Magic tag behavior

Hey @ttc1,

Thank you for reaching out!

Currently, the item_url tag’s intended functionality is the one you described. Unfortunately, there is no method available in the free version to display the source URL. If you want to see more options about giving credits to the original author, here is a doc – https://docs.themeisle.com/article/1154-how-to-use-feed-to-post-feature-in-feedzy#custom-scenarios.

I have forwarded your suggestion as a feature request to our development team – https://github.com/Codeinwp/feedzy-rss-feeds/issues/813.

What’s next?

We’re always looking for ways to enhance the user experience, and your suggestion sounds valuable. Our product team will consider it alongside other requests and our current product roadmap.

Similar to bug reports, the product team will evaluate the impact and potential benefit of your request compared to other features and prioritize it accordingly.

Unfortunately, we can’t guarantee that every feature request will be implemented or provide a specific timeframe at this point. If you have any additional details about how this feature would help you and others, feel free to share more details.

We’ll keep you updated via email if your feature request moves further in the development process. You can also check the product changelog to see future product releases and the exciting features we’re working on!

In the meantime, if you have any questions or need further assistance, please don’t hesitate to reply.

Thanks again for your feedback!

Thanks @andreearadacina21 for the timely response. Much appreciated.

“Unfortunately, there is no method available in the free version to display the source URL.”
It would be nice to have that option. But it is not a deal breaker for me.
What would be really nice though is to have the option to change the wording of that link.
Right now it is “Read More”, my site is mostly in French so changing this wording would be an appreciated option.
Another option could be to have the actual URL of the original article with the [#item_source] magic tag.
I don’t know how [#item_source] and [#item_url] behave in the paid version but having both clickable to the original URL would be fantastic.

By the way, I didn’t see any specific documentation mentionning that you can add text in the magic tag field. I got the hint from reading something else in the documentation. Now I have:

Source: [#item_source] – [#item_url]

in the Content field. It makes for a nicer “footer” of the article excerpt.
It would be nice to make this option more obvious in the documentation.

I’m creating this autoblogging/news aggregation site as a learning experimentation. I’m quite at ease to do simple static sites but blogging, I had no idea. That’s why I’m using only free plugins for now.
If I ever decide to make it a commercial endeavour, I’ll go the paid plugins way. There are lots of limitation, understandably, with free plugins but it forces you to be creative and find solutions.

Anyway, thanks again for the quick reply and for adding the feature request.
Have a great day.

• This reply was modified 4 months, 2 weeks ago by TTC1.

Hey @ttc1,

Thank you very much for taking the time to share your suggestions! You are right about being a free user makes you more creative ??

Indeed, it is possible to insert plain text in the magic tags area, which can help you be more suggestive. I will also make a document request in this regard.

Have a great day,

Andreea

Hey @ttc1,

I hope this message finds you well. I am pleased to inform you that we have recently released an update for Feedzy, which includes the feature you requested – the ability to customize item URLs. More details can be found here – https://docs.themeisle.com/article/2054-how-to-customize-the-item-url-in-feedzy.

We appreciate your patience and support during this process. If you have any further questions or require assistance with the update, please do not hesitate to reach out.

Wishing you a great day ahead!