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An RSS feed is an excellent blogging tool<\/a> that can help grow your audience. By default, WordPress comes with standard RSS feed functionality, which is sufficient for most users. However, if you’d like to deliver specific content or add post thumbnails to your feeds, you will need to create a custom RSS feed in WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, you can customize your RSS feed relatively easily by adding a few lines of code. Note that this method may not be suitable for beginners as you’ll need to access your child theme’s functions.php<\/code> file. However, most intermediate users should be able to follow the instructions below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this article, we’ll show you how to create a custom RSS feed<\/a> in WordPress. We’ll also discuss why it’s useful<\/a> and how you can feature content from external sources on your site with a simple plugin<\/a>. Let’s go!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Understanding RSS feeds and how they can benefit your site<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication<\/a>. It’s a handy functionality that enables bloggers to share their content on other sites and via feed readers. This enables subscribers to keep track of new posts without checking each of their favorite websites manually. There are also other ways to use RSS feeds in WordPress, which we discussed in a previous article<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visitors who sign up for RSS feeds can use their chosen feed reader to browse content, leave comments, and share posts on social media. You should be able to access your site’s feed via yourdomain.com\/feed<\/em>. Note that doing this will only show you the code; you need a dedicated news aggregator<\/a> tool such as Feedly<\/a> to see it in its full glory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to differentiate your content, you can create a custom RSS feed and target specific readers. This can be useful if your website caters to multiple niches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also feature posts from external sources using our Feedzy<\/a> plugin. For instance, you could aggregate content<\/a> from other blogs, podcasts, or even YouTube channels and display them on your site to increase engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n

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How to create a custom RSS feed in WordPress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, customizing an RSS feed takes some advanced knowledge, so we would not recommend undertaking this approach unless you’re at least a little comfortable with code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before you proceed, it’s smart to back up your site<\/a> so you can recover it if something goes wrong. When you’re ready to proceed, follow the instructions below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This tutorial will help you create a custom RSS feed with the following attributes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n