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- Aggregator v4 reached end of life on January 31, 2026. We strongly recommend upgrading to v5 for long-term compatibility.
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This glossary is designed to help you understand the key terms used in Aggregator. Whether you’re setting up your first feed or exploring advanced features, this guide explains what each term means and how it applies within the plugin. Use it to get familiar with the settings, features, and tools available to you as you manage and display imported content on your WordPress site.
Attribution: Adds credit to the original source of an imported feed item.
Example: “Enable Attribution to automatically link back to the original article source.”
Automations: A premium feature that lets you automatically filter, feature, or exclude content using intelligent rules.
Example: “Use Automations to import only posts that include ‘WordPress’ in the title and skip those with ‘ads’ or ‘clickbait’.”
Block: A Gutenberg block used to display feed content inside posts or pages.
Example: “Add the WP RSS Aggregator Block to your page to show the latest imported items.”
Curation: Allows manual approval or rejection of feed items before they are published.
Example: “With Curation enabled, feed items go into a pending state for review.”
Default Credit Method: Determines how imported posts are attributed when the original feed author doesn’t match a user on your site. By default, imported posts are assigned to a ‘Source Author’ user. This user will appear as the original author’s name on your site.
Excerpt: A short summary or snippet of a feed item, typically shown instead of the full content.
Example: “Choose to import either full content or just the excerpt depending on your content needs.”
Feed Item: A single piece of content (such as a blog post, news article, or update) imported from a feed source. Each Feed Item becomes a post or entry on your site, depending on your chosen post type.
Feed to Post: Converts RSS feed items into WordPress posts. Feed to Post gives you control over how imported articles appear as native posts.
Feed Preview: Displays a list of feed items before importing content from a feed source. Use the Feed Preview to verify that the source URL is returning valid feed items.
Feed Source: The URL of the RSS feed being imported into your WordPress site.
Feed URL: The web address of the RSS or Atom feed you want to import content from.
Fetch: A manual action that imports the latest items from a feed source. Click ‘Fetch’ to immediately check and import new feed content.
Filtering: A system to include or exclude feed items based on specific conditions like keywords, tags or categories.
Example: “Use Filtering to ignore posts that don’t mention your target topic.”
Folders: A way to organize feed sources into grouped categories within the plugin interface.
Full Text RSS: Fetches the full content of articles when the feed only provides a summary or excerpt.
Keyword Filtering: Limits imported feed items to those containing defined keywords.
Example: “Use Keyword Filtering to import only content related to ‘Gutenberg’ or ‘SEO’.”
Layouts: Controls the visual presentation of feed items on the front end (e.g., list, grid, excerpt + thumbnail).
License Key: A unique code used to activate premium functionality in Aggregator.
License Plan: A subscription level (e.g., Basic, Plus, Pro, Elite) that determines available features.
License Status: Indicates whether the current license key is active, expired, disabled, or invalid.
Plan: The active tier of your Aggregator license (e.g., Basic, Plus, Pro, Elite).
Example: “Certain features, such as Feed to Post and Full Text are not available on the Basic plan.”
Post Status: Defines the publication state of an imported post (e.g., Draft, Published).
Post Type: Determines how the imported feed item is stored in WordPress (e.g., Post, Page, Feed Item).
Rejected Items: Feed items that are blocked from import due to manual rejections.
Remove Unwanted Content: A tool to clean up imported posts by stripping out elements like ads or navigation links using CSS selectors.
Example: “Apply CSS selectors to remove unwanted sections from imported articles, such as ads.
Shortcode: A WordPress snippet that allows you to display imported feed items anywhere on your site.
Source: Refers to the origin of the feed content, often used interchangeably with feed source.
Stored Items Limit: A setting that limits the number of feed items saved per feed source.
Example: “If you set the stored items limit to 100, older items will be deleted as new ones are imported.”
Tags and Categories: Taxonomies automatically assigned to imported posts based on feed settings.
Update Existing Posts: Refreshes previously imported posts when changes are detected in the source feed. Use this setting to keep your site updated with the latest version of each feed item.
Update Strategy: Controls how often the plugin checks a feed source for new content.
Example: “Adjust the Update Strategy to fetch new items every 6 hours or once a day.”
