Fetch multiple RSS feeds

Use shortcode to fetch and display multiple RSS feeds in an unordered list on your website.

Customize display options

Control whether to display the entire RSS feed content or just an excerpt, control the number of words in the excerpt, and choose whether to include a "Read more" link.

Easy setup and lightweight

This plugin is simple and fast, with an easy setup process. It is designed to be lightweight so it won't slow down your website.

Control the appearance

Choose whether to display a thumbnail or the first image from the feed, control the size of the thumbnail, and set the order of the items in the list.

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1.6.0

Add additional methods for retriving thumbnail images

1.5.5

Fix a bug where dofollow option was not working with thumbnails

1.5.3

Add more details to RSS errors
Fallback to original RSS fetch method if feed is invalid

1.5.2

Increase performance with built-in caching system for all feeds
Disable ajax for feeds already cached

1.5.1

Fix an issue causing some sources to block SimplePie requests

1.5.0

Defer loading feeds via JavaScript (solves slow page loading issue)
Add ajax option (true or false) to disable deferred loading
Fix an issue where some feeds would not fetch
Hide images that contain broken or blocked links

1.4.3

Fix an issue with default ordering for single feeds

1.4.2

Add ability to grab thumbnail image from rss image tag

1.4.1

Add custom filter hook to allow changes to the layout (wp_rss_retriever_layout)
Thumbnail images now link to the source

1.4.0

Refactor feed fetching and formatting for performance
Improve error handling. Display attribute errors for administrators and editors
Allow cache setting to be plain text (ie. 2 hours, 2 days, etc.)
Fix a bug causing the shortcode not to load when an open or closing double quote was used
Allow thumbnails to take percentages as arguments for full width (ie. 100%x250)

1.3.10

Fix a bug causing an error if the rss content is an empty string

1.3.9

Fix a bug with function declarations not working with some themes

1.3.7

Improve image finder functionality

1.3.6

Add support for featured images in RSS feeds for self-hosted sources

1.3.5

Suppress php warning from known SimplePie date bug

1.3.4

Fix a bug causing a PHP error for feeds with a 404 error

1.3.3

Fix a bug when published and source are disabled causing layout issue

1.3.2

Fix an issue where feeds were automatically reordered by default WordPress settings

1.3.1

Fix an issue where excerpts in East Asian languages were not trimming words properly

1.3.0

Refactor image CSS to make img element act as background-size:cover
Remove default list-item styles
Include ability to set width and height on thumbnails (ie. 200×150)
Fix an issue where plugin CSS was not enqueuing when using the shortcode inside a text widget
Fix an issue where excerpt=0 was not stripping html tags from the feed.

1.2.6

Fix HTML validation error

1.2.4

Utilizes the local timezone set in WordPress general settings

1.2.2

Dates now translates to the language set in WordPress general settings
Date and time format now uses the format set via WordPress general settings

1.2.1

Fix a bug where the error message “No Items” was displaying outside of the list item
Fix an error that displays sometimes on 404 pages
Add optional plugin credits (disabled by default)
Add orderby=”random” method

1.2

Fix SSL error
Add default nofollow for links
Add option for dofollow

1.1.1

Support for aggregating multiple feeds into one list
Ability to order posts by date or reverse date
Options to display or remove source and date
Option to remove title

1.1

Fixed several bugs
Fetch thumbnail or first image
Control size of thumbnail
Set cache time (in seconds)
Now includes small CSS file, required for thumbnail support

1.0.2

Pulls images & html in when excerpt is not enabled

1.0.1

Fixes bug where excerpt included html and broken images

1.0

Initial release

Excellent plugin - one suggestion though

By hmmcrunchy on September 5, 2023

Excellent works a dream - simple and efective

Be very handy if there was a default message to display if there is nothing on the RSS feed - rather than just displaying an error

Good for simple implementations

By vampyris on April 13, 2023

Considering this plugin is free, I think it's a great alternative to the many other RSS display plugins out there that charge money for displaying images.

Not compatible with PHP 8

By mediasmia on September 17, 2022

Has not been updated for over 1 year and is not compatible with PHP 8.

Works but lacks Block implementation, alters your site RSS feed

By Marty (bozzmedia) on June 11, 2022

The shortcode provided does an ample job of importing RSS feeds. There are two things that would improve this plugin: 1) Make it clear the plugin alters your site's RSS feed and adds thumbnails to it. Then offer an option to disable that function. Better yet, don't mess with the site's RSS feed at all as the purported purpose of this plugin is to display RSS feeds on the frontend of your site, not alter your site's RSS feed. It took me awhile to track this down and now I've replaced the plugin entirely due to this. 2) Offer a Block to be used with the Block Editor Finally Gutenberg users will get a good chunk of the functionality you need for bringing in RSS feeds through the Core RSS Feed block now provided in WP.

Good

By hammersmithsociety on March 14, 2022

Does what it says, perfect for our needs - thanks

Best RSS feed Plugin

By Khubaib Mehmood (khubaib411) on November 16, 2020

I tried almost 10 to twelve free plugin's versions, but this plugin is best ever. The best thing is that you can manage feed layout according to your requirement with a little bit of coding. Thanks for making this plugin.

Great plugin

By akingbenga on September 1, 2019

timing problems

By ninebyte on August 28, 2019

huh, last version killed standards ... if i could i would take this one star also. do you never test your plug on other systems too? with other feeds ? good idea, but no success .. links on images without images .. timingproblems, not cool .. no way to override the new feature with link on image ..

Excellent plugin

By sleeplessinDC on July 4, 2019

This is very easy to use in pages and in text widgets. Simple string of shortcodes you can do a variety of things with. Thanks for making this available.

Lightweight and works

By bsthp on July 1, 2019

Tried other more established options, such as wp RSS Agreegator and had nothing but issues. This plugin is very lightweight, so easy to get going and enough variables to tell it what to display.

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