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Better RSS Feeds

Better RSS Feeds improves the appearance of your RSS feeds.

By Waterloo Plugins·RSS·Free
2.9(19 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 6 years ago
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As of April 2026, Better RSS Feeds is a WordPress rss plugin with 100 active installations and a 2.9/5 rating from 19 reviews. It has been downloaded 41K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: RSS Importer.

2.9/519 reviews
100active installs
41K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014

Overview

You can improve the default WordPress RSS feed to include:

  • This plugin will add post thumbnail to RSS feed as “media:content” and “enclosure” tags.
  • Image is also added to HTML part of “description” and “content:encoded” tags.
  • Make RSS Feeds look pretty.

Post thumbnail

Add post thumnail to each post’s excerpt and full text (if enabled in WordPress configuration).
Image will be added just before text of each post in RSS feed.
Post thumbnail is also added as media:content and enclosure tag to RSS feed.

Full-text RSS Feed when accessed via special URL

You can access RSS Feed with full content posts even when WordPress is set to RSS “Excerpt only” mode.

Read full description on WordPress.org

Ratings & Reviews

2.919 reviews
5 ★
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1 ★
10

Compatibility

WordPress4.0.0+ requiredTested up to 5.2.24
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

2.0.1

  • Updated feed styles
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Waterloo PluginsWaterloo Plugins
Plugin Info
Version
2.0.1
Last Updated
Sep 6, 2019
WP Requires
4.0.0+
Tested Up To
5.2.24
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
100
Downloads
41K+
Added
Jul 15, 2014
Business
Free

Tags

rssfeedrss feed

Developer

W
Waterloo Plugins
4 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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