Automatic updates: when FoxPlug brings things up to date for you

FoxPlug does not fetch things for people who are not looking. It makes three exceptions, and each one is tied to you showing up or paying for it.

Where to find it: Today, the card under the Check for what's new button Open it in FoxPlug

Steps

Go to Today and find the card under the big Check for what's new button. If you have not unlocked daily updates it is titled Set up automatic updates and shows three steps.
Step 1: Paste your site address.
Step 2: Connect any one tool, of any kind. Open Settings, then Publishing & integrations, and connect one.
Step 3: Open your first brief on Today. A tick shows beside each step as you finish it.
When all three are done, the card changes to 'Automatic daily updates are on'. FoxPlug then reads your connected tools once a day while you keep opening the app.
On a paid plan the card says 'Automatic daily updates are on' with 'included in your plan'. See https://foxplug.com/pricing for the plans.

Paste your site address and see the brief FoxPlug writes from it, right here. Free, no account, no card.

Opening the app: if you are the owner and your last check is more than a day old, FoxPlug runs the same update as the button when you open the app. It does this at most once every few hours, and a line on Today tells you it did.
Daily updates for free accounts stop by themselves after a week of not opening the app. No email is sent. They start again when you come back.
Daily updates on a paid plan run every day, up to a monthly budget for your account. If the budget is reached they stop and the card shows a 'needs attention' message.
Every automatic update is written to a log with how many drafts it made and an estimated cost.
The card may also say 'We think your site uses' a list of tools, with a Connect button next to each. Not right? hides a guess for good. Connect only opens the connect form.

It does not run for an account that has not finished the three steps and is not on a paid plan, except when you open the app after a day away.
It does not post anything. It only writes drafts, which wait for you to approve them.
It does not keep going for free accounts if you stop opening the app for a week.
It does not remove the button. You can press Check for what's new at any time.

Something here not matching what you see? Write to hello@foxplug.com and say which line. Last checked 2026-11-12.