trying to rewrite custom rss feed URL

  • Resolved bigcityjohn

    (@bigcityjohn)


    13 years, 10 months ago

    I’ve created a new custom rss feed file (mycustomfeed.php) which is accessible at https://www.myblog.com/?feed=mycustomfeed. I’ve searched the forums for help trying to rewrite the URL, and found a link to the following bit of code from https://www.seodenver.com/custom-rss-feed-in-wordpress/

    This piece of code will allow you to have any feed name, and dynamically “create” /customfeed.xml as well as a /feed/customfeed/ versions:

    function custom_feed_rewrite($wp_rewrite) {
$feed_rules = array(
'feed/(.+)' => 'index.php?feed=' . $wp_rewrite->preg_index(1),
'(.+).xml' => 'index.php?feed='. $wp_rewrite->preg_index(1)
);
$wp_rewrite->rules = $feed_rules + $wp_rewrite->rules;
}
add_filter('generate_rewrite_rules', 'custom_feed_rewrite');

    So, I added the code to my functions.php file, but I’m not having any luck accessing the feed at https://www.myblog.com/mycustomfeed.xml or https://www.myblog.com/feed/mycustomfeed

    Is there something incorrect in the bit of code that I copied, or am I missing something in the code that I need to customize? Or, perhaps, is there a better/easier way for me to do a rewrite so that I can access my custom feed at /mycustomfeed.xml and/or /feed/mycustomfeed ?

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  • This works for me

    add_action('init', 'my_add_feed');

function my_rewrite_rules( $wp_rewrite ) {
  $new_rules = array(
    'feed/(.+)' => 'index.php?feed='.$wp_rewrite->preg_index(1)
  );
  $wp_rewrite->rules = $new_rules + $wp_rewrite->rules;
}

function my_add_feed(  ) {
  global $wp_rewrite;
  add_feed('custom-feed', 'my_create_feed');
  add_action('generate_rewrite_rules', 'my_rewrite_rules');
  $wp_rewrite->flush_rules();
}

    where /feed/custom-feed/ would be the “pretty” permalink

    I should add that my_create_feed is the function that actually, well, creates the feed content.

    Thread Starter bigcityjohn

    (@bigcityjohn)

    Thanks, miklb! This works perfectly for the rewrite. I appreciate the help…would’ve never figured this out on my own.

    I want to take this RSS feed https://www.rssweather.com/zipcode/30096/rss.php , or something like it,
    and recreate it using the zipcode from the user profile field %field_9 field_zip-code alt”%

    But, I can’t get it to work. I want the weather to show up in a bottom widget area unique to the users zipcode field from their profile in Buddypress.

    Anyone know how I can do this?

    I think it is failing to pull the user’s zipcode field setting because the RSS feed is from weather.com and not my domain.

    Any ideas?

    Thread Starter bigcityjohn

    (@bigcityjohn)

    Tony, my issue here is marked “Resolved.” You’ll need to start a new thread for your own, unique issue.

    @tony Locke: stop posting the same question all over the place! Stick to your own topic.

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