Images don’t display

It should have images :-/

How have you added the feed to a page? A block or a shortcode?

If it’s a shortcode can you send it me? If it’s a block can you send over the settings?

I’m curious to see the feed URL you have.

I added the feed via shortcode:

 [ebayfeedsforwordpress feed="https://cdn.mysitemapgenerator.com/shareapi/rss/1405756555" items="10"]

I also added the feed using the block but the images still won’t display: https://webcodedesigner.com/ebay-product-feeds-test-block/

The RSS feed was generated using https://www.mysitemapgenerator.com/rss/ebay.html

I’m using the Twenty Twenty-Four theme, and WP Fastest Cache. The issue persists even when I deactivate the caching plugin.

• This reply was modified 6 months, 2 weeks ago by Raquel Ocasio.
• This reply was modified 6 months, 2 weeks ago by Raquel Ocasio.

The block uses the default settings.

• This reply was modified 6 months, 2 weeks ago by Raquel Ocasio.

Hi Racquel,

Okay. I’ve spotted the error. May be a bit of work to implement it.

The issue you are having is that the image is expected to be in the description. The plugin (both free and premium version) outputs the description, which in the feeds you’ve probably seen includes an image, as they’ve been the standard way of doing it since eBay’s listings did it way back in the mid 2010’s.

<item>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2060084162</guid>
			<title>NEW* Seiko SZZC40 Women's White Dial Two-Tone SS Quartz Watch MSRP $235 | eBay</title>
			<link>https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/l?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F255000620838&amp;campid=5336784690</link>
			<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
			<category>eBay deals</category>
			<description><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/OpQAAOSwU99gtY2h/s-l400.jpg" /> Find many great new &amp; used options and get the best deals for NEW* Seiko SZZC40 Women's White Dial Two-Tone SS Quartz Watch MSRP $235 at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 22:38:49 +0300</pubDate>
		</item>

However, with the feeds built in https://www.mysitemapgenerator.com/rss/ebay.html, it puts the image outside of the description. So the plugin doesn’t see it, and why it’s not displaying.

<item>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2060084162</guid>
			<title>NEW* Seiko SZZC40 Women's White Dial Two-Tone SS Quartz Watch MSRP $235 | eBay</title>
			<link>https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/l?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F255000620838&amp;campid=5336784690</link>
			<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
			<category>eBay deals</category>
			<description>Find many great new &amp; used options and get the best deals for NEW* Seiko SZZC40 Women's White Dial Two-Tone SS Quartz Watch MSRP $235 at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 22:38:49 +0300</pubDate>
			<enclosure url="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/OpQAAOSwU99gtY2h/s-l400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0" />
		</item>

Whilst it may sound like a trivial fix, I’ll need to find out a way to a) find out how to read the enclosure element within the library within WordPress and b) include it in such a way that makes it easy for you to add and manipulate and c) doesn’t break other feed readers. So it may be some time to implement!

I suspect more than likely it is an addon plugin.

Hello Rhys, and thanks for checking on this. Will I encounter the same issue with feeds generated by RSSGround? I don’t mind switching if it will work.

You won’t. RSS Ground will display the images (or they did the last time I checked!).

FWIW, it’s probably something I should be looking to fix, alas I am not sure when I have time within the next month or two.

• This reply was modified 6 months, 2 weeks ago by Rhys Wynne.

Thanks for that info. I’m going to test with RSSGround and if it works, I’ll probably upgrade to the premium version too LOL

Thanks!

Update: it works with the feed generated by RSS ground.

Excellent!

I’m going to mark this as “resolved” as your initial query was resolved (and the way the algorithm tends to work it favours ranking plugins with high resolve rates higher), but I do have on my tasklist a way to build a plugin that integrates better with the Webcode Designer