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RSS Feed Retriever
by Travis 4.7 (38 reviews)

RSS Feed Retriever

The fastest RSS feeds plugin for WordPress. Includes excerpt & thumbnail image. Use as a news aggregator, autoblog, or RSS parsing.

RSS Feed Retriever ranks #2,685 among WordPress.org plugins with 7,000+ active installations, a 4.7/5 rating from 38 reviews, and was last updated Jan 6, 2023. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.1 (Current: 7.1)
v1.6.10 Current Version v1.6.10
Updated 3 years ago Last Update on 06 Jan, 2023
Refreshed 9 hours ago Last Refreshed on
Top 5% by installs Downloads +15.4% this week No update in over a year
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Rank
#2,685
-29 this week
Active Installs
7K+
-8.5%
KW Avg Position
50.8
— No change
Downloads
193.6K
+22 today
Support Resolved
0%
— No change
Rating
94%
Review 4.7 out of 5
4.7 (38 reviews)

Next Milestone 8K

Total Progress 42.9%
7K+ 8K+
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Rank Changes

2,648 2,659 2,669 2,680 2,690 09-09-2026 10-09-2026 11-09-2026 12-09-2026 13-09-2026 14-09-2026 15-09-2026 16-09-2026
2,640 2,653 2,666 2,678 2,691 01-09-2026 02-09-2026 03-09-2026 04-09-2026 05-09-2026 06-09-2026 07-09-2026 08-09-2026 09-09-2026 10-09-2026 11-09-2026 12-09-2026 13-09-2026 14-09-2026 15-09-2026 16-09-2026
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Active Installs 0,000,000+
Growth +0.0%
Peak 0,000,000

Downloads Growth

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Reviews & Ratings

4.7
38 reviews
Overall 94%
5
34 (89%)
4
1 (3%)
3
1 (3%)
2
0 (0%)
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2 (5%)

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

4 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 2 days ago

  1. RSS Feed Retriever [wp-rss-retriever] < 1.6.8

    Fixed in v1.6.8

  2. RSS Feed Retriever [wp-rss-retriever] < 1.6.8

    Fixed in v1.6.8

  3. RSS Feed Retriever [wp-rss-retriever] < 1.6.8

    Fixed in v1.6.8

  4. RSS Feed Retriever [wp-rss-retriever] < 1.6.8

    Fixed in v1.6.8

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Plugin Details

Version
1.6.10
Last Updated
Jan 06, 2023
Requires WP
2.8+
Tested Up To
6.1
PHP Version
N/A
Author
Travis

Support & Rating

Rating
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7
Reviews
38
Support Threads
0
Resolved
0%

Keywords

news aggregator rss aggregator rss feed rss import rss parsing

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to build news aggregators, autoblogs, or simple feed-to-post displays. It solves the problem of fetching and displaying RSS feed content, including excerpts and thumbnail images, anywhere on a site via shortcode.

  • Fetch multiple RSS feeds
  • Display feed via shortcode
  • Control excerpt word count
  • Optional read more link
  • Open links in new window
  • Fetch thumbnail or first image
  • Set feed cache time
  • Control order of items

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about RSS Feed Retriever

You can change the layout via WordPress filters. Add the following code to your themes functions.php file: function custom_rss_layout_callback( $layout ) { $layout = array( 'thumbnail', 'title', 'content', 'postdata', ); return $layout; } add_filter( 'wp_rss_retriever_layout', 'custom_rss_layout_callback' ); In addition, you can add your own HTML to the output if you want to wrap elements. Example: $layout = array( '<div class="my-custom-class">', 'thumbnail', 'title', 'content', 'postdata', '</div>' ); Or, if you only want to display the title: $layout = array( 'title', );
Click on the "+" icon to add a new block. Search for "shortcode". Click on the shortcode block to add it. Copy and paste the example shortcode above into the block. Replace the url and other parameters as needed.
Copy and paste the example shortcode above into your content. Replace the url and other parameters as needed. Update/publish the page or post.
Create a new text widget. Click on the "Text" tab. Copy and paste the example shortcode above. Replace the url and other parameters as needed.
Here's an example of how to display an RSS feed with PHP <?php echo do_shortcode('[wp_rss_retriever url="http://feeds.feedburner.com/TechCrunch/" items="10" excerpt="50" read_more="true" credits="true" new_window="true" thumbnail="200" cache="7200"]'); ?>

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