Title: WordPress 2.9 – RSS Error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress 2.9 – RSS Error

 *  Resolved [meinking22](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meinking22/)
 * (@meinking22)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-29-rss-error/)
 * Just upgraded to WordPress 2.9. Now I am getting the following error popping 
   up everywhere on my website:
 * RSS Error: The data could not be converted to UTF-8
 * Anybody know of a fix for this? Should I just reinstall?

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 *  [Robert Chapin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miqrogroove/)
 * (@miqrogroove)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-29-rss-error/#post-1323827)
 * [http://www.semiologic.com/2009/12/21/wp-2-9-three-bugs-and-how-to-fix-them/](http://www.semiologic.com/2009/12/21/wp-2-9-three-bugs-and-how-to-fix-them/)
 *  [Shane G.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g-1/)
 * (@shane-g-1)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-29-rss-error/#post-1323870)
 * Hi,
 * Have a check with this plugin;
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/fix-rss-feed/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/fix-rss-feed/)
 * Thanks,
 * Shane G.
 *  Thread Starter [meinking22](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meinking22/)
 * (@meinking22)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-29-rss-error/#post-1323939)
 * Thanks for the feedback you guys. Will give the patches a go.
 * Installed the patch files and all is working fine. Thanks again!
 *  [vgreddy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vgreddy/)
 * (@vgreddy)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-29-rss-error/#post-1324137)
 * hi,
    i am getting error in Rss feed. below RSS Error: WP HTTP Error: Could not
   open handle for fopen() to [http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch_feeds?scoring=d&ie=utf-8&num=10&output=rss&partner=wordpress&q=link:http://localhost/wordpress/](http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch_feeds?scoring=d&ie=utf-8&num=10&output=rss&partner=wordpress&q=link:http://localhost/wordpress/)
   please reply soon….

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 * [rss error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/rss-error/)
 * [wordpress 2.9](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wordpress-2-9/)

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-29-rss-error/#post-1324137)
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