WP RSS AggregatorWith over 1 million all-time downloads and currently having more than 60,000 websites actively using it, WP RSS Aggregator is by far the most reliable and well-supported plugin of its kind. Provide your site visitors with a constant flow of fresh and relevant content no matter the topic.
Introduction
Adding RSS feeds to your WordPress site is a great way to grow your audience organically, establish credibility, and much more.
It’s all about showing site visitors that you’ve got the industry knowledge to be trusted, potentially even to be seen as an influence in your area. All of this can be done while boosting your search engine visibility and delighting your audience, resulting in more qualified traffic and potentially more revenue for your business.
Here’s a quick look at what the simplest form of a feed display could look like:
- Building Bridges of Authority: Creating a content hub with Multiple Articles on a Review Site
- The Top 5 Most Common WordPress Hosting Problems and How to Fix Them
- Mastering Your Content Strategy with a PublishPress Editorial Calendar
- Effective CRM Data Cleansing Strategies for WordPress Users
- How to Optimize Kinsta WordPress Hosting with WP Rocket
Now if you’re after something more attractive to the eye, check out our Basic and Pro plans to take WP RSS Aggregator to the next level.
Browse our Showcase for some real-life examples of WP RSS Aggregator in action.
“Such a great plugin” – Ricardo Kazuo
“I tried alternatives but this one seems to do what I needed” – Peter Huckle
Uses and Use-Cases
Find and display fresh, new content to engage and grow your audience.
Curate content to keep your avid readers on your site for longer.
Importing and displaying RSS feeds is helpful for many types of sites:
- Curate news, videos and more from the top sources in your niche.
- Add related posts from other sites to your site.
- Curate job, real estate or other listings for your market or niche.
- Embed videos from other sources (Youtube) to engage more visitors.
- Aggregate podcast episodes related to your hobby or profession.
- Writers, display your works from multiple sites in your portfolio.
- And much more…
Here are a few examples of websites using WP RSS Aggregator:
- WP News Desk curates WordPress news, tutorials, and more from over 100 trusted sources.
- Travel Blogger Community does something similar to share blog posts from well-known travelers.
- Crypto Headlines shares Youtube videos from popular Youtube channels.
- Euro Finance Blogs curates content on investment, personal finance, and early retirement.
SEO Benefits from RSS Feeds
Importing RSS feeds alone won’t improve your site’s SEO, however, if you curate content (articles, tutorials, videos, listings, etc) and bring in quality traffic, the benefits begin to appear:
- Generate lots of new backlinks to your site.
- Enhance your online presence and gain more trust.
- And therefore, you can help boost your SEO!
If you’re still unsure whether this plugin is right for your needs, please send us a message, we’ll be happy to help guide you.
Features
Unlimited Sources
Import any number of RSS or Atom feeds from any number of websites or other online sources, to create your own unique mix of content. Nothing in the free version is artificially limited, the completely optional paid add-ons only provide additional functionality.
Feed Auto-Discovery
Simply add a website URL and our plugin will go and fetch any available feeds (not guaranteed to work for all sources).
Block and Shortcode Displays
WP RSS Aggregator’s Gutenberg block and shortcode are powerful but easy to master. They give you the maximum flexibility in terms of what appears where, how and when.
Unique Titles Only
Certain sources can have the same post published multiple times, or it may be published on multiple sites with the same title. This option ensures that you only import and share that post once.
Automated Source Attribution
Automatically link the source’s name and the article title to the original source, crediting them for their work, and adding value to their site by sending visitors their way.
Specific Author Attribution
Just link you want to credit the original source, you also want to credit the author. They did the hard work, so we give you the option of including their name in the feed display.
Easy Template Creation
Through the use of templates, WP RSS Aggregator enables you to create multiple styles of displays that can be used across your site. Just select the template to use, choose the sources to show, and you’re all done. This can be done via both our Gutenberg block and shortcode.
Video Integrations
Video content is growing in popularity every month, so why not leverage that by having videos from reputable sources such as Youtube open directly on your site?
Handy Tools
From bulk importing multiple feed sources to managing error logs and blacklisting specific feed items, WP RSS Aggregator offers a variety of helpful tools.
Translations Available
The free core plugin is available in a number of languages over on the WordPress plugin repo, including Catalan, Dutch, English (US), Italian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish (Argentina), and Spanish (Spain).
Technical Details
The following are required for the free WP RSS Aggregator plugin to function:
- WordPress 4.8 or higher
- PHP 5.4 or higher
- The core plugin requires WP Cron to work in order to function correctly. If this is not possible for any reason, WP RSS Aggregator cannot ensure that the feed source imports are run.
- WP RSS Aggregator also uses SimplePie, and hence its requirements must also be fulfilled. WordPress currently comes bundled with SimplePie version 1.3.1. To review its minimum system requirements please click here.
- All our plugins work only on self-hosted versions of WordPress (WordPress.org) and are not compatible with the hosted version of WordPress (WordPress.com).
Changelog:
Click here to view the changelog.
FAQs
Q: How do I install the free version of WP RSS Aggregator?
A: Click on the “Download” button on the right, then follow these instructions on installing the plugin from within your WordPress dashboard.
Q: Is there any limit on the number of sources I can add?
A: There is no limit in place for the number of feed sources. Having many (50+) feed sources should not present any problems in itself. However, pulling in items from many sites is bound to put your server under some stress, so you might want to consider using a hosting solution that goes beyond your typical shared host. Check out our dedicated page for hosting recommendations.
Q: How do I display the imported feed items?
A: Use our shortcode or block on any page or post on your WordPress site. It will automatically display all imported feed items from all sources, but you can use parameters to limit that display to certain sources.
Q: Can I display the imported feed items as Posts in my website’s blog or some other dedicated section?
A: Yes, with the Pro Plan. You will be able to store items as posts and any other custom post type. You can also automatically set the author, set tags and categories, import images into the gallery or set featured images, import embedded videos, and much more.
Q: Will this plugin slow down my WordPress site?
A: The impact of our plugin on the performance of your website depends on your usage of the plugin, and on the resources that are available on your server. Some of our customers have hundreds of feed sources importing thousands of items without a significant decrease in speed. Generally, the amount of resources consumed is directly proportional to the number of feed sources you have active, the number of feed items being imported, and the number of items already imported; all that multiplied by the frequency of imports.
As a preventative measure, if you are planning to do a lot of importing, we recommend a hosting plan with at least 128M of memory available for PHP. Also, please bear in mind that in order to utilize available memory resources, the WordPress memory limit has to be adjusted accordingly.
We also provide further recommendations here.
Q: How will importing existing posts affect the SEO for the source site and original author?
A: Content that is present on more than just the original source, i.e. “duplicate” content, can be an issue sometimes. A special way exists to notify search engines what the original source of the content is, and that is through something called a canonical link.
The Pro Plan add-on provides a Canonical Link setting that allows you to easily specify the canonical link for imported posts, which will point back to the original resource.
As for the author of the posts, the Pro Plan add-on also allows you to set the author of the imported posts to be any existing author, or even automatically create authors in your system based on relevant data in the feed – if provided.
Adding RSS feeds to your WordPress site is a great way to grow your audience organically, establish credibility, and much more.
It’s all about showing site visitors that you’ve got the industry knowledge to be trusted, potentially even to be seen as an influence in your area. All of this can be done while boosting your search engine visibility and delighting your audience, resulting in more qualified traffic and potentially more revenue for your business.
Here’s a quick look at what the simplest form of a feed display could look like:
- Building Bridges of Authority: Creating a content hub with Multiple Articles on a Review Site
- The Top 5 Most Common WordPress Hosting Problems and How to Fix Them
- Mastering Your Content Strategy with a PublishPress Editorial Calendar
- Effective CRM Data Cleansing Strategies for WordPress Users
- How to Optimize Kinsta WordPress Hosting with WP Rocket
Now if you’re after something more attractive to the eye, check out our Basic and Pro plans to take WP RSS Aggregator to the next level.
Browse our Showcase for some real-life examples of WP RSS Aggregator in action.
“Such a great plugin” – Ricardo Kazuo
“I tried alternatives but this one seems to do what I needed” – Peter Huckle
Find and display fresh, new content to engage and grow your audience.
Curate content to keep your avid readers on your site for longer.
Importing and displaying RSS feeds is helpful for many types of sites:
- Curate news, videos and more from the top sources in your niche.
- Add related posts from other sites to your site.
- Curate job, real estate or other listings for your market or niche.
- Embed videos from other sources (Youtube) to engage more visitors.
- Aggregate podcast episodes related to your hobby or profession.
- Writers, display your works from multiple sites in your portfolio.
- And much more…
Here are a few examples of websites using WP RSS Aggregator:
- WP News Desk curates WordPress news, tutorials, and more from over 100 trusted sources.
- Travel Blogger Community does something similar to share blog posts from well-known travelers.
- Crypto Headlines shares Youtube videos from popular Youtube channels.
- Euro Finance Blogs curates content on investment, personal finance, and early retirement.
SEO Benefits from RSS Feeds
Importing RSS feeds alone won’t improve your site’s SEO, however, if you curate content (articles, tutorials, videos, listings, etc) and bring in quality traffic, the benefits begin to appear:
- Generate lots of new backlinks to your site.
- Enhance your online presence and gain more trust.
- And therefore, you can help boost your SEO!
If you’re still unsure whether this plugin is right for your needs, please send us a message, we’ll be happy to help guide you.
Unlimited Sources
Import any number of RSS or Atom feeds from any number of websites or other online sources, to create your own unique mix of content. Nothing in the free version is artificially limited, the completely optional paid add-ons only provide additional functionality.
Feed Auto-Discovery
Simply add a website URL and our plugin will go and fetch any available feeds (not guaranteed to work for all sources).
Block and Shortcode Displays
WP RSS Aggregator’s Gutenberg block and shortcode are powerful but easy to master. They give you the maximum flexibility in terms of what appears where, how and when.
Unique Titles Only
Certain sources can have the same post published multiple times, or it may be published on multiple sites with the same title. This option ensures that you only import and share that post once.
Automated Source Attribution
Automatically link the source’s name and the article title to the original source, crediting them for their work, and adding value to their site by sending visitors their way.
Specific Author Attribution
Just link you want to credit the original source, you also want to credit the author. They did the hard work, so we give you the option of including their name in the feed display.
Easy Template Creation
Through the use of templates, WP RSS Aggregator enables you to create multiple styles of displays that can be used across your site. Just select the template to use, choose the sources to show, and you’re all done. This can be done via both our Gutenberg block and shortcode.
Video Integrations
Video content is growing in popularity every month, so why not leverage that by having videos from reputable sources such as Youtube open directly on your site?
Handy Tools
From bulk importing multiple feed sources to managing error logs and blacklisting specific feed items, WP RSS Aggregator offers a variety of helpful tools.
Translations Available
The free core plugin is available in a number of languages over on the WordPress plugin repo, including Catalan, Dutch, English (US), Italian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish (Argentina), and Spanish (Spain).
The following are required for the free WP RSS Aggregator plugin to function:
- WordPress 4.8 or higher
- PHP 5.4 or higher
- The core plugin requires WP Cron to work in order to function correctly. If this is not possible for any reason, WP RSS Aggregator cannot ensure that the feed source imports are run.
- WP RSS Aggregator also uses SimplePie, and hence its requirements must also be fulfilled. WordPress currently comes bundled with SimplePie version 1.3.1. To review its minimum system requirements please click here.
- All our plugins work only on self-hosted versions of WordPress (WordPress.org) and are not compatible with the hosted version of WordPress (WordPress.com).
Changelog:
Click here to view the changelog.
Q: How do I install the free version of WP RSS Aggregator?
A: Click on the “Download” button on the right, then follow these instructions on installing the plugin from within your WordPress dashboard.
Q: Is there any limit on the number of sources I can add?
A: There is no limit in place for the number of feed sources. Having many (50+) feed sources should not present any problems in itself. However, pulling in items from many sites is bound to put your server under some stress, so you might want to consider using a hosting solution that goes beyond your typical shared host. Check out our dedicated page for hosting recommendations.
Q: How do I display the imported feed items?
A: Use our shortcode or block on any page or post on your WordPress site. It will automatically display all imported feed items from all sources, but you can use parameters to limit that display to certain sources.
Q: Can I display the imported feed items as Posts in my website’s blog or some other dedicated section?
A: Yes, with the Pro Plan. You will be able to store items as posts and any other custom post type. You can also automatically set the author, set tags and categories, import images into the gallery or set featured images, import embedded videos, and much more.
Q: Will this plugin slow down my WordPress site?
A: The impact of our plugin on the performance of your website depends on your usage of the plugin, and on the resources that are available on your server. Some of our customers have hundreds of feed sources importing thousands of items without a significant decrease in speed. Generally, the amount of resources consumed is directly proportional to the number of feed sources you have active, the number of feed items being imported, and the number of items already imported; all that multiplied by the frequency of imports.
As a preventative measure, if you are planning to do a lot of importing, we recommend a hosting plan with at least 128M of memory available for PHP. Also, please bear in mind that in order to utilize available memory resources, the WordPress memory limit has to be adjusted accordingly.
We also provide further recommendations here.
Q: How will importing existing posts affect the SEO for the source site and original author?
A: Content that is present on more than just the original source, i.e. “duplicate” content, can be an issue sometimes. A special way exists to notify search engines what the original source of the content is, and that is through something called a canonical link.
The Pro Plan add-on provides a Canonical Link setting that allows you to easily specify the canonical link for imported posts, which will point back to the original resource.
As for the author of the posts, the Pro Plan add-on also allows you to set the author of the imported posts to be any existing author, or even automatically create authors in your system based on relevant data in the feed – if provided.
With over 1 million all-time downloads and currently having more than 60,000 websites actively using it, WP RSS Aggregator is by far the most reliable and well-supported plugin of its kind. Provide your site visitors with a constant flow of fresh and relevant content no matter the topic.