Optimizing the code for RSS Feeds in WordPress Posts

Step 3 in optimizing your RSS pages and posts with CaRP include tweaking the code entries for displaying RSS feeds in your WordPress pages.

Review Steps 1 and 2 for Displaying RSS in your WordPress pages and posts and setting up the code for showing feed in your posts.

Note: You will need the RSS to HTML script for the examples below to work.

In between the opening and closing tags, enter your options

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// show up to 3 items
CarpConf('maxitems',3);
 
// set up cache interval: refresh every 4 hours
CarpConf('cacheinterval',240);
// or refresh every hour
CarpConf('cacheinterval',60);
 
// show up to 80 characters from the item description
CarpConf('maxidesc',80);
 
// remove the powered by text
CarpConf('poweredby','');
 
Good start, modify at will.
 
Now what to display
 
// only show the item link
CarpConf('iorder','link');
 
// or show everything
CarpConf('iorder','image,link,date,author,desc');
 
// or show everything
CarpConf('iorder','image,link,date,author,desc');
 
What about the actual link?
 
// Link target
// 0 (default): the current window
// 1: a new window
CarpConf('linktarget',1);
 
//Code for WordPress plugin example
maxitems=3
cacheinterval=120
maxidesc=80
poweredby=
linktarget=1

And more variations can be done as well - have fun!

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One Response to Optimizing the code for RSS Feeds in WordPress Posts

  1. Tyree Kettman August 14, 2010 at 11:53 am #

    Super article! Your writing is so much better in comparison to most other bloggers. Thank you for posting when you get the chance to, I’ll be sure to subscribe!

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