Fetches an RSS feed and returns RSS as array
As of April 2026, Fetch Feed is a WordPress rss plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 5.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 16 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: RSS Importer.
This plugin was created to retrieve and cache an RSS feed for use in a template.
What you do is pass the url to the feed you would like returned and the number of minutes you would like the feed cached for. The
plugin will cache the RSS xml and return the feed as an object which you can loop through and output however you please.
New As Of Version 1.5:
– Fixed a typo that caused the feed to be retrieved and cached every time. Credit: Binny V A (http://www.bin-co.com/blog/) – Thanks man!
fetch_feed_cache() is the only function you will be using with this plugin. fetch_feed_cache() accepts 2 parameters.
| WordPress | 2.5+ requiredTested up to 2.8 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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