Title: RSS Button only opens a text message
Last modified: April 29, 2025

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# RSS Button only opens a text message

 *  Resolved [bearraven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bearraven/)
 * (@bearraven)
 * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-button-only-opens-a-text-message/)
 * When someone clicks on the RSS button to subscribe to a feed, they receive an
   html page: [https://bearandraven.com/feed/](https://bearandraven.com/feed/) (
   Instead of pasting the long page, please just click on either the original page
   or the feed link)
 * What am I doing wrong?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Frss-button-only-opens-a-text-message%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Support [alexsev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexsev/)
 * (@alexsev)
 * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-button-only-opens-a-text-message/#post-18442695)
 * Hi [@bearraven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bearraven/),
 * Thanks for the details! What you’re seeing is expected behavior – most browsers
   display raw RSS feed URLs (like [https://bearandraven.com/feed/](https://bearandraven.com/feed/))
   as XML or an HTML-formatted version, depending on how the browser handles RSS.
 * If your audience isn’t familiar with RSS, you might consider disabling the icon.
   I see you’re already offering the “follow by email” option, which is a great 
   alternative.
 *  Thread Starter [bearraven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bearraven/)
 * (@bearraven)
 * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-button-only-opens-a-text-message/#post-18444376)
 * Thank you very much. I didn’t realize that was as intended. Anytime I click on
   an icon that looks like this on other blogs, it subscribes me to a feed. I will
   remove it in order to eliminate any confusion. You’re right, the follow button
   works as intended.
 * Thanks again.

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 * Last reply from: [bearraven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bearraven/)
 * Last activity: [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-button-only-opens-a-text-message/#post-18444376)
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