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Total downloads: 41,755
Active installs: 1,000
Total reviews: 5
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 5
Last updated: 1/15/2022 (1446 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 12/5/2008 (17 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 2.8
Tested up to WordPress version: 5.8.10
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 1446 days ago • 5 reviews

22/100

Is RSS Icon Widget abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 1446 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 2.8
Tested up to: 5.8.10
Requires PHP: f

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Developers

nateconley (Owner)3Brandon Dove (Owner)6Jeffrey Zinn9nateconley5Brandon Dove4

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Description

We had a client who want to be able to put a link to his rss feed in his sidebar. Oddly enough we didn’t find anything readily available to do that without adding code to his theme files. We decided to create a little widget to handle this functionality. It has the following features and is freely available right here:

  1. Customizable link text
  2. Customizable link color
  3. Selection of Standard Feed Icon (feedicons.com) in six different sizes
  4. Enter any feed URL

We’ve added a new widget that will dynamically construct the Feed URL for the archive that the user is looking at. This means if a user is looking at the blog home page, the feed will be the main blog feed. However if the user is looking at a specific category, the URL for the feed will be of that specific category. If the user is not visiting an archive page, the widget will not be displayed.

If you have any problems with this widget, please don’t hesitate to let us know. If you use the widget and like it, please rate it.

Installation

  1. Upload rss-icon-widget folder and it’s contents to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
  3. Go to the “Appearance” section of the WordPress Admin.
  4. Click on the “Widgets” sub-navigation.
  5. Add the widget from the left on to the sidebar of your choice and rearrange its position to your liking.
  6. Configure the widget to your liking.

Frequently Asked Questions

Widgets? What’s a Widget?

Ok. If you don’t see mention of widgets in the WordPress admin, you’re not crazy. Most themes utilize the widgets feature of WordPress, but some don’t. You’ll need to either switch your theme, or find someone who can widgetize your theme for you. If you don’t know any widgeteers, let us know and we’ll do our best to help you out.

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Changelog

3.0

  • Cleaned up code
  • Removed legacy (pre-2.8) support
  • Added escaping for security purposes
  • Added translation support

4.0

  • Added option to open links in a new window (props B.Chamberlain)

5.0

  • Changed widget constructors

5.1

  • Added new Dynamic RSS Icon Widget that dynamically constructs the URL of the feed for the archive that the user is looking at

5.2

  • Removes deprecated functions
  • Updates the colorpicker to WordPress’ built-in library
  • Adds changelog
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