Category dependent feed-layout

All of the feeds are done via do_feed_* action hooks. For example, if someone requests a standard RSS feed, the do_feed_rss2 action hook is triggered, and because by default the identically named do_feed_rss2() function is the callback for the do_feed_rss2 action hook, do_feed_rss2() is called, and it loads the default RSS template (wp-includes/feed-rss2.php).

What that means is that if you want to have a completely custom RSS template, you can use your own after removing the default, like so:

// remove the default feed callback
remove_action('do_feed_rss2', 'do_feed_rss2');

// your function to load your custom template
function helmi_rss( $for_comments ) {
if ( $for_comments )
     load_template( ABSPATH . '/path-to-your-comments-feed.php' );
else
     load_template( ABSPATH . '/path-to-your-standard-feed.php' );
}

// add the callback function to the action hook
add_action('do_feed_rss2', 'helmi_rss');

That’s just for RSS 2; you will probably want to customize the other feed types, too.

Hi filosofo,

thanks for the hint. Ok i thought there’s probably a already built in templating-way to change feeds ‘a bit’.

Thats way hard for a non-coder ?? I’ve to decide whether it’s worth it ??

Best,
Frank