Title: Remove RSS from header
Last modified: November 17, 2016

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# Remove RSS from header

 *  Resolved [grantdb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sixer/)
 * (@sixer)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-rss-from-header/)
 * Doesn’t seeem to remove the RSS link in header…
 * `<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS 2.0" href=`
 * Is this by design or should it be removed with this option:
 * > Post and Comment Feed Don’t print links for the posts and comments feeds.
 * Thanks for a great plugin!

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 *  Plugin Author [jwilsson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwilsson/)
 * (@jwilsson)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-rss-from-header/#post-8458586)
 * That sounds really strange, but I just wanna ask to rule everything out. Are 
   that link printed by using `add_theme_support( 'automatic-feed-links' );` or 
   is it from something else?
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by [jwilsson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwilsson/).
 *  Thread Starter [grantdb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sixer/)
 * (@sixer)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-rss-from-header/#post-8458747)
 * I found the `// Add default posts and comments RSS feed links to head.
    add_theme_support(‘
   automatic-feed-links’ );`
 * It just doesn’t seem to want to leave!
 * Investigating further..
 *  Thread Starter [grantdb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sixer/)
 * (@sixer)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-rss-from-header/#post-8458757)
 * Somthing to do with Yoast SEO plugin maybe?
 * > Advanced – Yoast SEO
   > RSS feed settings
   > This feature is used to automatically add content to your RSS, more specifically,
   > it’s meant to add links back to your blog and your blog posts, so dumb scrapers
   > will automatically add these links too, helping search engines identify you
   > as the original source of the content.
 *  Thread Starter [grantdb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sixer/)
 * (@sixer)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-rss-from-header/#post-8458760)
 * This is the full part of the source that I cannot seem to figure out…
 * > <link rel=”alternate” type=”application/rss+xml” title=”RSS 2.0″ href=”[https://grantdb.ca/feed/”><title>GrantDB](https://grantdb.ca/feed/”><title>GrantDB)–
   > Interesting Things Around The Internet and Places I Explore</title>
 *  Plugin Author [jwilsson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwilsson/)
 * (@jwilsson)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-rss-from-header/#post-8459209)
 * Thanks for checking!
 * The thing I think is really weird is the `title="RSS 2.0"` part, the title is
   usually something like “Site Name Feed”. Could the link be hardcoded in the theme?
 *  Thread Starter [grantdb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sixer/)
 * (@sixer)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-rss-from-header/#post-8459957)
 * That’s what I thought also, I just haven;’t been able to find where! It doesn’t
   bother me that the feed is there but the pages will not validate with the title
   tag on the rss. THat drives me crazy!
 * Do you of any way to search all of the files for the call? Like some kind of 
   plugin so I wouldn’t have to manually go through them.
 * Thanks!
 *  Plugin Author [jwilsson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwilsson/)
 * (@jwilsson)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-rss-from-header/#post-8464980)
 * I’d download the whole WordPress installation with plugins, themes, and everything
   and then do a Find in folders for “RSS 2.0” or something using my favorite text
   editor and see what comes up!
 *  Thread Starter [grantdb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sixer/)
 * (@sixer)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-rss-from-header/#post-8595244)
 * I found it hard coded into one of my theme files.
    Thanks for a great plugin!

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-rss-from-header/#post-8595244)
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