# Rewrite an Article from a URL

> **What it does:** Reads any public article on the web and writes an original piece on the same subject — your angle, your voice, no copied sentences.
>
> *Applies to Antradus AI Lite & Pro v2.0.0 · Last updated 2026-07-24*

## When to use it

- A competitor covered a topic and you want your own, better version.
- An industry announcement you need on your site today.
- Turning a source in another language into an article in yours (set your Language — the source language doesn't matter).

## Step by step

1. Open the Antradus AI panel on a new post.
2. Paste the article's address into the **URL field** (`https://example.com/article`).
3. (Optional) Add guidance in the topic box — e.g. *"focus on what this means for small businesses"*. Leave it empty to let the AI pick the angle.
4. Choose Style / Tone / Language and click **Start Writing**.
5. The plugin fetches the page, extracts the article text, and writes a fresh piece — plus SEO meta as usual.

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## What it can and can't fetch

- ✅ Public articles, blogs, news pages.
- ❌ Paywalled or login-protected pages, and sites that block automated readers (common with academic journals and some news sites). You'll get a friendly message suggesting an open-access copy — Google Scholar, the author's own site, or a preprint often works.
- Fetching is security-hardened: the plugin only fetches real public web addresses (internal/private network addresses are refused by design).

## Tips & gotchas

- **The output is original writing about the same subject** — not a paraphrase. Facts carry over; sentences don't.
- Combine with **🌐 Search the web** if the source is older and you want the AI to check for newer developments.
- Want two sources blended into one? That's [Merge Two Sources](merge-two-sources.md).
