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WordPress RSS-Combiner 1.1

Merge several feeds into a single ressource


The WordPress RSS-Combiner is intended to merge several Atom, RSS, RDF, etc. Feeds into one single stream. This might be useful for you if you have several social network accounts like Twitter, SoundCloud, Last.fm, a flickr photostream, etc. that you want to include in your weblogs’ RSS-Feed.

Changes since v1.0:

After a bit, well actually it’s been around 2.5 years, I updated my RSS-Combiner Plugin for WordPress this weekend. There are mostly minor changes, and the final, combined feed output can still be improved a bit (which is on my todo list). But for now there are some enhancements made:

  • the SimplePie caching is activated so the plugin uses less server-side ressources.
  • the admin page was updated so that it integrates better into the WordPress admin theme.
  • Limiting the number of items in the output feed was implemented.
  • Changing the length of the articles content and description was implemented.
  • Some warnings, that showed on the plugins first run were fixed.

Download & Demo

WordPress RSS-Combiner v1.1 (tar.gz archive, 170KB)
See the demo feed.

Instructions

  • Download and unpack the archive.
  • Upload its contents to the /wp-content/plugins/ folder of your WordPress installation.
  • Make sure the folder /wp-content/plugins/rss-combiner/simplepie/cache is writeable by the server.
  • Activate the plugin, and add some input feeds.
  • Check that it’s working by accessing www.mydomain.com/blog/?feed=combined-rss2 in your browser.
  • Finally, you’ll want to link to the new combined feed. (eg: <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="WordPress » Feed" href="http://mydomain.com/blog/rss2.php" />)
  • If you need a file-like URL (parameter-free) for the generated feed, you could optionally add something like this to your WordPress .htaccess file:


    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteRule rss2.xml ?feed=combined-rss2 [L]
    </IfModule>

    (this should be placed outside of the WordPress block)

Dieser Beitrag wurde vor am Montag, 19. April 2010 um 8:53 am Uhr veröffentlicht und unter PHP, Plugins, WordPress gespeichert. Sie können Kommentare zu diesem Eintrag über den RSS-2.0-Feed verfolgen. Sie können einen Kommentar hinterlassen oder einen Trackback von Ihrer Website hierher setzen.

3 Kommentare zu „WordPress RSS-Combiner 1.1“

  1. Morten Aaserod sagt:
    August 11, 2010 um 6:22 pm

    Hi

    I have tried to install this plugin on Wordpress 3 on my local computer and on a server with Wordpress 3 multisite enabled.

    In both the cases I get Warning: wp-content/plugins/rss-combiner/simplepie/cache/ xxx.spc is not writeable in /home/ …../wp-content/plugins/rss-combiner/simplepie/simplepie.inc.php on line 1623

    I tried to use the latest SimplePie include file also but still this error.

    On my localhost and on the server the cache folder is writeable.

    Could this relate to any server parameters for PHP ?

    I could buy you a beer or more … for this help if you send me your paypal account.

    Thanks in advance Morten

  2. cyp sagt:
    August 13, 2010 um 9:36 am

    Hi,
    I’v installed this plugin (WP 2.9.2) to use it in combination with News Ticker FX plugin, but when I click the settings page to configure the feeds nothing shows up. There’s a blank page. Any ideas? Thanks.

  3. Erik Poehler sagt:
    August 31, 2010 um 4:45 am

    @Morten

    As the server tells you, you’ll need to make sure the directory is writeable by the server. Apply 0755 as chmod value (for example using a FTP client).

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