Pieter Bos

<p>On websites we develop for clients we always add this widget to their WordPress Dashboard to keep them informed on general updates regarding their websites. We thought it would be a handy tool for other developers, so we turned the widget into a plugin.</p>
<p>The default settings are:</p>
<ul>
<li>the standard title of the widget box is “Recent Updates”</li>
<li>as we needed a default feed URL we use the feed of WP TIPS, one of our own websites</li>
<li>the default number of RSS items is 3</li>
<li>do not open link in new tab (since 2014.07.27)</li>
<li>yellow background color of the widget (<code>#FFFF99</code>)</li>
</ul>
<p>We have decided to only support this plugin through <a href="https://github.com/senlin/so-dashboard-feed-widget/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">Github</a>. Therefore, if you have any questions, need help and/or want to make a feature request, please open an issue over at Github. You can also browse through open and closed issues to find what you are looking for and perhaps even help others.</p>


Dashboard Feed Widget

The Dashboard Feed Widget shows the latest Posts from a site of your choice in the top of the WordPress Dashboard.

Matthias Pfefferle

IndieWeb

joshfraz

<p>This plugin implements the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/websub/" rel="nofollow ugc">WebSub</a> protocol (formerly known as PubSubHubbub) for WordPress. It enables real-time notifications when your blog is updated and provides a subscriber API for other plugins to consume WebSub-enabled feeds.</p>
<h3>Publisher Features</h3>
<p>When you publish or update a post, this plugin automatically notifies WebSub hubs, which then distribute the update to all subscribers in real-time.</p>
<ul>
<li>Sends realtime notifications when you update your blog</li>
<li>Supports multi-user installations (WordPress MU)</li>
<li>Supports multiple hubs</li>
<li>Supports all feed formats used by WordPress (Atom, RSS2, RDF)</li>
<li>Adds <code><link rel="hub"></code> and <code><link rel="self"></code> declarations to feeds and HTML</li>
</ul>
<h3>Subscriber Features</h3>
<p>The plugin provides a subscriber API that allows other plugins (like feed readers) to subscribe to WebSub-enabled feeds using WordPress hooks.</p>
<ul>
<li>REST API callback endpoint for subscription verification and content delivery</li>
<li>Hub discovery from topic URLs (HTTP Link headers and feed content)</li>
<li>HMAC signature verification (SHA1, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512)</li>
<li>Full lifecycle hooks for integration with other plugins</li>
</ul>
<h3>Supported Specifications</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/websub/" rel="nofollow ugc">WebSub W3C Recommendation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://pubsubhubbub.github.io/PubSubHubbub/pubsubhubbub-core-0.4.html" rel="nofollow ugc">PubSubHubbub 0.4</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Default Hubs</h3>
<p>By default this plugin will ping the following hubs:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Demo hub on Google App Engine</a></li>
<li><a href="https://pubsubhubbub.superfeedr.com" rel="nofollow ugc">SuperFeedr</a></li>
<li><a href="https://websubhub.com" rel="nofollow ugc">WebSubHub</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Please contact us if you operate a hub that you would like to be included as a default option.</p>


WebSub (FKA. PubSubHubbub)

Best Update Plugin

A WebSub plugin for WordPress that enables real-time publishing and subscription capabilities.

Dashboard Feed Widget vs WebSub (FKA. PubSubHubbub)