Title: RSS Dummy Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # RSS Dummy * [daviddecristoforo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daviddecristoforo/) * (@daviddecristoforo) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-dummy/) * It seems like I just saw this answered in a recent post but now I can’t seem to find it. Anyway, I want to use the RSS feature built into WP (v1.2). As I understand it, subscribers would hit mysite,com/feeds…right? And there was something about needing permalinks working in order for people to get the feeds? As you can tell, once again I’m over my head, but what the heck….A pointer to any tutorials? * Thanx DD Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * [kiddeath91](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kiddeath91/) * (@kiddeath91) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-dummy/#post-167857) * If you look in your header, you should see your feeds that WP has created for you: * `` * Yes, I believe that you need permalinks enabled for this. * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-dummy/#post-167864) * You feed should be at domain.com//wp-rss2.php . If you have permalinks activated, it will be at domain.com//feed/rss2/. You _do not_ need to have permalinks active. domain.com// wp-rss2.php will work just fine. * Thread Starter [daviddecristoforo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daviddecristoforo/) * (@daviddecristoforo) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-dummy/#post-167868) * OK, now it’s time to reveal how much of a “dummy” I really am! What do you mean by “look in my header”? Is a feed created each time I post something to my blog? And how to “enable permalinks”? And can someone “get” the feeds with a news reader that is pointed to mysite,com/feeds? * Sorry if this seems too basic but I really do appreciate the help! * DD * Thread Starter [daviddecristoforo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daviddecristoforo/) * (@daviddecristoforo) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-dummy/#post-167869) * OK, now it’s time to reveal how much of a “dummy” I really am! What do you mean by “look in my header”? Is a feed created each time I post something to my blog? And how to “enable permalinks”? And can someone “get” the feeds with a news reader that is pointed to mysite,com/feeds? * Sorry if this seems too basic but I really do appreciate the help! * DD * [kiddeath91](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kiddeath91/) * (@kiddeath91) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-dummy/#post-167872) * Go with macmanx suggestion. * If you have permalinks active: * yourdomain.com/wordpress directory/feed/rss2/ * If not: * yourdomain.com/wordpress directory/wp-rss2.php * Your header is all the code between the `` tags when you view your source html code. * Thread Starter [daviddecristoforo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daviddecristoforo/) * (@daviddecristoforo) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-dummy/#post-167875) * Gotcha. I’ll give it a run…thanx much again for the help. I took a look at the header to see what you were referring to and, yup, sure enough there it is, just like you said it would be! This is so cool! * DD * Thread Starter [daviddecristoforo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daviddecristoforo/) * (@daviddecristoforo) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-dummy/#post-167898) * Well that was easy enough! Now could someone explain (in VERY simple terms please!) the advantages (or dis-advantages) of having permalinks enabled? * Thanx Again (and again) DD * [Avenir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/avenir/) * (@avenir) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-dummy/#post-167950) * Without pretty permalinks active, a link to a particular entry on your blog will have a long PHP query string attached to end of it which makes it hard to remember what the link is. With pretty permalinks enabled, these long query strings get turned into readable “directories” that make it easy to remember what the post’s individual page link is. * So, without pretty permalinks, a link might look like: you.com/index.php?y=2005& m=03&d=12 (I don’t actually know the variables, but yea…) * But with pretty permalinks, the link would be: you.com/2005/03/12/post-title/( assuming you use the suggested structure) * Basically, pretty permalinks make your URI’s look nicer. They have no real advantage. * [michaelc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelc/) * (@michaelc) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-dummy/#post-167973) * Permalinks used to be necessary to get your pages into Google (Google didn’t like dynamic URLs). That’s no longer the case, although it still may be an issue with other search engines. * “Permalinks” is kind of a misnomer – unless you mess with your database, the “ non-permalink” URLs should remain just as “permanent.” * They look nicer, and they allow users to find categories, archives, etc., easier, using logical paths, although you may not want that. * No real disadvantages I can think of that aren’t also problems with “non-permalinks.” Accidentally nuking your .htaccess, I guess, but you can always rebuild that. * Thread Starter [daviddecristoforo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daviddecristoforo/) * (@daviddecristoforo) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-dummy/#post-167977) * So, if someone were to bookmark a particular post they would be able to access it later (without permalinks), even after it’s been archived? * DD * [michaelc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelc/) * (@michaelc) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-dummy/#post-167988) * Yes, a non-permalink bookmark should work. * And in WP, from what I’ve seen “non-permalinks” aren’t all that convoluted. In fact, they may be shorter than the permalinks! Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) The topic ‘RSS Dummy’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 11 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [michaelc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelc/) * Last activity: [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-dummy/#post-167988) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics