Title: Feed error
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Feed error

 *  Resolved [piyushk61](https://wordpress.org/support/users/piyushk61/)
 * (@piyushk61)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-error-19/)
 * Hello everyone,
 * My website is : [http://realindianfreebies.in/](http://realindianfreebies.in/)
 * The feed at :- [http://realindianfreebies.in/feed](http://realindianfreebies.in/feed)
   
   shows the error as below
 * > This page contains the following errors:
   > error on line 2 at column 6: XML declaration allowed only at the start of the
   > document
   >  Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error.
 * I have ckecked for blank spaces in all the files stated by [http://feedvalidator.org](http://feedvalidator.org)
 * And now, [http://feedvalidator.org](http://feedvalidator.org) is showing my site’s
   feed as a valid feed which it wasn’t before… I dont know how my feed became valid
   as still the error is same..
 * I request someone to help me if you can. Your help will be very much appreciated…
 * Thanks.

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 *  Thread Starter [piyushk61](https://wordpress.org/support/users/piyushk61/)
 * (@piyushk61)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-error-19/#post-2844062)
 * Can any one help please???
 * when i see the source code of realindianfreebies.in/feed
    there is still a blank
   space, ie, the first line.. which others say to be the error… but my feed-rss2.
   php file is like
 *     ```
       <?php
       /**
        * RSS2 Feed Template for displaying RSS2 Posts feed.
        *
        * @package WordPress
        */
   
       header('Content-Type: ' . feed_content_type('rss-http') . '; charset=' . get_option('blog_charset'), true);
       $more = 1;
   
       echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="'.get_option('blog_charset').'"?'.'>'; ?>
   
       <rss version="2.0"
       	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
       	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
       	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
       	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
       	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
       	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
       	<?php do_action('rss2_ns'); ?>
       >
   
       <channel>
       	<title><?php bloginfo_rss('name'); wp_title_rss(); ?></title>
       	<atom:link href="<?php self_link(); ?>" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
       	<link><?php bloginfo_rss('url') ?></link>
       	<description><?php bloginfo_rss("description") ?></description>
       	<lastBuildDate><?php echo mysql2date('D, d M Y H:i:s +0000', get_lastpostmodified('GMT'), false); ?></lastBuildDate>
       	<language><?php bloginfo_rss( 'language' ); ?></language>
       	<sy:updatePeriod><?php echo apply_filters( 'rss_update_period', 'hourly' ); ?></sy:updatePeriod>
       	<sy:updateFrequency><?php echo apply_filters( 'rss_update_frequency', '1' ); ?></sy:updateFrequency>
       	<?php do_action('rss2_head'); ?>
       	<?php while( have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
       	<item>
       		<title><?php the_title_rss() ?></title>
       		<link><?php the_permalink_rss() ?></link>
       		<comments><?php comments_link_feed(); ?></comments>
       		<pubDate><?php echo mysql2date('D, d M Y H:i:s +0000', get_post_time('Y-m-d H:i:s', true), false); ?></pubDate>
       		<dc:creator><?php the_author() ?></dc:creator>
       		<?php the_category_rss('rss2') ?>
   
       		<guid isPermaLink="false"><?php the_guid(); ?></guid>
       <?php if (get_option('rss_use_excerpt')) : ?>
       		<description><![CDATA[<?php the_excerpt_rss() ?>]]></description>
       <?php else : ?>
       		<description><![CDATA[<?php the_excerpt_rss() ?>]]></description>
       	<?php if ( strlen( $post->post_content ) > 0 ) : ?>
       		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<?php the_content_feed('rss2') ?>]]></content:encoded>
       	<?php else : ?>
       		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<?php the_excerpt_rss() ?>]]></content:encoded>
       	<?php endif; ?>
       <?php endif; ?>
       		<wfw:commentRss><?php echo esc_url( get_post_comments_feed_link(null, 'rss2') ); ?></wfw:commentRss>
       		<slash:comments><?php echo get_comments_number(); ?></slash:comments>
       <?php rss_enclosure(); ?>
       	<?php do_action('rss2_item'); ?>
       	</item>
       	<?php endwhile; ?>
       </channel>
       </rss>
       ```
   
 * Please help…
 *  Thread Starter [piyushk61](https://wordpress.org/support/users/piyushk61/)
 * (@piyushk61)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-error-19/#post-2844168)
 * No one’s helping here… 🙁
 * but no worries…atlast i solved it myself…. 🙂 😀

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 * [feed error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/feed-error/)
 * [XML-Error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/xml-error/)

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 * Last reply from: [piyushk61](https://wordpress.org/support/users/piyushk61/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-error-19/#post-2844168)
 * Status: resolved

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