Source is set to Feed Name

  • Resolved apearlman

    (@apearlman)


    5 years, 10 months ago

    Hi –

    I’m trying to display the source of a feed item. (In our case, the source in the RSS feed might be a newspaper or other media outlet.) However, when I enable the source display checkbox, I only see the name of the feed on the published page. If I look in the list of feed items in wp-admin the source column also only shows the name of the feed, not the actual source from the RSS.

    How can I make sure the feed displays the source node from the RSS and not the feed name?

    Thanks.

    – Adam

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  • Plugin Author Mark Zahra

    (@markzahra)

    Hi @apearlman, that is how the source name works in WP RSS Aggregator. It is the name that you give to the feed source, which is usually the name of the site that items are being fetched from.

    In your case, does the RSS feed happen to be an aggregated one that includes multiple different source sites by any chance?

    Thread Starter apearlman

    (@apearlman)

    Thanks for your response, Mark.

    Yes, exactly, it’s an aggregated list from various sources.

    The RSS spec refers to a <source> element, which is why I was confused. I guess that’s an enhancement I’d like to see, unless you know of another way to show it. Again, thanks.

    Plugin Author Mark Zahra

    (@markzahra)

    We’ll be looking into ways of making that possible in the future, thanks for the suggestion!

    Thread Starter apearlman

    (@apearlman)

    Hi @markzahra – Any chance this feature has made it onto your development list?

    I believe I see how to do it. (Adding a wprss_item_source entry to the postmeta table for each feed item, and populating it if <source> is set in the RSS feed during import.)

    I’d be willing to pay for this if it were a Premium Add-On. (Preferable to hacking the code.)

    Thanks!

    – Adam

    Plugin Author Mark Zahra

    (@markzahra)

    Hi Adam, not just yet but I’ll get a clearer indication from our developer. I’ll update you when I have a clearer indication.

    Plugin Author Mark Zahra

    (@markzahra)

    Adam, can you also send us the RSS feed URL you are using, please?

    Thread Starter apearlman

    (@apearlman)

    @markzahra –

    Sure thing, the URL is:
    https://feed.meltwater.com/gyda/outputs/xml/html/42/49/v2_434189.html.rss

    Notice the <source> nodes. Ideally, we’d like to display the source along with the link at the bottom of this page:
    https://entrepreneurship.babson.edu/ (scroll all the way down)

    Please let me know if I can help further. Thanks for the response!

    – Adam

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