This looks for example like this: Sun, 16:10:34 +0000 This means that the time and date format will NOT use your blog time/date format as set in your settings, instead it uses the time and date format from the RFC822 specification. WordPress adheres to the RSS specifications. Here is an example for MovableType Users: RewriteRule ^index.xml(.*)? /wordpress/?feed=rss2 įeed Director provides rewrite rules for common feed filenames used by other blogging platforms, such as index.xml, index.rdf, rss.xml, rss2.xml, atom.xml, *.xml, via an easy-to-use “install it and forget it” plugin. Here is an example for a b2 feed: RewriteRule ^b2rss2.php(.*)? /wordpress/?feed=rss2 htaccess file in your root folder if no file exists, create one.
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If you are currently using other webblog software and are changing to WordPress, or are moving your weblog to a new location, you can “forward” RSS readers to your new RSS feeds using file rewrites and redirects in your. To add a graphic to your feed link, simply wrap the link around the graphic such as: " title=""> There are now standards for these graphics or “buttons”, but you can make your own to match the look and colors on your site. Many people like to have a graphic representing the feed instead of words. Then add one of the tags listed above to the list, like this example: To add a feed to your site, find the location of where the other feeds are, typically in your sidebar.php or footer.php template files of your Theme. Not all WordPress Themes feature all of the RSS Feed types that are available through WordPress. Search results can also have their own feed. Įvery author has an RSS feed for their posts. Older versions of WordPress used a format such as but this has been deprecated in newer versions. You can exclude categories from the feed by using something like this: You can include posts from all of multiple categories or tags in a feed by adding to the end of the link. You can include posts from one of multiple categories or tags in a feed by comma-separating their values. You can also provide feeds to only specific categories or tags on your site by adding the following to the end of the link: Your site has feeds for all comments on the site, and each post has its own comment feed. If you are using custom s, you should be able to reach them through this usage: There are four possible URLs for each of your feeds. There are times when you want to tell someone your site’s feed address or URL, or you need it to submit it to search engines and directories, many of which now accept feed URL submissions. There are ways to modify these feeds, and these are covered in the article on Customizing Feeds. To track the comments on a specific post, the post_comments_feed_link() template tag is used on single post pages like this: It only shows the comments made on your site. The last feed example is used by RSS 2.0 feedreaders and does not show your site’s content. Of these, the RSS feeds are the most well known. The first four feeds display recent updates and changes to your site’s content for the different feedreaders. They are generated by template tag for bloginfo() for each type of feed and are typically listed in the sidebar and/or footer of most WordPress Themes. Some feeds include RSS (alternately defined as “Rich Site Summary” or “Really Simple Syndication”), Atom or RDF files.īy default, WordPress comes with various feeds. There are several different kinds of feeds, read by different feedreaders. This provides a way for users to keep up with the latest and hottest information posted on different blogging sites. More Information and Resources Introduction to FeedsĪ feed is a function of special software that allows feedreaders to access a site, automatically looking for new content and then posting the information about new content and updates to another site.