Title: feed validation errors
Last modified: January 18, 2023

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# feed validation errors

 *  Resolved [Bill Weye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billhector/)
 * (@billhector)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-validation-errors-3/)
 * Getting a bunch of validation errors on my feed. At the same time, apple stopped
   updating our feed. Not a total idiot when it comes to this stuff … been podcasting
   for over a decade. This is one part of the validation message I got:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       Podcast episode count: 20
       Found 20 episodes with no itunes:title tag. Apple Podcasts requires this tag.
       Found 20 episodes with no itunes:summary tag, which should contain a one or more sentence summary of the episode.
       Found 20 episodes with no itunes:subtitle tag, which should hold a concise, one-sentence description of the episode.
       Found 20 episodes with no itunes:author tag. This will make it harder for users to find your podcast because Apple Podcasts uses this field for searches.
       Found 10 episodes with no content:encoded tag, which is required if you want to displaly HTML (for example, a link) in Apple Podcasts.
       ```
   
 *     ```wp-block-code
       Currently, you're using the category News without specifying a valid subcategory. You could select any of the following subcategories in addition:
       Business News
       Daily News
       Entertainment News
       News Commentary
       Politics
       Sports News
       Tech News
       Apple allows up to three categories per feed, and up to one subcategory per category selection. We recommend using as many categories and subcategories as possible so that your podcast can be more visible in directories.
       ```
   
 * In fact, we do use Business News and News Commentary subcategories.
 * The main image in the feed works fine.
 * Any ideas? Help is much appreciated.

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 *  Plugin Support [Shawn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shawnogordo/)
 * (@shawnogordo)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-validation-errors-3/#post-16387757)
 * The advice about itunes tags is outdated and can be ignored. It will be removed
   from the validator at some point in the future.
 * If you have your feed settings set to the category (or categories) you want and
   everything’s working normally within podcast apps/directories, you’re fine and
   don’t need to change anything.

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