diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.swp
diff --git a/pledge-update/main.php b/pledge-update/main.php
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+++ b/pledge-update/main.php
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+<?php
+
+$options = getopt("", ["pledges-files:"]);
+
+if (isset($options['pledges-files'])) {
+    $pledges_files = $options['pledges-files'];
+} else {
+    error_log("Error: Missing required option '--pledges-files'.");
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+$files = explode(" ", $pledges_files);
+
+$candidate_data = [];
+foreach ($files as $key => $file) {
+    $config_file = dirname($file)."/config.json";
+    $config_string = file_get_contents($config_file);
+
+    if ($config_string !== FALSE) {
+        $config = json_decode($config_string, true);
+    } else {
+        error_log("Error opening config.json.");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    $candidate_file = dirname($file)."/candidates.csv";
+
+    if (($handle = fopen($candidate_file, "r")) !== FALSE) {
+        $headers = fgetcsv($handle);
+        while (($data = fgetcsv($handle)) !== FALSE) {
+            $candidate = [];
+            $candidate['Pledge'] = 'n';
+            foreach ($headers as $key => $value) {
+                $candidate[$value] = $data[$key];
+            }
+            $candidate['Council'] = $config['councilName'];
+            $candidate['Path'] = dirname($file);
+            $candidate_data[$candidate['Candidate Name']] = $candidate;
+        }
+        fclose($handle);
+    } else {
+        error_log('Error opening candidates file');
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    if (($handle = fopen($file, "r")) !== FALSE) {
+        $headers = fgetcsv($handle);
+        while (($data = fgetcsv($handle)) !== FALSE) {
+            $candidate = [];
+            foreach ($headers as $key => $value) {
+                $candidate[$value] = $data[$key];
+            }
+            $candidate_data[$candidate['Candidate Name']]['Pledge'] = 
+                $candidate['Pledge'];
+        }
+        fclose($handle);
+    } else {
+        error_log('Error opening pledges file');
+        exit(1);
+    }
+}
+
+/* Select people who have taken the pledge */
+$pledgeCandidates = array_filter($candidate_data, function ($candidate) {
+    return $candidate['Pledge'] === 'y';
+});
+
+/* Select 9 random candidates */
+$pledgeKeys = array_rand($pledgeCandidates, 9);
+shuffle($pledgeKeys);
+
+$i = 0;
+foreach ($pledgeKeys as $key) {
+    $media_desc = $pledgeCandidates[$key]['Path']."/".
+                    $pledgeCandidates[$key]['Picture'].".json";
+    $media_string = file_get_contents($media_desc);
+
+    if ($media_string !== FALSE) {
+        $media = json_decode($media_string, true);
+    } else {
+        error_log("Error opening image descriptor.");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    $image_url = $media['url'];
+    $image_id = $media['id'];
+
+    echo "s|pledge_img_".$i."|".$image_url."|\n";
+    echo "s|pledge_id_".$i."|".$image_id."|\n";
+
+    echo "s|pledge_string_".$i."|";
+    echo $pledgeCandidates[$key]['Candidate Name'].
+        " (".
+        $pledgeCandidates[$key]['Council'].
+        ") has taken the pledge!|\n";
+
+    $i++;
+}
+
+exit(0);
diff --git a/update-pledges.sh b/update-pledges.sh
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+++ b/update-pledges.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# If this runs as a cron job - might want to limit the number of revisions
+# wordpress stores:
+#   wp-config.php:
+#     define( 'WP_POST_REVISIONS', 3 );
+
+#wp post list --post_type=page
+#wp post get 426 --field=content > current-homepage
+#wp post get 1409 --field=content > movie-homepage
+#wp post create --post_type=page --post_title="test_pledge" movie-homepage
+#wp post update 1803 ../spl-data/movie-homepage
+
+DATA_PATH="../spl-data"
+
+pledges_files=()
+for folder in "$DATA_PATH"/*; do
+    if test -f "$folder"/pledges.csv; then
+        pledges_files+=("$folder"/pledges.csv)
+    fi
+done
+
+pledge_sed=$(php pledge-update/main.php --pledges-files "${pledges_files[*]}")
+
+content=$(sed "$pledge_sed" ../spl-data/movie-homepage)
+
+wp post update 1803 --post_content="$content"