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VisualWP Restrict RSS Feeds

by sightfactory

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Description

The Restrict RSS Feeds plugin gives you several useful options for managing your feed such as:

  1. Switching off all RSS feeds in your WordPress installation
  2. Restricting access to authorized users by requiring a password for access
  3. Removing descriptions and excerpts from the feed
  4. Removing author names from the feed
  5. Removing WordPress version numbers from the feed
  6. Removing RSS feed auto-discovery links from the HTML header ()
  7. Adding post featured images to RSS feed entries and media enclosures
  8. Delaying feed publication (anti-scraper buffer) with a configurable delay time

RSS is a type of web feed that allows your readers to automatically get new content in email newsletters and RSS feed readers.

RSS feeds can be useful for your website when running a blog but are unnecessary if using WordPress as a basic website builder or ecommerce site. Some blog posts may also be gated content and be intended to be visible by authorized users only.

  1. Download and save the Visual Restrict RSS plugin to your hard disk.
  2. Login to your WordPress site and go to the Add Plugins page.
  3. Click Upload Plugin button to upload the zip.
  4. Click Install Now to install and activate the plugin. RSS feeds will be disabled by default.
  5. To restrict access using a passphrase go to the settings page under Settings > Restrict RSS
  6. Add your password and enable the Require Password to View Feed option
  7. Click on Save Changes to save your changes
  8. Try opening the sample link provided to view changes. You may need to do a hard refresh to view all changes to the RSS feed.
I don’t see my changes after saving?

RSS feeds are sometimes cached. Try updating or creating new a post. Alternatively, you may need to do a hard refresh on the feed page before changes can be seen in browser.

1.0.3

  • Added option to remove RSS feed links from HTML header ()
  • Added option to include post featured images in RSS feeds
  • Added configurable anti-scraper feed delay buffer
  • Updated compatibility to WordPress 7.1
  • Aligned code with WordPress plugin coding and security standards
  • Added text domain and string translation escaping
  • Sanitized and unslashed admin form parameters
  • Standardized license identifier to GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Added option to remove WordPress version number from RSS and comments feeds
  • Fixed toggle switch CSS appearance when checked so it remains an oval pill
  • Cleaned up admin header branding

1.0.2

  • Maintenance update

1.0.1

  • Updated Compatibility

1.0

  • Initial Release
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