Title: XML Feed Error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# XML Feed Error

 *  Resolved [Lopo Lencastre de Almeida](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipublicis/)
 * (@ipublicis)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-feed-error-1/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m getting this error:
 * `line 1, column 1: Blank line before XML declaration` on Feedvalidator.
    Feed
   code is as follow:
 *     ```
       (this is a blank line here)
       <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed
        xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
        xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0"
        xml:lang="en"
        xml:base="http://n.humaneasy.com/meaningfull/wp-atom.php"
         >
       ```
   

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-feed-error-1/#post-1388951)
 * typically blank lines can be added to feeds by plugins, themes or user editing`
   header.php` incorrectly
    it could be other stuff, though
 * a link would help
 *  Thread Starter [Lopo Lencastre de Almeida](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipublicis/)
 * (@ipublicis)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-feed-error-1/#post-1388956)
 * The link is in the code 😉
 *  [Shane G.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g-1/)
 * (@shane-g-1)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-feed-error-1/#post-1388961)
 * Hi,
 * 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 [Lopo Lencastre de Almeida](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipublicis/)
 * (@ipublicis)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-feed-error-1/#post-1388963)
 * Header was not changed so the issue is not there.
 * How can I force Feed to be regenerated after deactivating a plugin?
 *  Thread Starter [Lopo Lencastre de Almeida](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipublicis/)
 * (@ipublicis)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-feed-error-1/#post-1388973)
 * Hum! Found the culprit. A plugin is causing it. Must check the code to see why.
 *  Thread Starter [Lopo Lencastre de Almeida](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipublicis/)
 * (@ipublicis)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-feed-error-1/#post-1388976)
 * Thanks Shane. It solved the issue.
 * Odd enough many files (169) had tail lines but only one plugin was giving issues
   to the feed.
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-feed-error-1/#post-1388982)
 * which plugin? so searchers may find this topic

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 * 7 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-feed-error-1/#post-1388982)
 * Status: resolved

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