Jacksonstout

Thank you for the response Allen.

I’m torn between shortcodes and feed to post…
I LOVE the easy,awesome formats of the shortcode and how easy it to try different options. However, I want my site’s search feature to include the source feeds and I’m concerned that real time/shortcode will affects the performance of the source sites and even the target site (although I’m not sure this is warranted).

Did I read that you have a Beta version that includes using shortcodes but they are written to a database instead of being downloaded real time? Maybe this is the best of both world.

If not, it sounds like ‘feed to post’ is the way to go. I’ll use ‘give me everything’ so I can change how things are displayed over time without having to download posts again. I’ll be sourcing at least 30 targets that generate about 8 total posts per day. Does this sound good?

As an aside, regarding your second point…
When I add [wp_rss_multi_importer] to index.php, I just get “[wp_rss_multi_importer]” to show on the home page. Placing the shortcode in a post displays the feeds on the homepage, but formatting is challenging (things can go into the right menu). “<?php echo do_shortcode(‘[wp_rss_multi_importer]’); ?>” placed in index.php works but like the post approach formatting is challenging.

Thank you!