Template Types
The Grid
A fully customisable grid template where you can set:
- The number of columns to use.
- The number of items to show at one go.
- Whether to show the title, image, excerpt (optionally with a “read more” link), author, publish date and source name.
- Optionally, set the images as backgrounds for each card in the grid.
- Optionally, set the whole grid card to be clickable rather than just some elements.
- The open link behaviour (same window, new tab, lightbox).
- Display Youtube videos in various ways:
- Embedded videos playable on your site.
- Video thumbnails opening the video in a lightbox.
- Video thumbnails linking directly to Youtube.
- Pagination options.
- A custom CSS class to add custom styling per template.
Examples:


Excerpts & Thumbnails
A simpler list template with images and excerpts where you can set:
- The number of items to show at one go.
- Whether to display thumbnail images in the list, and in what configuration (above the title, next to the title and excerpt, etc).
- Whether to display an excerpt in the list (which gets displayed according to the image configuration).
- Whether to show the author, publish date and source name.
- The open link behaviour (same window, new tab, lightbox).
- Pagination options.
- A custom CSS class to add custom styling per template.
Example:

More templates are being developed throughout 2022. Keep an eye out for some cool updates coming soon!
Technical Details
Requirements
- WP RSS Aggregator Core Plugin
- WordPress 4.8 or newer
- PHP 5.4 or newer
- 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).
Other details:
- Yearly renewal price options are billed yearly, automatically. License keys for yearly renewals provide you with updates and support for one (1) year. If you have a valid subscription, the license keys are renewed automatically every year. If not, the license key must be renewed manually to keep benefitting from any updates and support.
- Lifetime licenses do not require any renewal payments after the initial purchase. License keys for lifetime licenses provide you with updates and support for the lifetime of the plugin.
- “Single Site”, “Up to Five Sites” and “Up to Twenty Sites” refer to the number of WordPress sites you can activate each license key on. They do not refer to the number of feed sources you can import from. In fact, the number of feed sources per site is unlimited.
- All add-ons and bundles are covered by our 30 Day 100% Money Back Guarantee. View full terms & conditions.
Changelog:
FAQ
Visit our Knowledge Base
Q: How do I set up templates and use them on my site?
A: By going to RSS Aggregator > Templates you will be able to create as many templates as you wish. They can use the same template type or different ones. Using them on your site can be done via our block or our shortcode.
Q: My templates are not showing all the images or text that I want, why?
A: The Templates add-on can only use the content and images provided within an RSS feed. To import additional content from the original source, please look at our Pro Plan.
Q: Can I display Youtube videos through these templates?
A: Yes, you sure can. Here’s a full tutorial on how to display Youtube videos on your site with the Templates add-on for WP RSS Aggregator.
Q: Can I use the Full Text RSS Feeds add-on to bring in more content with Excerpts & Thumbnails?
A: No, Full Text RSS Feeds does not work with the Templates add-on alone at this time. It requires the Feed to Post add-on along with Templates, which are part of the Pro Plan.
The Grid
A fully customisable grid template where you can set:
- The number of columns to use.
- The number of items to show at one go.
- Whether to show the title, image, excerpt (optionally with a “read more” link), author, publish date and source name.
- Optionally, set the images as backgrounds for each card in the grid.
- Optionally, set the whole grid card to be clickable rather than just some elements.
- The open link behaviour (same window, new tab, lightbox).
- Display Youtube videos in various ways:
- Embedded videos playable on your site.
- Video thumbnails opening the video in a lightbox.
- Video thumbnails linking directly to Youtube.
- Pagination options.
- A custom CSS class to add custom styling per template.
Examples:


Excerpts & Thumbnails
A simpler list template with images and excerpts where you can set:
- The number of items to show at one go.
- Whether to display thumbnail images in the list, and in what configuration (above the title, next to the title and excerpt, etc).
- Whether to display an excerpt in the list (which gets displayed according to the image configuration).
- Whether to show the author, publish date and source name.
- The open link behaviour (same window, new tab, lightbox).
- Pagination options.
- A custom CSS class to add custom styling per template.
Example:

More templates are being developed throughout 2022. Keep an eye out for some cool updates coming soon!
Requirements
- WP RSS Aggregator Core Plugin
- WordPress 4.8 or newer
- PHP 5.4 or newer
- 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).
Other details:
- Yearly renewal price options are billed yearly, automatically. License keys for yearly renewals provide you with updates and support for one (1) year. If you have a valid subscription, the license keys are renewed automatically every year. If not, the license key must be renewed manually to keep benefitting from any updates and support.
- Lifetime licenses do not require any renewal payments after the initial purchase. License keys for lifetime licenses provide you with updates and support for the lifetime of the plugin.
- “Single Site”, “Up to Five Sites” and “Up to Twenty Sites” refer to the number of WordPress sites you can activate each license key on. They do not refer to the number of feed sources you can import from. In fact, the number of feed sources per site is unlimited.
- All add-ons and bundles are covered by our 30 Day 100% Money Back Guarantee. View full terms & conditions.
Changelog:
Visit our Knowledge Base
Q: How do I set up templates and use them on my site?
A: By going to RSS Aggregator > Templates you will be able to create as many templates as you wish. They can use the same template type or different ones. Using them on your site can be done via our block or our shortcode.
Q: My templates are not showing all the images or text that I want, why?
A: The Templates add-on can only use the content and images provided within an RSS feed. To import additional content from the original source, please look at our Pro Plan.
Q: Can I display Youtube videos through these templates?
A: Yes, you sure can. Here’s a full tutorial on how to display Youtube videos on your site with the Templates add-on for WP RSS Aggregator.
Q: Can I use the Full Text RSS Feeds add-on to bring in more content with Excerpts & Thumbnails?
A: No, Full Text RSS Feeds does not work with the Templates add-on alone at this time. It requires the Feed to Post add-on along with Templates, which are part of the Pro Plan.
We’re always looking for new template ideas to be added to this add-on. Got any good ones?