Title: Invalid RSS value
Last modified: December 9, 2020

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# Invalid RSS value

 *  [greiggy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greiggy/)
 * (@greiggy)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-rss-value/)
 * I have:
    – Installed and activated WordPress RSS Retriever – Created a new page–
   On the page, added a shortcode block – Put the following shortcode in the block
 * `[wp_rss_retriever url="https://freshbread.today/rss/" items="10" excerpt="50"
   read_more="true" credits="true" new_window="true" thumbnail="200" cache="3 months"]`
 * I get this error message:
    RSS ERROR – Invalid url value: . Please check your
   shortcode.
 * I have tried a number of tweaks to the code, and also using a /feed/ from another
   WordPress site, and I can’t seem to get the plugin to recognise the URL.
 * What am I missing?
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 6 months ago by [greiggy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greiggy/).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Finvalid-rss-value%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Thread Starter [greiggy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greiggy/)
 * (@greiggy)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-rss-value/#post-13769439)
 * Title should be ‘Invalid URL value’ as per t he error message
 *  Thread Starter [greiggy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greiggy/)
 * (@greiggy)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-rss-value/#post-13772822)
 * Update: The hosting co (FastComet) has confirmed that there is no server-side
   limitation occurring.The WordPress RSS block displays the link to the post, so
   there’s no problem there.
 * I am attempting to use WordPress RSS Retriever with the aim of displaying an 
   excerpt of the post with a thumbnail.
 *  Thread Starter [greiggy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greiggy/)
 * (@greiggy)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-rss-value/#post-13781228)
 * I am still no further forward with this.
 * When I add the sample shortcode exactly as shown in the demo, with the demo URL,
   and using a Gutenberg shortcode block, I get
 * RSS ERROR – Invalid url value: . Please check your shortcode.

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 * Last reply from: [greiggy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greiggy/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-rss-value/#post-13781228)
 * Status: not resolved