Thrunobulax

Description
This plugin was born out of an explicable problem with the standard 
Wordpress RSS widget on my server. Whether a curl problem within 
fetch_feed() or something else, this plugin now uses DOM to load 
the feeds rather than curl. If you’re getting the “An error has 
occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.” message (and 
you are sure that your feed is valid (validate with 
feedvalidator.org) try this plugin.
Installation
<ol>
<li>Upload the <code>mob-rss-widget</code>-folder to the <code>/wp-content/plugins/</code> 
directory</li>
<li>Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress</li>
</ol>
How to Use
Drag and drop the widget into your sidebar in the Widgets menu
Changelog
1.0.0 Release.

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Description This plugin was born out of an explicable problem with the standard Wordpress RSS widget on my server. Whether a curl problem within fe …

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wpTwit was written by <a href="http://www.chrisshennan.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Chris Shennan</a>.

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