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There is a lot you can do with feeds on WordPress blogs, and I’ll be talking about that more over the next few months, but here is an interesting new WordPress Plugin and technique for creating feeds on a Page on your blog.
Shaolin Tiger’s “How to Use RSS Feeds on Your WordPress Site” describes a simple step-by-step technique for creating a Page to host incoming RSS feeds using the WordPress Feedlist Plugin.
Follow the instructions, replacing “http://www.spymy.com/” with whatever feed link URL you would like and with little effort or complex programming, you can showcase feeds on your blog.
This technique is not limited to Pages on your WordPress blog. You can also use the same technique in your template files such as in your sidebar, header, or footer.
Stay tuned for more information on handling feeds in WordPress.
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Hi Lorelle: I got to say that I really like this plugin and have incorporated all my favorite blogs into my own ‘favorites‘page. The reason I read your blog daily is because you always have something new about wordpress to help me improve my blog.
Now I can easily add new blogs to my reading list and my readers can also see what I am reading for themeselves. Next step is to incorporate podcast feeds itno my blog using this tool. Pretty cool!
I plan on writing more about this and thanking the author soon.
Great! I’m trying this out on several WordPress installations, especially those which might become a replacement for Joomla.
Just a little feedback: Feedlist works pretty fine; however you should not try to use it on your blog’s OWN article feed, as this will cause an infinite loop which will stall the server. I have written about this in the plugin’s issue tracker (to no avail yet).
(I had tried this to show my own feed as a demo.)
Just a quick one,
is there a step by step way to add this rss to a wordpress blog?
example.com/rss.php?q=iphone+3g
? pardon my english
@ Sebastian:
Yes. See Understanding, Using, and Customizing WordPress Blog Feeds on how to add feeds to a WordPress blog including search specific feeds.
Hello. I need to do the reverse. I need to make my client’s WordPress Blog broadcast RSS feeds. I am Googling this idea and keep finding ways to receive the feeds but not offer the feed. There must be a plug-in for this?
@ Christa:
Feeds come built in with WordPress blogs. There is nothing for you to do. See Understanding, Using, and Customizing WordPress Blog Feeds.
I have a new RSS feed WP plugin that builds automated posts of RSS feeds based on the keywords / keyword phrases you choose. It is called RSSdoodle and is base on my twitterdoodle plugin platform, but instead of pulling tweets, it pulls relevant RSS feeds into posts.
Here is my webpage that explains the plugin in detail:
http://www.lessnau.com/rssdoodle/
Hi Lorelle,
I have been reading through your site, and you have the best info out there! But, you’ll have to forgive me, this is my first time using wordpress. All I want to do is import feeds from other sites to add to our content, credibility, etc. I have already set up my RSS feeds both in my browser and in FeedDemon. But, I cannot figure out the best way to import them. So, I’d like to have a page that says ‘feeds’ or something simple, and have it all import to there. But, I’m not finding a simple solution. Forgive me for a primitive question, but thank you!!!
@Katie: Don’t do it. Adding feeds from other sites does NOT impact any credibility or adds to your content. That’s a myth. An abused myth. Focus on putting your own original content on your site, and if you find something interesting through reading your feeds in your feed reader, then blog it, don’t import the feeds. That’s old think. If you have a page that says “feeds” people will think that is your “subscription” page listing the feeds you have available on your site, not other people’s stuff.
The days of showcasing “other people’s stuff” is over. Showcase your own and make other people want to add your site to their feed reader and blog about you. Skip this ancient step in SEO BS mythology.
Hi Lorelle,
Thanks so much for your feedback! So, I totally understand what you are saying, but I thought that since we want to be a resource for our customers, and we are not an online mag, we should use feeds to be a one-stop for our customers to get info, and link to get more. I trust your advice, for sure, but it’s a total change to what I thought. Can you help me out?
@Katie: Can I help you with what? Having other people’s content on your site without permission is illegal. It also takes credibility away from you, not bring it to you. Your customers know how to use Google, right? I’m not being mean, just honest.
If you want to feature content to help your customers, then write about it in a blog post. Feeds do little good and are usually ignored. Writing about other people’s content gives you a chance to say why it’s important your readers leave your site and check out the information, giving them even more reason to come back. Feeds don’t do that.
I don’t know how much more I can help you on this issue, but if you are really new to blogging, I recommend you consider my book, Blogging Tips, to help you understand how this all works.
This is great, its just what I needed. Can I add multiple feeds to one page? I would like to be able to show multiple feeds on my homepage page Planes and Aviation, I.E. news and videos and images maybe.
I do not recommend adding feeds to your blog as a replacement to content. That is punishable by Google as duplicate content and a violation of copyright if you use the full content or a majority of content as a replacement to original content. The answer is yes, but use it wisely and carefully.
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