Adds featured images to the default RSS feed for use with MailChimps image merge-tag
As of April 2026, MB ImageChimp RSS Feed Enhancer is a WordPress rss plugin with 700 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 7 reviews. It has been downloaded 14K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: RSS Importer.
This plugin makes it easy to display the featured images of your posts in mailchimp RSS newsletters.
Once activated this plugin will add the following to your sites default rss feed:
To the rss name space declarations:
xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
To each individual item (if it has a featured image):
<media:content url="[url]" type="[mimetype]" medium="image" width="100%" height="auto">
<media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[title]]></media:description>
</media:content>
The featured images are not inserted directly into the content of your posts, so you have full control over where and how to present them.
If you send out newsletters using a Mailchimp RSS based Campaign, simply place the *|RSSITEM:IMAGE|* merge-tag in your…
| WordPress | 2.0+ requiredTested up to 3.7.41 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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