Title: RSS Feed Doesn’t Work Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # RSS Feed Doesn’t Work * [sveng](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sveng/) * (@sveng) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-doesnt-work/) * I had a fresh install of a new WP weblog here: * [http://www.generalcounsel.net/wgcun/](http://www.generalcounsel.net/wgcun/) * However, the RSS feed at the bottom of the page doesn’t work when you click on it, or validate through FeedBurner (yes, I tried deleting the “feed” prefix to the link). * Any ideas? I have looked through the site, but other than thinking it may have something to to do with htaccess, I am at a loss. * Thanks, and I am a happy user of WP and a paid supporter! * SvenG Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * [Canned_Heat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/canned_heat/) * (@canned_heat) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-doesnt-work/#post-149692) * Here’s a link that may help you. Unfortunately, it didn’t help me because not being a programmer when they digressed into code talk I got lost, and nobody bothered to come back into these forums and make a simple “to make it work, do this” post for us dummies. * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic.php?id=23522](http://wordpress.org/support/topic.php?id=23522) * The technical discussion is here: * [http://mosquito.wordpress.org/view.php?id=903](http://mosquito.wordpress.org/view.php?id=903) * CH * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-doesnt-work/#post-149695) * This is a known bug: [http://mosquito.wordpress.org/view.php?id=903](http://mosquito.wordpress.org/view.php?id=903) * There is patch available in the last comment. * [Canned_Heat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/canned_heat/) * (@canned_heat) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-doesnt-work/#post-149707) * Does that mean the only change we should make is the change indicated in the last comment or should we also make the change indicated in the first comment which is to comment out lines 112-115 of wp-blog-header.php? * thanks * Thread Starter [sveng](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sveng/) * (@sveng) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-doesnt-work/#post-149710) * Thanks everyone, I’ll give it a go; I am not code-handy, however. * I wonder if there is something else I can put in at Feedburner that will validate…. * I may just go back to pre-1.5 for the near term… * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-doesnt-work/#post-149721) * Just replace the wp-blog-header.php file. The changes mentioned in the bug feedback have been implemented into the new wp-blog-header.php file. * [Ryan Boren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryan/) * (@ryan) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-doesnt-work/#post-149723) * To follow up on what macmanx suggested, download [this](http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/trunk/wp-blog-header.php) and replace your current wp-blog-header.php with it. * [Canned_Heat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/canned_heat/) * (@canned_heat) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-doesnt-work/#post-149734) * rboren, * thank you. Although the help in these forums is phenomenal, sometimes people forget the details. macmanx mentioned a “new” file, but did not indicate where to get it. I downloaded the latest release from wordpress.org and saw it was the old file. * I will use your supplied link, but for future reference, can somebody supply a bookmark where files such as the wp-blog-header.php are stored as bugs are fixed on a daily basis? * thanks * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-doesnt-work/#post-149736) * [http://mosquito.wordpress.org/](http://mosquito.wordpress.org/) is the official bug tracker. Stick with it, follow the comments, and download the patches when they become available. * Thread Starter [sveng](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sveng/) * (@sveng) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-doesnt-work/#post-149743) * Thanks a bunch! The link still 404’s due to the “feed” prefix, but I’ll enter the plain RSS link into FeedBurner, and then alter the code on my template to point to the FB feed. * UPDATE: I tried editing index.php like I did with Kubrick in the pre-1.5 days. But there’s nothing there! What file do I modify? This is what my pre-1.5 weblog looks like: * [http://www.generalcounsel.net/wiredgc/](http://www.generalcounsel.net/wiredgc/) * Sorry for basic questions. WP 1.5 is otherwise awesome; I really like the dashboard… * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-doesnt-work/#post-149830) * Either Footer Template (footer.php) for Sidebar Template (sidebar.php), depending on where you want to put the link. * Thread Starter [sveng](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sveng/) * (@sveng) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-doesnt-work/#post-149842) * Thank you, sir! Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) The topic ‘RSS Feed Doesn’t Work’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 11 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [sveng](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sveng/) * Last activity: [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-doesnt-work/#post-149842) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics