iTunes Issues Following Migration

  • Resolved RPGMP3

    (@rpgmp3)


    6 years, 6 months ago

    Hey there,

    I have used PowerPress for a long time now and it is amazingly awesome. It does everything I need.

    We recently migrated our site and during the migration we encountered some issues that still seem to be affecting the podcast feed. When we migrated the feed seems to have updated itself so that the GUID now contains the dynamic IP of the new server and not the actual web address of the site. I have released two new episodes since the move and they are pulling the web address correctly. You can see that on this feed link…

    https://www.rpgmp3.com/feed/podcast/

    Additionally, Apple does not seem to be catching the updates. I waited a while to see if it would. Google and others seem to be updating fine.

    Apple link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rpgmp3-actual-play-podcast/id73329841?mt=2&ls=1

    Google link: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucnBnbXAzLmNvbS9mZWVkL3BvZGNhc3Qv

    I have tried everything I can think of to resolve this issue and run out of options. I am hoping I am missing something obvious and straightforward and that you guys can help me see it.

    Thanks you for any help you can offer.

    Cheers
    Hal

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Plugin Support Shawn

    (@shawnogordo)

    6 years, 6 months ago

    Your Apple Podcasts listing is working off of this podcast feed URL:
    https://www.rpgmp3.com/v5/feed/podcast/

    That feed URL is empty. The best thing to do would be to redirect that URL to your new feed URL. This page shows how to do the redirect yourself by editing the .htaccess file on your WordPress site:
    https://create.blubrry.com/manual/syndicating-your-podcast-rss-feeds/changing-your-podcast-rss-feed-address-url/

    Alternatively, there is a free plugin called Redirection that makes creating these types of redirects pretty easy and doesn’t require you to manually edit the .htaccess file. Getting the redirect in place will carry over your existing subscribers and it should update most syndication points, including Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts, to start using the new feed URL.

    There’s really no way to edit GUIDs once they’re set, other than looking them up in your WordPress database. While GUIDs do appear in the format of web URLs, they aren’t actually “links” of any kind. Technically, GUIDs could be any string of text/numbers. The WordPress RSS engine used by PowerPress formats its GUIDs as web URLs. GUIDs are commonly used by podcasting apps to determine which episodes subscribers have/haven’t downloaded. Changing your GUIDs may cause existing subscribers to re-download episodes they’ve already listened to. It’s generally advisable to not change GUIDs if at all possible.

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