Yesterday, while working on a project for Springer Uitgeverij, I was amazed to find out there is no simple RSS Shortcode plugin, that simply allows you to do this:
And then that would show the feed you’d specified. Well, now there is: the RSS Shortcode plugin. It looks like this, when functioning (with excerpts set to false):
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Well done Joost! When I was on WordPress, I had this same problem. I was trying to build a news site on WordPress…but it failed miserably.
I was looking for the exact same thing!
Well done.
Mitul
Great plugin!
I’ll use it on the new website :)
Great use of a shortcode! The more i keep thinking of it the more these things make sense.
Wel gedaan!
Nice use of short code Joost!
I am giving it a shot.
Maybe my brain isn’t in gear today. I don’t get it (sorry).
Shortcodes are awesome. Very cool, Joost!
You’re not the only one Justin..
Can someone explain to me what this plugin exactly does?
Does this plugin work for WordPress 2.8? and how do you use it in wordpresss?
Thanks for the plugin, got it all setup on the site, perfect!
I don’t believe this. No way you got a client.
Cool. Thanks very much. Very useful.
Great work Joost, we have a plugin that does this very thing coming out soon. It’s a little more robust and more advanced then this simple version, but this is great for people that don’t need too much extra beef. Great work!
Hi Joost,
Thanks a lot. Awesome.
Can I add this to a widget
and have it display?
Just installed this on WP 2.6.2.
entered
[rss feed="http://miltonbusinessnetworking.com/feed/" num="10" excerpt="false"/]
see http://betterbusinessnetworking.com/2009/05/milton-business-networking/
I get an error message.
all I get is page cannot be found when I go to http://yoast.com/wordpress/rss-shortcode/
Hi Joost,
I tried this on WP 2.7 in WordPress Default 1.6 theme.
Same error: Fatal error: Call to undefined function esc_url()
BTW, this time I used your own RSS feed
What’s wrong?
Yoast, this plugin is very cool!
I think would be great if you publish something related to caching RSS.
I developed a widget system that uses RSS, and works fine with wordpress.
But the requests from the feed make the server crazy! hehehehe!
Have some idea about this?
Nice one. Much better than having to resort to templates which I have had to do in the past. Thanks.
What’s the function and benefit of this plugin is exactly?
Actually, the WordPress plugin Feedlist does exactly this, but with a bit more options:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/feedlist/
Haven’t tried Joost’s plugin yet, it might be simpler to use. If you want to expand it, Joost, please add functionality to change the HTML that’s displayed before and after each feed item, and item title, etc. :)
feedburner has the same option, it generates code you can paste into your page that will pull headlines and has a few more options. It uses javascript i am wondering if this way is less heavy for page load.
I used the exact shortcode you have in the post and getting the same error message: Fatal error: Call to undefined function esc_url()
The MultiFeedSnap plugin may also be of interest to your readers, whilst it doesn’t deliver the shortcode, it does allow users to publish the full feed.
MultiFeedSnap Plugin
Hi Yoast! This plugin is totally awesome!! Combined with LiveCatagory Bookmarks, you can create a related post plugin in a snap with just about any feed. LCBookmarks allows for tag feeds so I was able use an artist tag feed with your plugin to create a related post section on an artist page.
Thanks!!!
Beautiful. Simply. Beautiful ;-) Keep it up! I love passing people along to you and your site. Impeccable resource!
how to RSS feed become random
Doesn’t work for me either. syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘
A bit frustrating to have this promoted, read the responses that people have issues, and there’s no response from the plugin creator on how to resolve the issue.
RSS plugin work wonderfull with the wordpress.
Thanks for this plugin… just what I needed for one of my wordpress blogs. Cheers.