RSS in Page Plugin

Short code [rssinpage rssfeed=’feedURL’] generates a list of RSS feed items with date, title, link, description and now image.

Supports multiple feed URLs separated by commas e.g. rssfeed=’feedurl1, feedurl2′ and displaying the feed name.

Supports truncation of the feed title and description now with a read more link.

Optional attributes:

• rssformat allows you to format the output using format parameters e.g. the default x: Y – w<br>z where x is the date, Y is the title with a link, y is the title, z is the description and w is the feed title, p adds a thumbnail image
• rssitems=’number’ sets the number of items to return, default is 5
• rssorder=’asc’ returns items from oldest to newest, default is ‘desc’ which returns items from newest to oldest
• rsstarget=’_blank’ opens item link in new window, default is ‘_self’
• rssdateformat allows item date to be formatted using php date parameters, default is RFC 2822 formatted date
• rss description=’no’ suppresses default display of the description
• rsscss=’yourclassname’ allows you to give the list a specific style rather than inheriting the default content list style in your theme
• rsstitlelength allows you to truncate the title to a certain character length
• rssdescriptionlength allows you to truncate the description to a certain character length
• rssdescriptionreadmore allows you to set the text for a read more link
• rsstimezone allows you to set the timezone in which the feed datetime will be displayed, default is UTC; use values from the php list of supported timezones e.g. PST is America/Los_Angeles, MST is America/Denver, CST is America/Chicago, EST is America/New_York.

1. Download RSSinpage.zip
2. Upload and activate RSS in Page through the Plugins menu in WordPress
3. insert short code [rssinpage rssfeed=’feedURL’] into your page or post and replace feedURL with a valid RSS feed for the content you wish to include

or

1. Download RSSinpage.zip
2. Unzip RSSinpage.zip and upload to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
3. Activate RSS in Page through the Plugins menu in WordPress
4. insert short code [rssinpage rssfeed=’feedURL’] into your page or post and replace feedURL with a valid RSS feed for the content you wish to include

2.9.1:

• defined default value for rssdescriptionreadmore

2.9:

• support for html tages in rssformat e.g. <br />, <b>
• added format paramater p to add a thumbnail for a feed item
• added rssdescriptionreadmore to set the text for a read more link when the description is truncated using rssdescriptionlength

2.8:

• added rssdescriptionlength to truncate long descriptions and add an elipsis
• added unset() to ensure feed item data is not passed to subsequent item

2.7:

• added format parameter to allow custom output to include the feed name as w

2.6:

• added timezone support

2.5:

• updated separator for multiple feed URLs to avoid yahoo pipes feed issue

2.4:

• added support for multiple feed URLs

2.3:

• set simplepie cache location, check folder exists and create it if necessary

2.2:

• rebuilt fetch_feed to shorten chache time to 60 seconds
• added link title roll over

2.1:

• added function so shortcode can handle feed URLs with or without http:// element
• added rsstitlelength to truncate long titles and add an elipsis

2.0:

• added format parameters to allow custom output using x for date, y for title, Y for title with link and z for description – default rssformat=’x: Y
  z’

1.5:

• fixed encoding issue preventing feed URLs with iso-8859-1 entities from parsing

1.2:

• added optional attributes:
• rssdescription
• rsscss

1.1:

• added optional attributes:
• rsstarget=’_blank’ opens item link in new window, default is ‘_self’
• rssdateformat allows item date to be formatted using php date parameters, default is RFC 2822 formatted date

1.0:

• added optional attributes:
• rssitems=’number’ sets the number of items to return, default is 5;
• rssorder=’asc’ returns items from oldest to newest, default is ‘desc’ which returns items from newest to oldest.
• added condition to verify requested items does not exceed available items