Static Feed
Improve the performance of your site by serving your feeds as static (XML) files.
5(2 reviews)
·90 active installs·Updated 16 years agoAs of April 2026, Static Feed is a WordPress rss plugin with 90 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.9.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 16 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: RSS Importer.
5/52 reviews
90active installs
7.1K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010
Overview
Improve the performance of your site by serving your feeds as static (XML) files.
WARNING
If you are not confident with creating/editing files or changing file permissions on your web server, this plugin may not be for you.
Advantages
- Reduces server processing load (reduces PHP and MySQL processing)
- Increases server response time (server promptly returns the feed, no need to wait for PHP or MySQL)
- Faster downloads (presuming you have compression configured on your web server)
- Improves uptime (static files can continue to be served even if PHP or MySQL are offline)
Supported Feeds
The Static Feed plugin can be used for any of the standard WordPress feeds as well as other feeds added by plugins such as Blubrry PowerPress.
Here’s a brief list:
- RSS2 (default) Feed (example.com/feed/) …
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.9.0+ requiredTested up to 2.9.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.0
- Released on 02/18/2010
- First public release of the Static Feed plugin
- Adds support for serving static feeds through Permalinks via .htaccess ModRewrite rules
Contributors
Plugin data sourced from WordPress.org. Analysis and metrics by PluginSift.