RSS Feed Works Directly but Not with Readers or Other Apps

  • Resolved mm911

    (@mm911)


    14 years, 2 months ago

    My RSS feed has stopped working with outside apps, such as FeedBurner and reader apps.

    Odd thing is, when you visit it directly it works fine. But other applications get a “page not found” message.

    This began after I upgraded to 3.0.1 but I don’t know for sure if this was the cause…it may have started a couple of days later. I attempted deactivating every plugin, but that didn’t help.

    URL: https://nycaviation.com/feed/

    Any ideas?

    Thanks!

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Can you provide a link to your blog so we can investigate?

    Thread Starter mm911

    (@mm911)

    Sorry, yes: https://nycaviation.com/feed/

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    That is definitely a problem. The /feed/ portion is controlled by the permalink system, so try re-saving your permalink structure at Settings/Permalinks in your admin panel. If WordPress cannot automatically edit the .htaccess file, it will provide manual instructions after saving.

    Thread Starter mm911

    (@mm911)

    Thanks for your quick reply…sadly, that didn’t work.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Try deactivating all plugins. If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one individually until you find the cause.

    If that does not resolve the issue, try switching to the Default theme (WordPress 1.5 – 2.9.2) or the Twenty Ten theme (WordPress 3.0 and higher) to rule-out a theme-specific issue (themes can affect feeds).

    Thread Starter mm911

    (@mm911)

    Thanks for the advice. Deactivated all the plugins, switched theme to Twenty Ten and still no luck. Any other ideas? Maybe a corrupted file somewhere?

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    File corruption would definitely be my next guess. Try downloading WordPress again and delete then replace your copies of everything except the wp-config.php file and the /wp-content/ directory with fresh copies from the download.

    Thread Starter mm911

    (@mm911)

    Sadly no success on this front either. Reinstalled, no luck.

    I know RSS can sometimes be temperamental with odd characters. Any chance that might be breaking the feed?

    Any other possibilities?

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Go to Settings/Permalinks in your admin panel and set it to the default structure. Then, access your server via FTP or SFTP and rename the .htaccess file.

    Now, see if your feed loads properly at https://nycaviation.com/index.php?feed=rss2

    Thread Starter mm911

    (@mm911)

    Fixed! Turned out it was an .htaccess issue…

    Seems that a recent update of the W3 Total Cache plugin might have messed it up. It added a ton of code to my .htaccess file, which remains even after the plugin is removed.

    Anyway, I removed “xml” from the file types being cached and that seemed to do the trick.

    Thanks for your help!

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    You’re welcome!

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