{"id":8591,"date":"2015-03-03T08:18:45","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T16:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog?p=8591&#038;preview_id=8591"},"modified":"2026-04-14T08:48:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:48:24","slug":"wordpress-to-rss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wordpress-to-rss\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make a WordPress RSS Feed &#8211; No Plugin Required"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress, the most popular blogging platform boasts <a title=\"WordPress Statistics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/woorockets\/the-state-of-wordpress-2014-statistics\">impressive growth numbers<\/a> including a 23% market share at the end of 2014. Over 12 Million websites use WordPress. When it comes to a WordPress RSS feed, WordPress has many options to create the perfect content sharing strategy to fit your needs.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Create_a_WordPress_RSS_Feed\"><\/span>How to Create a WordPress RSS Feed<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8625 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wordpress-to-rss.jpg\" alt=\"How to Make a WordPress RSS Feed\" width=\"492\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wordpress-to-rss.jpg 492w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wordpress-to-rss-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>First, let&#8217;s start with the basics. Creating a WordPress RSS feed for a WordPress blog is pretty straightforward.\u00a0 To create a feed of your main content, <strong>simply add: \/feed\/ to your blog&#8217;s URL. <\/strong>As an example, here is the feed of the <a title=\"Tips to be great at social media in just minutes per day\" href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/\">dlvr.it blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Blog URL: <a title=\"Tips to be great at social media in just minutes per day\" href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/\">https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Feed URL: <a title=\"dlvr.it blog RSS feed\" href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/feed\/\">https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unless you <a title=\"WordPress Privacy Settings\" href=\"http:\/\/support.wordpress.com\/settings\/privacy-settings\/\">mark your blog as private<\/a>, f<span style=\"background-color: #f5f6f5;\">eeds\u00a0<\/span>are automatically\u00a0created. The content of <a title=\"How to Create Private WordPress Blog Posts\" href=\"http:\/\/support.wordpress.com\/posts\/post-visibility\/#post-visibility\">password-protected<\/a> posts will not display in your blog\u2019s feed.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Create_a_Custom_WordPress_RSS_Feed\"><\/span>How to Create a Custom WordPress RSS Feed<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Every WordPress blog has multiple feeds. As well as providing a feed for your post content, WordPress also offers several other types for your blog.<\/p>\n<p>Using the dlvr.it blog again as an example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Main Content:<\/strong> <a title=\"dlvr.it blog RSS feed\" href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/feed\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/feed\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Comments:<\/strong> <a title=\"dlvr.it blog comments feed\" href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/comments\/feed\/\">https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/comments\/feed\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Category:<\/strong> <a title=\"dlvr.it Blog Social Media Minute Category Feed\" href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/category\/social-media-minute\/feed\/\">https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/category\/social-media-minute\/feed\/<\/a> (<strong>\u201cSocial-media-minute\u201d<\/strong> is the category.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tag:<\/strong>\u00a0<a title=\"dlvr.it Blog Tag Feed on Social Media\" href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/tag\/social-media\/feed\/\">https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/tag\/social-media\/feed\/<\/a>(<strong>\u201cSocial Media\u201d<\/strong> is the tag.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Authors:<\/strong> <a title=\"dlvrit Blog RSS feed for Author Bill Flitter\" href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/author\/bflitter\/feed\/\">https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/author\/bflitter\/feed\/<\/a>(<strong>\u201cbflitter\u201d<\/strong> is the username of the author.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This type of filtering and fine-tuning of RSS feeds comes in handy when sharing your content across <a title=\"Tips to be great at social media in just minutes per day\" href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/tag\/social-media\/\">social media<\/a>, and with partners and publishers.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Find_More_Hidden_RSS_Feed_Options_in_WordPress\"><\/span>Find More Hidden RSS Feed Options in WordPress<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can also control how many items show in a feed as well as toggle between Full text and Summary. Full text means that the entire contents of a post are included in the feed. Summary means that only the first 55 words are included in the feed, along with the option to continue reading the rest of the post.<\/p>\n<p>Once your WordPress admin is open, find the additional RSS settings here:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Click Settings<\/li>\n<li>Click Reading<\/li>\n<li>Select the number of blog posts to appear in the feed at one time<\/li>\n<li>Choose Full Text or Summary<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8623 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/WordPress-Feed-Settings-e1425332294864.png\" alt=\"Wordpress RSS feed settings\" width=\"760\" height=\"416\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The above feed creation and options work for both WordPress.com and WordPress.org self-hosted blogs.<\/strong> If you need more powerful RSS filtering options including merging feeds or selectively post items, <a title=\"How do I use dlvr.it's filters to selectively post items?\" href=\"http:\/\/support.dlvrit.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/200402534-How-do-I-use-dlvr-it-s-filters-to-selectively-post-items-\">continue reading<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress, the most popular blogging platform boasts impressive growth numbers including a 23% market share at the end of 2014. 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