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Super RSS Reader – Add attractive RSS Feed Widget icon

Super RSS Reader – Add attractive RSS Feed Widget

v5.2
by vaakash · 4.6 (65 reviews)

Display any RSS feed(s) in widget with news ticker effect in multiple tabs, thumbnails, customizable color themes and more.

10K+ active installs Updated Jun 29, 2024 Tested to 6.6.2 Requires PHP 5.3
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About Super RSS Reader – Add attractive RSS Feed Widget

Super RSS Reader is a customizable WordPress plugin that allows you to display RSS feeds in an attractive way on your website. It has features such as multiple tabs, a news ticker effect, color themes, and the ability to display thumbnails. There is also a PRO version available with additional features like shortcode integration and grid display.

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Super RSS Reader – Add attractive RSS Feed Widget screenshot
Super RSS Reader – Add attractive RSS Feed Widget screenshot
Super RSS Reader – Add attractive RSS Feed Widget screenshot
Super RSS Reader – Add attractive RSS Feed Widget screenshot

Frequently asked questions

What does the Super RSS Reader plugin do?
The Super RSS Reader plugin allows you to display RSS feed(s) in an attractive way to your widget. It has options to display multiple RSS feeds separated by tabs in a single widget and has a feature to add a news ticker like effect to it.
Is the widget customizable?
Yes, the widget is fully customizable with external styles and also has color themes out of the box. It is a perfect replacement for the default RSS widget in WordPress.
What are some features of the Super RSS Reader plugin?
The features of the Super RSS Reader plugin include news ticker, multiple tabs, thumbnail display, color themes, different thumbnail positions, customizable ticker speed, different date formats, support for RSS and atom feed, trim title and description text, and order feed items by date or random.
What can I display using the Super RSS Reader plugin?
You can display your own website content like recent posts, comments, forum topics, articles and posts from related websites, events and job listings from other websites, and any RSS feed on your site.
What additional features are included in the PRO version of the Super RSS Reader plugin?
The PRO version of the Super RSS Reader plugin includes shortcode to display RSS feed anywhere in your website, grid display, paginated display, filter by keyword, custom feed item template, fetch thumbnail, merge multiple feeds, and 4 new color themes.

Changelog

5.2

  • Fix: Order whole RSS feed by date.
  • Fix: Handle null returns.

5.1

  • Fix: Enhancements to pick thumbnail from srcsets and skip remote relative thumbnails.
  • Fix: Comment user avatar is added to comments RSS feed.

5.0

  • New: Option to show/hide feed item title.
  • New: Option to link description text with the feed item URL.
  • New: Option to offset/skip RSS feed items.
  • New: Option to set different width and height for the thumbnail.
  • Fix: Additional ellipsis are now stripped from the description text.

4.9

  • New: Option to set fixed height for the feed with scrollbar.
  • New: RSS feeds are now fetched with Chrome user agent.
  • Fix: <b> tag is now included in the rich text description.

4.8.1

  • Fix: Minor enhancements to Modern 2 color theme.
  • New: Support for WordPress 6.1

4.8

  • New: Color theme (Modern 2).

4.7

  • New: Support for lazy loading is enabled for thumbnails.
  • New: WordPress requirement is updated.
  • Fix: Enhancements to widget form and feed output sanitization.

4.6

  • New: Option to choose timezone for the date of feed items.
  • Fix: Set default link URL when feed item has no link.
  • Fix: Break tags are retained in the feed description.

4.5

  • New: Display feed item date in relative format.
  • Fix: Minor enhancements to widget admin UI.

4.4.1

  • Fix: All feed items were displayed when “Order by” is selected as “default”

4.4

  • New: Option to prefer full content or summary to display as feed description.
  • New: Default ordering option.
  • New: Option to change no feed item text.
  • Fix: Bug with select field in widget form.
  • Fix: Read more link being displayed when description is empty.

4.3

  • New: Option to order/sort feed items by date, random.
  • New: Filter hook to customize thumbnail URL.

4.2

  • Fix: Ticker sometimes gets stuck when browser tab is switched or not viewed.
  • New: Featured image is automatically inserted into local RSS feed to show as thumbnail if the post has no image in it.

4.1

  • New: Option to change date format
  • New: Date will now be in the same language as the site.
  • New: Option to set default thumbnail image if not present.
  • New: Filter hook to customize the feed item’s HTML.

4.0.1

  • Fix: Added hover style for the tabs and on active style when no theme is selected.
  • New: Tested with WordPress 5.6

4.0

  • New: Reliable thumbnails. Thumbnails will now be taken from multiple places like feed content.
  • New: Thumbnail positions (align left, right and cover mode) and size can be changed.
  • New: Widget options are now more refined, easy to find and use.
  • New: Plugin is now translation ready.
  • New: noreferrer added to the feed links.
  • New: Stripe of feed items is now done using CSS class srr-stripe instead of even.
  • New: Introducing PRO version.

3.2

  • Fix: Read more link not present
  • New: Widgets settings is now clean and easy to use.
  • New: Thumbnail and description can now be displayed separately.
  • New: Description and title text are now trimmed by “words” instead of “characters”.
  • New: Enable ticker option is now replaced with Display type.
  • Fix: Refactor code.
  • Fix: Undefined index notice upon saving the widget.

3.1

  • Fix: Settings not being saved.
  • New: Updated the ticker library to the latest.
  • Fix: Added cache buster to JS and CSS files.
  • Fix: Upon tab change, sometimes ticker height gets to 0;

3.0

  • New: Plugin code is refactored.
  • New: Options are reorganized for easy configuration.
  • Fix: Minor UI changes.
  • Fix: Certain PHP notices on saving widget settings.

2.8

  • New: jQuery ticker script is now loaded locally.
  • Fix: Minor style adjustments to the admin widget.

2.7

  • New: Support for “no follow” attribute in links.
  • Fix: Readme with updated FAQ.

2.6

  • New: Ability to set fixed height for the RSS widget.
  • New: Using minified JavaScript on frontend.
  • Fix: Cleaned widget UI, reordered options.
  • Fix: Code refactoring.

2.5

  • Added feature to change individual tab titles/names.
  • Added feature to enable rich or full description.
  • Fixed feed ordering issues.
  • Updated jQuery easy ticker plugin to v2.0.
  • Minor code revisions.

2.4

  • Added feature to cut down/strip feed titles.
  • Added a new ‘Simple modern’ color style.

2.3

  • Fixed incompatibility of other jQuery plugins due to the usage of the latest version of jQuery.

2.2

  • Displays “thumbnail” of the feed item if available.
  • Added setting to change ticker speed.
  • Added setting to edit the “Read more” text.
  • Default styles are revised.
  • Switched to full size ticker code.
  • Core code revised.

2.1

  • Added option to open links in new window.
  • Changed the method to include the scripts and styles.
  • Added a new ‘Orange’ color style.

2.0

  • Core code is completely rewritten.
  • Flash RSS Reader is removed and instead jQuery is used.
  • Administration panel used in the previous version is removed and settings are configured in the widget itself.

0.8

  • Second version with included CSS and Proxy file (loadXML.php).

0.5

  • Initial version with a flash RSS Reader

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