Pretty RSS Feeds Reviews, Downloads & Maintenance

This plugin improves the default in-browser view of feeds to make them user-friendly. It makes it easier for human readers and adds a link to Aboutfeeds.com to introduce new users to feeds.

The plugin uses pretty-feed.xsl to transform the feeds.

Credits

The XSL file is based on pretty-rss v3 by Matt Webb.
Darek Kay has a great article on styling feeds using this method on their blog.
CSS insperation from Dave Rupert’s feed.
This plugins uses the ArrayToXML class by Spatie

Installation

Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

Frequently Asked Questions

How does this work?

It adds a stylesheet to apply a visual transformation to the default feed view. The stylesheet adjusts the default in-browser feed view to provide information about what a feed is and how they work.

Are there any limitations?

From the developer of the pretty-feed stylesheet:

Styling the feed prevents the browser from automatically opening a newsreader application. This is a trade off, but it’s a benefit to new users who won’t have a newsreader installed, and they are saved from seeing or downloaded obscure XML content. For existing newsreader users, they will know to copy-and-paste the feed URL, and they get the benefit of an in-browser feed preview.

Review feed

No reviews available

Screenshots

An example of the styled feed after installing this plugin
An example of how the feed is rendered without this plugin
The settings for the feed display, found under Settings > Reading.

Changelog

2.0.2

Add license to plugin header
Indicates compatibility for WordPress v6.9

2.0.1

Adds fix for feeds on WordPress.com
Indicates compatibility for WordPress v6.8.x

2.0.0

Added basic style options Under Settings > Reading
Changed the default styles and added an external stylesheet
Refactored the codebase

1.0.0

Initial release

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