published

Code snippets are provided for each.