How to change the domain (and therefore feed URL) safely Part 2

Hi @jdaniel,

I would suggest 2 possible approaches in your case:

Option #1. Replace the site URL with BSR, and setup the 301 redirect from your old feed to the new one in your server settings (if your server provides such an option).

Option #2: Create a new site and redirect the feed URL using the “New podcast feed URL” setting on the old site. Make sure the old site remains active for at least four weeks to ensure a smooth transition.

Here is an Apple recommendation:
“To ensure followers receive your most recent episodes from the new feed URL, maintain the?<itunes:new-feed-url>?tag and 301 redirect response for at least four weeks.”

https://podcasters.apple.com/support/837-change-the-rss-feed-url

Unfortunately, currently our plugin doesn’t automatically display the <itunes:new-feed-url> tag, but you can add it manually by inserting the following code to your new site’s functions.php file:

add_filter('ssp_feed_data', function($data){
	$data['new_feed_url'] = 'https://newsite.url/feed/podcast/my-podcast';
	return $data;
});

Please, don’t forget to replace https://newsite.url/feed/podcast/my-podcast with your new podcast URL.

Thank you for bringing the redirection question to our attention. We’re going to add the <itunes:new-feed-url> support in the next plugin version, so if you have a possibility to wait for a few days, the functions.php step won’t be needed.

Hi Serhiy,

Thank you so much. Much appreciated – and yes, I’ll wait a few days, no problem ?? Always nice to save a code snippet (which I usually forget to deactivate later ?? ).

Hi @jdaniel,

We released version 3.8.1 yesterday, which now supports the <itunes:new-feed-url> tag out of the box. Just enter the new feed URL on both the old and new sites in the “New podcast feed URL” setting, and enable feed redirection on the old site.
Please let me know if it worked for you!