cpjolicoeur

FeedCache Pipes will retrieve, cache and store locally a list of RSS feeds that you can then display on your WP site. This prevents multiple HTTP requests with each page load since the feeds can be read from the cache file.
<h3>Requirements</h3>
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<li>Ruby</li>
<li>CRON access</li>
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<h3>Upgrading</h3>
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Deactivate the previous version of FeedCache Pipes through your WordPress plugins menu
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Upload the new feedcache-cron.rb, feedcache-pipes.php and complete lib/ directory files to your existing feedcache-pipes directory. You do not need to overwrite your existing files/ directory or the fcpipes-config.yml file.
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Activate the newly uploaded plugin.
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<li>Go to Settings -> FeedCache Pipes and update your FeedCache Pipes settings (click update even if you haven’t made changes)</li>
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Enter the correct FCPIPES_DIR variable in the feedcache-cron.rb script
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<li>update your MYSQL_SOCKET setting as well if the MySQL socket on your server is not the default (/tmp/mysql.sock)</li>
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FeedCache Pipes

Caches RSS Feeds for display on your WP sidebar. A list of RSS urls can be entered and the feeds will be aggregated into one list ordered by date.

tcloninger

Provides a custom error, using wp_die(), when any type of feed is attempted.
Feature Overview
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<li>Removal of ALL feeds</li>
<li>Allows for private (more secure) blogs</li>
<li>Works great with the “Private WP” plugin (requires login to view blog)</li>
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Important Notes
This is my very first plugin. I found it /very/ strange that nobody had done this.

FeedDisabler Plugin

Disables all feeds (rdf, rss, rss2, atom).

FeedCache Pipes vs FeedDisabler Plugin