Title: Enabling RSS/ATOM Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Enabling RSS/ATOM * Resolved [innomind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/innomind/) * (@innomind) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enabling-rssatom/) * Can anyone tell me how to enable the RSS, both for posts and comments? Seems like majority of WP users are having the same issue, since I checked quite a few of them have the same problem. When you click on the RSS links “Entries ( RSS) and Comments (RSS)”, on the bottom of the WP enabled site it returns a dead page. * Also, does WP support ATOM? And… clean URL’s perhaps? Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enabling-rssatom/#post-188943) * There is, as far as I know, no way to combine the comments and posts feeds (which is why they are provided as separate feeds). * As for the “dead” links at “Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS)”, they aren’t dead. They are very much alive. Your browser is displaying an error simply because it does not understand the `feed:` placed in front of the `http://` . `feed:` is a new protocol which, once fully implemented, will launch your default RSS reader and either subscribe you to the feed, or check for recent updates. To see your live RSS feed, remove the `feed:` from the URL, or permanently remove the `feed:` from the templates which house your RSS links. * As for Atom support, you can either find your atom feed at `domain.com/wp_file_directory/ wp-atom.php` or `domain.com/wp_file_directory/feed/atom/` if you have permalinks enabled. * [xaero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xaero/) * (@xaero) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enabling-rssatom/#post-188944) * yes, remove the “feed”! * [Marc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marc/) * (@marc) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enabling-rssatom/#post-188948) * macmanx:_ “As for the “dead” links at “Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS)”, they aren’t dead. They are very much alive. Your browser is displaying an error simply because it does not understand the feed:”_ * That is not correct. Here is the result when you open my “RSS” link from my sidebar. * ` - - Cranial Cavity http://cranialcavity.net/wordpress/index.php Cobwebs, Dust, and a Few Living Cells Sun, 17 Apr 2005 01:51:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 en - Grandstanding For Me, and None For Thee http://cranialcavity.net/wordpress/index.php/1487 - http://cranialcavity.net/wordpress/index.php/1487#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 09:44:44 +0000 marc International Politics http://cranialcavity. net/wordpress/index.php/1487 - * That is only a small section of the entire result. * My guess is xaero has the wrong url in their sidebar links. Call up the correct url by looking at the source of your index page via your browser. * And BTW it works with the RSS feed plus comments as well. * [Lorelle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorelle/) * (@lorelle) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enabling-rssatom/#post-188958) * By default, the RSS 2.0, I think, feed is set up in the sidebar of the default installation of WordPress, right? Should links be added to set the Atom and other feeds or will any feed reader just “find” them from the links to them in the header? If the feed reader finds them, is the link in the sidebar just a courtesy link for the site and the comments? Or do they serve a purpose. * We really need more explanations about this in the Codex. I’m still trying to research and learn more about how these all work myself. * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enabling-rssatom/#post-188965) * Marc, thank you for either not reading my entire reply, or not taking a moment’s pause to make an attempt at comprehension. That’s my favorite attribute of these forums. Your feed URL obviously doesn’t have `feed:` in front of it. Go find a site that does (IOW, a new WordPress install), you’ll see what I’m talking about. * Lorelle, an RSS reader should be able to dig through the site for the proper feed. For example, if your RSS reader is set to use Atom feeds only, your feed reader should be able to find the Atom feed by entering only your blog’s URL in whatever subscription field your RSS reader has. * Thread Starter [innomind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/innomind/) * (@innomind) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enabling-rssatom/#post-188972) * You’re saying to just remove the “feed” word from those links on the bottom of the site… But how? * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enabling-rssatom/#post-188975) * In the Footer Template (footer.php), change: * `Entries (RSS)` * to: * `Entries (RSS)` * and change: * `Comments (RSS)` * to: * `Comments (RSS)` * [Marc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marc/) * (@marc) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enabling-rssatom/#post-188980) * As are smart ass answers. * But back to innomind’s question, which in part read “When you click on the RSS links “Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS)”, on the bottom of the WP enabled site it returns a dead page.” * That has nothing to do with how an RSS reader or Technorati/Google read them.( via auto discovery) * Those links are provided for what? To enable visitors to copy the URL to be entered in the RSS reader manually. * As such being “dead” is an indication the wrong URL is entered and a visitor must dig thru the sites source code to get the correct one. * Thread Starter [innomind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/innomind/) * (@innomind) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enabling-rssatom/#post-188985) * Thanks everyone, I really appreciate it. It worked, and the site is live now. [http://www.imtv.us](http://www.imtv.us) * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enabling-rssatom/#post-188990) * innomind, congrats on getting every running. * Marc, a feed link without `feed:` in front of it will normally load in any browser, but a feed link with `feed:` in front of it will not load and produce an error in most browsers. Personally, I consider that a dead link. * Additionally, I have no clue what you hoped to accomplish by telling another member that his feed link wasn’t dead because your feed works. * [khaled](https://wordpress.org/support/users/khaled/) * (@khaled) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enabling-rssatom/#post-189011) * Since we’re talking about feeds I’ve looked through the codex but I’ve not found anything about how to change the title for a feed for a particular category ( so instead of having 4 feeds that have the exact same description, I’d like to specify the actual particular category for a specific feed). Any ideas? 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