Frank Bueltge

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<p>Display feeds in your blog, using PHP, a Widget or Shortcode. The plugin uses only standard WordPress functionality, so no external libraries are required. For older versions of WordPress, the built-in <a href="https://magpierss.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow ugc">MagpieRSS library</a> is used. For WordPress 2.8 and newer, there is a setting available to enable the built-in <a href="https://simplepie.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">SimplePie library</a> for parsing feeds.</p>
<p>As with all other content you publish, make sure you are allowed to (re-)publish the content of the feeds you are about to import!</p>
<p>You can insert the following code into a PHP plugin or in a template, for example <code>sidebar.php</code> or <code>single.php</code>:</p>
<p><em>Example:</em><br />
    <?php RSSImport(10, ‘https://bueltge.de/feed/’); ?></p>
<p>This is the minimal code needed for using the plugin. The plugin accepts a number of parameters for customizing the feed content import. See below for the full list of available parameters. You can also use any of the parameters with Shortcode in posts and pages.</p>
<p><em>Example Shortcode:</em><br />
    [RSSImport display=”5″ feedurl=”https://bueltge.de/feed/” use_simplepie=”true”]</p>
<p>For all (bool) parameters you can either use the strings <code>true</code> and <code>false</code> or the integer values <code>1</code> and <code>0</code>.</p>
<ol>
<li><code>display</code> – The number of items to display. Default is <code>5</code>.</li>
<li><code>feedurl</code> – The feed address. Default is <code>https://bueltge.de/feed/</code>.</li>
<li><code>before_desc</code> – The HTML or string to insert before the description. Default is <code>empty</code>. You can use some variables which will be replaced, see below.</li>
<li><code>displaydescriptions</code> – (bool) When set to true, the description for each entry will be displayed. Default is <code>false</code>.</li>
<li><code>after_desc</code> – The HTML or string to insert after the description. Default is <code>empty</code>. You can use some variables which will be replaced, see below.</li>
<li><code>html</code> – (bool) When set to true, the description can include HTML tags. Default is <code>false</code>.</li>
<li><code>truncatedescchar</code> – The maximum number of characters allowed in descriptions. If the description is longer than this length, it will be truncated to the given length. Default is <code>200</code>, set the value to empty quotes <code>''</code> to never truncate descriptions.</li>
<li><code>truncatedescstring</code> – The HTML or string to insert at the end of a description after it has been truncated. Default is <code>...</code></li>
<li><code>truncatetitlechar</code> – The maximum number of characters allowed in titles. If the title is longer than this value, it will be truncated to the given length. Default is <code>''</code>, which means never truncate titles.</li>
<li><code>truncatetitlestring</code> – The HTML or string to insert at the end of a title after it has been truncated. Default is <code>' ... '</code>.</li>
<li><code>before_date</code> – The HTML or string to insert before the date. Default is <code><small></code>.</li>
<li><code>date</code> – (bool) If true, display the date of the item. Default is <code>false</code>.</li>
<li><code>after_date</code> – The HTML or string to insert after the date. Default is <code></small></code>.</li>
<li><code>date_format</code>– The date format string. Leave empty to use the format of your WordPress installation. If a different date format is desired, specify a PHP date string, for example: <code>F j, Y</code>. See also <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Formatting_Date_and_Time" rel="nofollow ugc">the date and time formatting page in the WordPress Codex</a>.</li>
<li><code>before_creator</code> – The HTML or string to insert before the creator of the item. Default is <code><small></code>.</li>
<li><code>creator</code> – (bool) If true, display the creator of the item. Default is <code>false</code>.</li>
<li><code>after_creator</code> – The HTML or string to insert after creator of the item. Default is <code></small></code>.</li>
<li><code>start_items</code> – The HTML or string to insert before the list of items. Default is <code><ul></code>.</li>
<li><code>end_items</code> – The HTML or string to insert after the list of items. Default is <code></ul></code>.</li>
<li><code>start_item</code> – The HTML or string to insert before each item. Default is <code><li></code>. You can use some variables which will be replaced, see below.</li>
<li><code>end_item</code> – The HTML or string to insert after each item. Default is <code></li></code>. You can use some variables which will be replaced, see below.</li>
<li><code>target</code> – The string to use for the <code>target</code> attribute on links. Default is <code>empty</code>. Valid options are <code>blank</code>, <code>self</code>, <code>parent</code>, <code>top</code>.</li>
<li><code>rel</code> – The string to use for the <code>rel</code> attribute on links. Default is <code>empty</code>. Valid options are <code>nofollow</code> and <code>follow</code>.</li>
<li><code>desc4title</code> – The description to use in the <code>title</code> attribute on item title links. Default is <code>false</code>.</li>
<li><code>charsetscan</code> – (bool) If true, scan the feed content for the correct character set. This may cause the content to load more slowly. Use this option if you’re having problems with feed content being displayed with stranged characters. Default is <code>false</code>.</li>
<li><code>debug</code> – (bool) If true, activate debug-mode, which will echo the Magpie object as an array. Default is <code>false</code>. Only use this option for debugging.</li>
<li><code>before_noitems</code> – The HTML or string to insert before the no items message. Default is <code><p></code>.</li>
<li><code>noitems</code>– The message to display when the feed is empty. Default is <code>No items, feed is empty.</code>.</li>
<li><code>after_noitems</code> – The HTML or string to insert before the no items message. Default is <code></p></code>.</li>
<li><code>before_error</code> – The HTML or string to insert before the error message. Default is <code><p></code>.</li>
<li><code>error</code> – Error message displayed when there is an error loading or displaying the feed. Default is <code>Error: Feed has an error or is not valid</code>.</li>
<li><code>after_error</code> – The HTML or string to insert before the error message. Default is <code></p></code>.</li>
<li><code>paging</code> – (bool) If true, enable pagination. Default is <code>false</code>.</li>
<li><code>prev_paging_link</code> – The name of the previous page link. Default is <code>&laquo; Previous</code>.</li>
<li><code>next_paging_link</code> – The name next page link. Default is <code>Next &raquo;</code>.</li>
<li><code>prev_paging_title</code> – The title attribute of the previous page link. Default is <code>more items</code>.</li>
<li><code>next_paging_title</code> – The title attribute of the next page link. Default is <code>more items</code>.</li>
<li><code>use_simplepie</code> – (bool) If true, use SimplePie to parse the feed. SimplePie is included in WordPress 2.8 and newer and can parse both RSS and ATOM feeds. Default is <code>false</code> if used with Shortcode, <code>true</code> if used with the PHP function.</li>
<li><code>view</code> – (bool) If true, calling the <code>RSSImport()</code> function will print the rendered HTML directly to the output. If false, the rendered HTML will be returned by the function as a string value and nothing will be output. Default when using PHP code is <code>true</code>. Default when using Shortcode is <code>false</code>.</li>
<li><code>random_sort</code> – (bool) If true, Items will be displayed in random order. Default when using Shortcode is <code>false</code>.</li>
<li><code>order</code> – (string) Order of the filds Date, Title, Creator, Description. Use a comma separated string for your order. Default is <code>date,title,creator,description</code></li>
</ol>
<p>The parameters <code>before_desc</code>, <code>after_desc</code>, <code>start_item</code> and <code>end_item</code> accepts the following variables which will be replaced:</p>
<ol>
<li><code>%title%</code> for the title of the entry</li>
<li><code>%href%</code> for the entry’s URL</li>
<li><code>%picture_url%</code> for the URL of a thumbnail image for the entry if available. To use this variable, SimplePie is required to be enabled (<code>use_simplepie="true"</code>)</li>
</ol>
<p>If pagination is enabled, it adds a <code>div</code> with the class <code>rsspaging</code> to enable easier styling with CSS. You can also style the previous and next links, which have the classes: <code>rsspaging_prev</code> and <code>rsspaging_next</code>.</p>
<p>You can use any of the parameters in the php function <code>RSSImport()</code> in your templates or with the Shortcode <code>[RSSImport]</code> in posts and pages.</p>
<h4>Examples</h4>
<p><em>Using the PHP function with many parameters:</em></p>
<pre><code>RSSImport(
    $display = 5, $feedurl = 'https://bueltge.de/feed/', 
    $before_desc = '', $displaydescriptions = false, $after_desc = '', $html = false, $truncatedescchar = 200, $truncatedescstring = ' ... ', 
    $truncatetitlechar = '', $truncatetitlestring = ' ... ', 
    $before_date = ' <small>', $date = false, $after_date = '</small>', 
    $before_creator = ' <small>', $creator = false, $after_creator = '</small>', 
    $start_items = '<ul>', $end_items = '</ul>', 
    $start_item = '<li>', $end_item = '</li>'
);
</code></pre>
<p>Please note that for the PHP function the parameters are expected in the order in which they are defined in the above list. Thus if you skip one parameter, you will also have to skip all of the subsequent parameters.</p>
<p><em>Using Shortcode with several parameters:</em></p>
<pre><code>[RSSImport display="10" feedurl="https://your_feed_url/" 
displaydescriptions="true" html="true" 
start_items="<ol>" end_items="</ol>" paging="true" use_simplepie="true"]
</code></pre>
<p><em>Add a “more” link to the output:</em></p>
<pre><code>RSSImport(
    $display = 5,
    $feedurl = 'https://bueltge.de/feed/', 
    $before_desc = '',
    $displaydescriptions = true,
    $after_desc = ' <a href="%href%" target="_blank">show more</a>'
);
</code></pre>
<p>or</p>
<pre><code>[RSSImport feedurl="https://wordpress.org/news/feed/" after_desc=" <a href='%href%' target='_blank'>show more</a>" displaydescriptions="true" use_simplepie="true"]
</code></pre>
<p><em>Enable Thumbnail Pictures:</em></p>
<pre><code>RSSImport(
    $display = 5,
    $feedurl = 'https://bueltge.de/feed/',
    $before_desc = '<img src="%picture_url%" alt="">',
    $displaydescriptions = true
);
</code></pre>
<p>or</p>
<pre><code>[RSSImport feedurl="https://wordpress.org/news/feed/" displaydescriptions="true" before_desc="<div><img src='%picture_url%' width='50px' alt='' style='float:left;' />" after_desc="</div>" use_simplepie="true"]
</code></pre>
<h4>Acknowledgements</h4>
<p>Thanks to <a href="http://www.davewolf.net," title="Dave Wolf" rel="nofollow ugc">Dave Wolf</a> for the idea, to <a href="http://www.securityfocus.de" title="Thomas Fischer" rel="nofollow ugc">Thomas Fischer</a> and <a href="http://www.gunnart.de" title="Gunnar Tillmann" rel="nofollow ugc">Gunnar Tillmann</a> for better code and Ilya Shindyapin, http://skookum.com for the idea and solution of pagination.</p>
<h4>License</h4>
<p>Good news, this plugin is free for everyone! Since it’s released under the GPL, you can use it free of charge on your personal or commercial blog. But if you enjoy this plugin, you can thank me by leaving a <a href="https://bueltge.de/wunschliste/" title="Wish lists and donations" rel="nofollow ugc">small donation</a> for the time I’ve spent writing and supporting this plugin. And I really don’t want to know how many hours of my life this plugin has already eaten 😉</p>
<h4>Translations</h4>
<p>The plugin comes with various translations, please refer to the <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_in_Your_Language" title="Installing WordPress in Your Language" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Codex</a> for more information about activating the translation. Please helpt <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/rss-import/" rel="nofollow ugc">to translate or improve</a> the translations of this plugin.</p>


RSSImport

It would be great to have more configuration options.

Fall-back if picture not found in enclosure

Set default picture if no one found

Crop pictures to predefined width and height




At all, a nice plugin!

Display feeds on your blog, using PHP in your templates or Shortcode in your posts and pages.

Moove Agency

<p>Import content from any XML or RSS file or URL.</p>
<p>You can import the content to any post type in your WordPress install. You can also import taxonomies.</p>
<p>Our plugin is especailly useful for importing content from Wix websites.</p>
<h3>Step by Step process</h3>
<ul>
<li>Select the source ( URL or FILE UPLOAD ).</li>
<li>Select your repeated XML element you want to import – this should be the node in your XML file which will be considered a post upon import.</li>
<li>Select the post type you want to import the content to.</li>
<li>Match the fields from the XML node you’ve selected (step 2) to the corresponding fields you have available on the post type.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Supported files and URLs</h3>
<ul>
<li>The XML source file should be a valid XML file. <a href="https://validator.w3.org/feed/" rel="nofollow ugc">You can check your feed validation here.</a></li>
<li>JSON feeds needs to be first converted to RSS or XML file <a href="https://www.convertjson.com/json-to-xml.htm" rel="nofollow ugc">using tools such as this.</a></li>
<li>The plugin will then check if the URL source or the uploaded file is valid before the import and processing starts</li>
<li>If you use  URL source for import, please ensure the URL is not password protected</li>
<li>Supported formats: XML 1.0, XML 2.0, Atom 1, RSS</li>
</ul>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<p><strong>XML Preview</strong> – After successfully uploading an XML file or reading an external URL, the plugin will present you with an XML preview of the selected node. This can be used to check if you’ve selected the correct node and ensure that the data are read correctly by the plugin. The preview presents one item from the selected node but it is paginated so you can navigate back and forward between the elements.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Linking Taxonomies to Posts</strong> – You can import categories and taxonomies from the XML file and link the imported posts to these taxonomies. First you need to have the taxonomies created in WordPress to allow the plugin to import into these taxonomies. By default WordPress has two taxonomies: categories and tags.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Limit posts</strong> – In the “Import Settings” area you can set limits for the import. You can use multiple patterns to include posts in the import. Use semicolon to separate the values, for example: 1-8;10;14-</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Importing and linking multiple taxonomies to one post</strong> – To import and link one post to multiple taxonomies, you need to have an XML element in your selected node with a list of categories separated by commas. These elements will be recognized and imported separately as taxonomy terms.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Save & Load templates</strong> – Once the fields are matched, you can save the matching as a template, and use it again for another import.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Support for tag attributes</strong></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Custom Fields & ACF support</strong></p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Demo Video</h3>
<div class="embed-vimeo" style="text-align: center;"><iframe loading="lazy" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/305452075" width="750" height="422" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe></div>
<h3>Testimonials</h3>
<p>★★★★★</p>
<blockquote>
<p>“Excelent” – <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excelent-995/" rel="ugc">mediadocena</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p>★★★★★</p>
<blockquote>
<p>“Works as expected, smooth process” – <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-as-expected-smooth-process/" rel="ugc">Sunfire</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p>★★★★★</p>
<blockquote>
<p>“Excellent! Finally a plugin that does exactly what I need” – <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-finally-a-plugin-that-does-exactly-what-i-need/" rel="ugc">golfinsa</a></p>
</blockquote>


Import XML and RSS Feeds

I wanted to convert an RSS feed into posts. This plugin lets you precisely map how you want meta data imported and even integrates with Advanced Custom Fields.

Huge help!

Import content from any XML or RSS file or URL. Very useful for importing content from Wix websites.

RSSImport vs Import XML and RSS Feeds