JR Tashjian

This plugin was created to retrieve and cache an RSS feed for use in a template.
What you do is pass the url to the feed you would like returned and the number of minutes you would like the feed cached for. The 
plugin will cache the RSS xml and return the feed as an object which you can loop through and output however you please.
New As Of Version 1.5: 
– Fixed a typo that caused the feed to be retrieved and cached every time. Credit: Binny V A (http://www.bin-co.com/blog/) – Thanks man!
<h3>General Usage</h3>
fetch_feed_cache() is the only function you will be using with this plugin. fetch_feed_cache() accepts 2 parameters.
<ol>
<li>(string) $url – This is the URL to the feed you would like to parse</li>
<li>(int) $cache_min – This is the amount of time in minutes you would like the feed cached for.</li>
</ol>
Here is an example of the plugin being used in a template:
<pre><code><?php $xml = fetch_feed_cache("http://jrtashjian.com/feed/", 60); ?>
<h3><?=$xml->channel->title?></h3>
<ul>
 <?php if( ! empty($xml)) : ?>
 <?php foreach($xml->channel->item as $item) : ?>
 <li><a href="<?=$item->link?>"><?=$item->title?></a></li>
 <?php endforeach; ?>
 <?php else : ?>
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 <?php endif; ?>
</ul>
</code></pre>
Remeber, every feed could be different. If you need to see the structure of the object returned just use print_r(). 
Example: <code><?php print_r(fetch_feed_cache("http://jrtashjian.com/feed/", 25)); ?></code>

Fetch Feed

Fetches an RSS feed and returns RSS as array

Christopher Finke

Feed Statistics is a plugin that tracks statistics for your RSS/Atom feeds, including the number of subscribers, which feed readers they’re using, which posts they’re viewing and which links they’re clicking on.
To display your subscriber count, use the Feed Statistics widget.
The plugin also adds a “Feed Statistics” menu to your dashboard. This section has four subsections: Feed Statistics (Options), Feed Readers, Post Views, and Clickthroughs.
It will take a few days for the subscriber count to become accurate, so you may want to wait a day or two between installing/activating the plugin and publicly displaying your subscriber count.

Feed Statistics

Compiles statistics about who is reading your blog via a feed reader and what posts they're reading.

Fetch Feed vs Feed Statistics