RSS Retriever WordPress Plugin
A simple, lightweight RSS aggregator plugin which uses shortcode to fetch and display multiple RSS feeds.
This plugin fetchs an RSS feed, or multiple feeds, and displays them in an unordered list using shortcode.
Features:
- Fetch as many RSS feeds as you want
- Display the RSS feed wherever you want using shortcode, including text widgets
- Control whether to display the entire RSS feeds content or just an excerpt
- Control how many words display in the excerpt
- Control whether it has a Read more link or not
- Control whether links open in a new window or not
- Simple, lightweight, and fast
- Easy to setup
- **NEW** Fetch thumbnail or first image
- **NEW** Control size of thumbnail
- **NEW** Set cache time (in seconds)
- **NEW** Control order of items
- **N
rss feed cache
rss feed image
rss images
rss thumbnails
Sites running RSS Retriever, click to open one
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Usage of RSS Retriever over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 133 to 408 — up 275 (+206.8%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 408 | +20 |
| June 2024 | 388 | +12 |
| May 2024 | 376 | +6 |
| April 2024 | 370 | +24 |
| March 2024 | 346 | +26 |
| February 2024 | 320 | +11 |
| January 2024 | 309 | +7 |
| December 2023 | 302 | +47 |
| November 2023 | 255 | +12 |
| October 2023 | 243 | +23 |
| September 2023 | 220 | +63 |
| August 2023 | 157 | +13 |
| July 2023 | 144 | +11 |
| June 2023 | 133 | — |
Themes used with RSS Retriever
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | Divi |
| 2 | Newspaper |
| 3 | Astra |
| 4 | Avada |
| 5 | Extra |
| 6 | Genesis |
| 7 | Salient |
| 8 | Mh-magazine |
| 9 | Flatsome |
| 10 | Jupiterx |
| 11 | Impreza |
| 12 | Neve |
| 13 | Dt-the7 |
| 14 | Generatepress |
| 15 | Hestia |
| 16 | Colormag-pro |
| 17 | Divi-child |
| 18 | Betheme |
| 19 | Power-magazine |
| 20 | Wp-bootstrap-starter |
Sites running RSS Retriever
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