Title: Correct xml header and character encoding
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Correct xml header and character encoding

 *  Resolved [Dennis_swe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dennis_swe/)
 * (@dennis_swe)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-xml-header-and-character-encoding/)
 * Hi.
 * When working with multiple sites this plugins is gre8, however i miss 2 simple
   changes.
 * When accessing the rss feed its not served with either correct header nor any
   character encoding. Following html5 i would like to see it with utf-8
 * in index.php line 421 function output_rss change
 *     ```
       echo '<?xml version="1.0"?>';
       ```
   
 * to
 *     ```
       header ("Content-Type:text/xml");
       echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>';
       ```
   
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 *  Thread Starter [Dennis_swe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dennis_swe/)
 * (@dennis_swe)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-xml-header-and-character-encoding/#post-4657499)
 * Pullrequest added to git repo
 *  Thread Starter [Dennis_swe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dennis_swe/)
 * (@dennis_swe)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-xml-header-and-character-encoding/#post-4657500)
 * Merged. Ty

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 * Last reply from: [Dennis_swe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dennis_swe/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-xml-header-and-character-encoding/#post-4657500)
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