RSS for "Really Simple Syndication" is a family of data formats used for syndicating web content.
An RSS feed is a web resource whose content is typically produced automatically, based on updates to a website. RSS feeds are often used by news sites and blogs to feature headlines of the latest news available online. It is therefore a simple and practical way to be constantly alerted to a topical area that interests you. Feeds update automatically and constantly, without you having to log into your favorite news sites.
In this article, we offer 8 effective plugins to help you manage RSS feeds on your WordPress site.
1. RSS Feed Tweaks
“RSS Feed” is a WordPress Plugin which sets up a large number of options to be able to manage the operation of RSS feeds on your website. It has interesting features such as the ability to upload a custom logo for RSS feeds, or to include a featured image in said feeds.
Additionally, the plugin gives you the option to disable all RSS feeds with a custom message that you can manage from settings. You can exclude certain categories from feeds, or even include custom post types. Basically, it's a completely customizable plugin.
Download | Demo | Price: $ 12
2. FeedSlider
If you want to recover RSS feeds and display them as a slider on your WordPress site, then this plugin is for you.
Thanks to "FeedSlider", you can add as many feed sliders as you wish on your website. You can even add multiple sliders per page, with different feed sources. This plugin can be activated anywhere you want on your site using shortcodes.
3. RSS News
"RSS News" is a plugin that allows you to actually import news from RSS and ATOM sources for WordPress.
Feature Summary:
- Allows you to import news manually or automatically (using wp_cron)
- Unlimited RSS sources
- Select the default author, status and article type
- Faculty of creating tags from article titles
- Control banned words and tags set aside
- Ability to edit the link structure to add reference suffixes
Download | Demo | Price: $ 19
4. RSS Reader iOS Template
"RSS Reader" is a simple WordPress module to download and highlight an RSS feed. It works with mobile devices using the IOS system from its version 5.1.1 upwards.
This plugin has an ad ban feature. However, you can deactivate it with one click.
Feature Summary:
- Compatibility with iPhone / iPad / iPod
- Support for all types of RSS feeds (WordPress, XML, ATOM, ect ...)
- No programming skills required
- Detailed documentation
Download | Demo | Price: $ 18
5. SmartRSS
“SmartRSS” is the best way to work with your favorite RSS feeds. You can save, edit, manage and delete each item in an RSS feed.
This plugin saves your RSS feeds as WordPress publications, giving you the ability to do whatever you want with these elements.
Feature Summary:
- Compatible with multiple versions of WordPress
- Easily add, edit, and delete RSS feeds
- A convenient shortcode to display specific feeds in your publications
- An extra widget to combine with your sidebar
- Ability to transform images into streams in images to the front page
- Very easy installation
- Statistics individual and global flows
6. RSS AutoPilot
The "RSS AutoPilot" plugin is able to download RSS and ATOM feeds, and create WordPress publications either by using the summary provided by the feed, or by retrieving the content directly from the website. The latter method requires using the unique functionality of the content extractor to manually choose content or automatically detect it. This feature takes feed content analysis to another level.
Feature Summary:
- Breathe your website into an RSS feed
- Autopilot option
- Get news directly from the pages of the website
- Automatic content detector
- Translation module
- Create different types of publications
- Get a picture in one from the content or set it manually by stream
- and more
7. Traffic From RSS to BLOG
“Traffic From RSS To BLOG” is a WordPress extension innovative for your RSS feeds. What makes it amazing is its ability to boost your sales and your audience by converting your blog's RSS feeds into a real marketing weapon giving you better control and flexibility. This extension leads readers of your RSS feeds to visit your blog without the slightest complaint. So it's not just about getting massive traffic, it's about getting quality traffic as well.
Additionally, the plugin overcomes issues that bloggers currently face like stealing content from a blog, difficulty in advertising on a specific RSS feed, lack of social sharing options in RSS feeds and a lot of 'other.
Download | Demo | Price: $ 15
8. Category based XML feed
By default, WordPress does not allow displaying an RSS feed link for categories. The "Category based XML feed" plugin provides RSS / XML feeds by category to your readers.
All publications on WordPress are categorized. With this plugin, XML publications will also be displayed by category. Using an XML parser, you can parse the RSS to get all the feed data including the title, description, images and details of the page.
That's it for this list of plugins! Do not hesitate to share it on your favorite social networks.
