RSS Feed Retriever: Pricing, Instructions, Reviews and More

Explore the capabilities of the RSS Feed Retriever plugin, designed to streamline and enhance your website's content aggregation.

4.7

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10K

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RSS Feed Retriever: Pricing, Instructions, Reviews and More

Overview

Compatibility

Installation instructions

Customer support & learning resources

Changelog

Main benefits

Fetch multiple RSS feeds

Display feeds using shortcode

Control excerpt length

Open links in new window

Aggregate feeds into one list

About this plugin

Author: Travis

Categories: Widgets and Sidebars

Version: 1.6.10

Last updated: 06-01-2023

WordPress version: 2.8

Tested up to: 6.1.7

PHP version required: false

Languages: Español, Suomi [+3]

Tags:

News aggregator Rss import Rss aggregator Rss feed Rss parsing

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Overview

The provided WordPress plugin is designed to fetch and display RSS feeds on your website with ease. It allows users to aggregate multiple RSS feeds and showcase them in an unordered list through the use of shortcodes. Key features include the ability to control the number of items displayed, show excerpts or full content, include thumbnails, and set the cache time for feeds. Additionally, users can customize whether to display titles, read more links, and open links in new windows. The plugin also offers PRO version features like column layouts, icon replacements, and masonry grid layouts. Simple to set up and lightweight, it can seamlessly integrate into posts, pages, widgets, and even PHP files, making it a flexible tool for creating custom news aggregators or embedding RSS feeds into your website content.

Flexible Display Options

Display RSS feeds anywhere using shortcode, including text widgets.
Control whether to display the entire RSS feed content or just an excerpt.
Control how many words display in the excerpt.
Control whether it has a 'Read more' link or not.

Customization and Control

Fetch as many RSS feeds as you want.
Control order of items by date, reverse date, or random.
Set cache time to control how often feeds are updated.
Aggregate multiple feeds into one list.

Visual Enhancements

Fetch thumbnail or first image from the feed.
Control size of thumbnail (width and height).
Set layout to columns/grid or masonry grid layout (PRO version).
Replace source & date labels with icons (PRO version).

User Experience

Simple, lightweight, and fast.
Easy to setup.
Control whether links open in a new window or not.
Dofollow or nofollow options for links.

Features list

Feature

Premium version

Fetch Thumbnail or First Image

Automatically retrieve and display the thumbnail or first image from a feed.

Display Excerpt

Show a brief excerpt of the content from each feed item.

Aggregate Multiple Feeds

Combine and display content from multiple feeds in one place.

Multiple Layout Options

Choose from various layout options to display your feed content.

Improved Styles and Icons

Enhance the appearance of your feed with better styles and icons.

1 Year of Support for Unlimited Websites

Receive support for an unlimited number of websites for one year.

1 Year of Updates for Unlimited Websites

Get updates for an unlimited number of websites for one year.

Pricing

Personal

$29 / yearly

Plan includes

Fetch Thumbnail or First Image

Display Excerpt

Aggregate Multiple Feeds

Multiple Layout Options

Improved Styles and Icons

1 Year of Support for 1 Website

1 Year of Updates for 1 Website

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Agency

$89 / yearly

Plan includes

Fetch Thumbnail or First Image

Display Excerpt

Aggregate Multiple Feeds

Multiple Layout Options

Improved Styles and Icons

1 Year of Support for Unlimited Websites

1 Year of Updates for Unlimited Websites

Buy Now

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Rating and reviews

4.7

Rating summary

Reviews

10K

Active installations

User sentiment analysis

Users appreciate this WordPress plugin for its simplicity and effectiveness in displaying RSS feeds. They highlight how easy it is to use, both in pages and text widgets, with a variety of customizable shortcodes. It’s commended for being lightweight, offering good default settings, and handling multiple RSS feeds seamlessly. What stands out is its ability to display images and avoid unwanted content. However, users recommend improvements such as compatibility with PHP 8, adding Block Editor support, and clearer communication about its functionality. Common drawbacks include lacking pagination and issues with non-English excerpts and image display in some feeds. The plugin requires updating, and users request more manageable feed layout options.

hmmcrunchy

05 Sep, 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

vampyris

13 Apr, 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.

mediasmia

17 Sep, 2022

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

Marty

11 Jun, 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.

RSS Feed Retriever: Pricing, Instructions, Reviews and More

Overview

Compatibility

Installation instructions

Customer support & learning resources

Changelog

Main benefits

About this plugin

Overview

Flexible Display Options

Customization and Control

Visual Enhancements

User Experience

Features list

Pricing

Plan includes

Plan includes

Rating and reviews

User sentiment analysis

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FAQ

The thumbnail is not displaying

The thumbnail is blurry

How do I change the layout? (ie. make the thumbnail first)

How do I display a feed with a Gutenberg Block?

How do I display a feed in my content?

How do I display a feed in a widget?

How do I display a feed using PHP?

How do I control the number of items displayed from the RSS feed?

Can I aggregate multiple RSS feeds into one list?

How do I set the cache time for the RSS feed?