Title: WP-generated RSS feed invalid
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WP-generated RSS feed invalid

 *  Resolved [remmeh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/remmeh/)
 * (@remmeh)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-generated-rss-feed-invalid/)
 * hello,
 * I just installed WP 2.7, and it appears that the RSS feed generated by wordpress
   is invalid or otherwise bonkers:
 * [http://www.thecynicalrealist.com/?feed=rss2](http://www.thecynicalrealist.com/?feed=rss2)
 * The feed source looks okay… but bringing up the feed in Firefox, it just looks
   like a jumble of html. Feedburner also doesn’t recognize it as a valid feed.
 * Any help would be appreciated =)

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-generated-rss-feed-invalid/#post-992352)
 * 1st look [at this](http://validator.w3.org/feed/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecynicalrealist.com%2F%3Ffeed%3Drss2)
 *  Thread Starter [remmeh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/remmeh/)
 * (@remmeh)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-generated-rss-feed-invalid/#post-992361)
 * samboll:
 * Interesting… /?feed=rss2 now redirects me to /feed/. Both of these result in 
   a 404 error in Firefox and to the feed validator.
 * Now I’m thoroughly perplexed. How can I get WP to re-generate the RSS?
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-generated-rss-feed-invalid/#post-992364)
 * let’s go about this differently
    delete or renmae your present .htaccess open
   notepad and save a blank file upload it and rename to .htaccess reset permalinks
   admin – settings – permalinks should work then we can worry about validation
 *  Thread Starter [remmeh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/remmeh/)
 * (@remmeh)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-generated-rss-feed-invalid/#post-992367)
 * thanks samboll… that seems to have brought back the feed here (i think i changed
   a permalink setting which screwed it up):
 * [http://www.thecynicalrealist.com/?feed=rss2](http://www.thecynicalrealist.com/?feed=rss2)
 * now validation…
 *  Thread Starter [remmeh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/remmeh/)
 * (@remmeh)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-generated-rss-feed-invalid/#post-992389)
 * alright, I’ve made sure that my theme isn’t causing it (changed back to the default
   WP theme and it still doesn’t validate).
 * I’ve also disabled all plugins.
 * The validator gives me:
 * line 1, column 1: Blank line before XML declaration
 * I’ve tried tracking down blank lines in wp-rss2.php, wp-config.php, and can’t
   seem to find anything there. I’ve already ruled out the theme.
 * Any ideas?
 *  Thread Starter [remmeh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/remmeh/)
 * (@remmeh)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-generated-rss-feed-invalid/#post-992419)
 * btw, my problem was caused by godaddy free hosting, which inserts their own ads
   into your page. this causes bad things.

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

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
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 * Last reply from: [remmeh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/remmeh/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-generated-rss-feed-invalid/#post-992419)
 * Status: resolved

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