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RSS Importer

Import posts from an RSS feed.

By briancolinger·RSS·Free
2(10 reviews)
·30K+ active installs·Updated 1 year ago
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As of April 2026, RSS Importer is a WordPress rss plugin with 30K+ active installations and a 2/5 rating from 10 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.3M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 6% this week. Top alternative: RSS for Yandex Turbo.

2/510 reviews
30K+active installs
1.3M+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010

Overview

Import posts from an RSS feed.

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Ratings & Reviews

210 reviews
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Recent Reviews

Not working
by surfbee·9 months ago

Only pulling through the titles not the main body of the posts.

It seems to get only XML from a downloaded file
by narcisgarcia·2 years ago

It should allow an URL specification to get feed from an online website.

Needs update for PHP 7
by Back to Front·4 years ago

This plugin needs an update to work with php7. (and 8)

@garethgillman has provided a fix.
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fix-for-php-7/

Once that’s fixed it works really nice. Although it could also warn users that media files haven’t been moved.

Its not cool that @wordpressdotorg hasn’t deployed that fix with an update to the plugin. Its almost like a core feature. For lots of people this is going to be one of their first experiences of WordPress trying to migrate their old site. Sorry for whinging let me know how I can fix it myself if thats easier.

Not tested on past 3 releases!!!
by BallisticsMan·6 years ago

Why is this even being offered as a possibility when it has not been tested on newer versions of WP?

Need fix for import category
by toanbily·9 years ago·1 reply

Update line 109 for fixed wrong import categories:
Old code: //$categories[$cat_index] = $wpdb->escape( html_entity_decode( $category ) );
New code: $categories[$cat_index] = str_replace(array(‘<![CDATA[‘, ‘]]>’), ”, $wpdb->escape( trim($category) ));

Download Trends

Today: 100Yesterday: 115This week: 741Period total: 59K

Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v0.3
83.8%
v0.2
16.1%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

0.3.2

  • Testing the plugin up to WordPress 6.4.2
  • Update link references from http to https.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

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Plugin Info
Version
0.3.2
Last Updated
Oct 17, 2024
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
6.6.5
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
30K+
Downloads
1.3M+
Added
May 20, 2010
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Community

Tags

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Developer

B
briancolinger
11 plugins0.1M+ total installs
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