RSS feed not available

extra information – it works FINE on a local copy, but server side it doesn’t – so it’s not the version of WP that is the problem. I’ve done the suggested action above of hard coding the FB ID but it still doesn’t work – MIGHT this be a version of PHP issue?

Hi AidanH,

This may be a server issue or because of PHP settings.

Install the widget in other server.

Thanks

As I say, it seems to be affecting a LOT of sites – my server is on PHP 5.3.14 – I’ve tried it with two different (admittedly FREE) hosting sites with same result. As a VBA developer I know what a pain it is to try to debug when it works fine for you – but at the moment it doesn’t work for me. ANY help you can offer is appreciated, and any info you need from me will be given! You can see the settings of my PHP at https://aidanh.getfreehosting.co.uk/info.php

Hi AidanH,

I’ve also registered a domain from getfreehosting.co.uk for checking the error.

The plugin uses simplepie rss reader which is a in-built/default reader for wordpress.

I have created a demo page (with wordpress fuctions + simplepie) which reads any rss feed.

The problem comes only for facebook feed. Other sites feed are read without any issues.

The error we get is WP HTTP Error: Couldn't resolve host 'www.facebook.com'

Please visit this demo .page

This hosting doesn’t allow reading the feeds from facebook.

Hope this issue wont be there in your live site.

Thanks
Lakshmanan.

Thanks for taking the time to research

I was getting “RSS Feed Currently Unavailable. Then I changed the PHP on line 50 and now I’m getting a new error:

FACEBOOK SYNDICATION ERROR
This feed URL is no longer valid. Visit this page to find the new URL, if you have access: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=
, 15 hours ago

Any thoughts?

Page ID is: 148474821967138
Page URL: https://www.facebook.com/LuvTiesInc?ref=ts&fref=ts
Test website is up at: https://lties.rhinoda.com/

Hi Lakshmanan,

Getting the same error. I am on a paid hosted site at dreamhost using foundation theme by organized themes. this error was on/Off but starting today it’s constant.

It does work with mashable facebookk ID.

my site stag.sanetrash.org

facebook url is https://www.facebook.com/sanetrash

FB group is 143173969112336

I was having this issue as well but I believe that I have fixed it. I tracked the problem down to the transient feed cache. It seems that when the plugin sets the cache timeout to 0 on line 26, it causes a problem with the transients never being garbage collected. I changed this line:

add_filter( 'wp_feed_cache_transient_lifetime', create_function( '$a', 'return 0;' )); // To reduce cache time

and set it to 60 seconds:

add_filter( 'wp_feed_cache_transient_lifetime', create_function( '$a', 'return 60;' )); // To reduce cache time

Then I went into the wp_options table in my wordpress database and deleted all the old transient feeds:

DELETE FROM wordpress.wp_options WHERE option_name LIKE '_transient%_feed%';

Now when I refresh the page, it seems to be working now.

Worked for me too!!! Thank you!!!!

I tried nullability’s fix and it isn’t working for me. I’m seeing the same error as benny 2012

Hi webmystery,

I need the following details.

• The version of plugin which you are using
• Your FaceBook page id

FYI : I have updated the plugin. Please try using the latest version ( 1.2.1). In this version the detailed error message will be printed instead of RSS Feed Currently Unavailable

Thanks,
Lakshmanan.

Is there a fix yet?

Thanks, lakshmananphp
I do have the latest plugin version 1.2.1 installed.
I was testing it with facebook page https://www.facebook.com/chickensandcherries

Hi webmystery,

I tried to find your page id by using facebook graph API.

I cant find your facebook page id

https://graph.facebook.com/chickensandcherries

Let me know the page ID which you are using to test the widget.

Thanks
Lakshmanan

Was there a Fix for this error yet? I tried change the cache issue but still no luck.

Plugin 1.2.1
Facebook id is – 407560319273550

Thanks