How To Do Category Feeds In WordPress
I received an email today on splitting WordPress feeds up - that is, how to make a separate feeds for a page or topic.
The easiest way by far it to put that post in a separate category, and then offer a category feed as a URL:
http://egwebsite.com/?feed=rss2&cat=1
In this case, the blog would be at the ‘root’ of egwebsite.com - it is isn’t, then change that. For example, a site based on ‘myblog’ would be more like:
http://egwebsite.com/myblog/?feed=rss2&cat=7
To get the category ID, look into the Manage;Categories section, and click on a category (or hover your mouse over the link) - the link will look something like this:
http://egwebsite.com/wp-admin/categories.php?action=edit&cat_ID=5
…and you have your category (cat_ID=5).
Now of course this isn’t without some problems:
- The feed is named the same as the regular feed - confusing for visitors, and may cause problems with some feed readers.
- Note this is for POSTS, not PAGES.
- If you’re using a RSS feed product product (like FeedBurner) you may find the feed is not available to modify (FeedBurner has a WordPress plugin that ‘hijacks’ all feeds to replace with theirs).
However, if you wish to offer a specific feed to a site (for example, product feed) this can be a way to get something out there.
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