Title: RSS ERROR (sidebar widget)
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# RSS ERROR (sidebar widget)

 *  [phattrance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phattrance/)
 * (@phattrance)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-error-sidebar-widget/)
 * im getting this error message a few times / day on my sidebar rss widget when
   adding the forum rss post to the sidebar (standard in wordpress 2.6)
 * Warning: Attempt to assign property of non-object in /home/phat/public_html/wp-
   includes/rss.php on line 440
 * what does it mean?? and how can i fix it.
 * Blog url: [http://dailymobile.se](http://dailymobile.se)

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 *  [Austin Matzko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/filosofo/)
 * (@filosofo)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-error-sidebar-widget/#post-948322)
 * What it _means_ is that the cached data object for your RSS feed occasionally
   doesn’t exist.
 * But that’s not the real issue. The real issue is that for security purposes a
   live site should not be displaying any error messages whatsoever, much less _warning_
   messages, which is all this is. Contact your host and ask it to disable PHP messages
   for your site.
 *  Thread Starter [phattrance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phattrance/)
 * (@phattrance)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-error-sidebar-widget/#post-948345)
 * im using the hyper cache plugin, will it help if i delete the current cache?
 *  [scottintheoc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scottintheoc/)
 * (@scottintheoc)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-error-sidebar-widget/#post-948469)
 * Did deleting the current cache work? I, too, am getting this error.
 *  [saraar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saraar/)
 * (@saraar)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-error-sidebar-widget/#post-948476)
 * I am getting this same problem. I am getting the RSS feed from a website hosted
   in the same server so it should have been even easier and faster (no remote host
   involved). I tried to find if there is a way to completely disable widget caching
   to no avail.
 * I think this issue is something that should be addressed.
 *  [wes50](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wes50/)
 * (@wes50)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-error-sidebar-widget/#post-948541)
 * I’ve been having this problem too, and I’ve seen postings by others in other 
   places indicating they are too.
 * The only solution I’ve come up with is to disable the rss feed (remove widget)
   entirely, which I don’t find a satisfactory fix for at least 2 reasons:
 * 1) it messes up the look of my sidebar
    2) the feed itself provides useful information
   when working properly
 * Turning off the PHP error messages looks like a good step (like I just needed
   one more thing to do!) but has anyone got a REAL fix for this?
 * Unfortunately, I’m not a PHP whiz, so I’m stuck. Also, I’m wondering if this 
   problem didn’t begin when I upgraded–2.71 currently.
 * [Bill](http://healthspectator.com)

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## Tags

 * [RSS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/rss/)
 * [sidebar](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sidebar/)
 * [widget](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/widget/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
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 * Last activity: [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-error-sidebar-widget/#post-948541)
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