Creating a custom RSS template is pretty easy. I’ll show you have to do it in 3 steps.
1) Register the template
Place the following into functions.php
<?php
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'my_rss_template' );
/**
* Register custom RSS template.
*/
function my_rss_template() {
add_feed( 'short', 'my_custom_rss_render' );
}
/**
* Custom RSS template callback.
*/
function my_custom_rss_render() {
get_template_part( 'feed', 'short' );
}
2) Create the template file
Create a new file named, feed-short.php and place it inside your theme’s directory
<?php
/**
* Customs RSS template with related posts.
*
* Place this file in your theme's directory.
*
* @package sometheme
* @subpackage theme
*/
/**
* Get related posts.
*/
function my_rss_related() {
global $post;
// Setup post data
$pid = $post->ID;
$tags = wp_get_post_tags( $pid );
$tag_ids = array();
// Loop through post tags
foreach ( $tags as $individual_tag ) {
$tag_ids[] = $individual_tag->term_id;
}
// Execute WP_Query
$related_by_tag = new WP_Query( array(
'tag__in' => $tag_ids,
'post__not_in' => array( $pid ),
'posts_per_page' => 3,
) );
// Loop through posts and build HTML
if ( $related_by_tag->have_posts() ) :
echo 'Related:<br />';
while ( $related_by_tag->have_posts() ) : $related_by_tag->the_post();
echo '<a href="' . get_permalink() . '">' . get_the_title() . '</a><br />';
endwhile;
else :
echo '';
endif;
wp_reset_postdata();
}
/**
* Feed defaults.
*/
header( 'Content-Type: ' . feed_content_type( 'rss-http' ) . '; charset=' . get_option( 'blog_charset' ), true );
$frequency = 1; // Default '1'. The frequency of RSS updates within the update period.
$duration = 'hourly'; // Default 'hourly'. Accepts 'hourly', 'daily', 'weekly', 'monthly', 'yearly'.
$postlink = '<br /><a href="' . get_permalink() . '">See the rest of the story at mysite.com</a><br /><br />';
$postimages = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( get_the_ID() ), 'large' );
// Check for images
if ( $postimages ) {
// Get featured image
$postimage = $postimages[0];
} else {
// Fallback to a default
$postimage = get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/images/default.jpg';
}
/**
* Start RSS feed.
*/
echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="' . get_option( 'blog_charset' ) . '"?' . '>'; ?>
<rss version="2.0"
xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
<?php do_action( 'rss2_ns' ); ?>
>
<!-- RSS feed defaults -->
<channel>
<title><?php bloginfo_rss( 'name' ); wp_title_rss(); ?></title>
<link><?php bloginfo_rss( 'url' ) ?></link>
<description><?php bloginfo_rss( 'description' ) ?></description>
<lastBuildDate><?php echo mysql2date( 'D, d M Y H:i:s +0000', get_lastpostmodified( 'GMT' ), false ); ?></lastBuildDate>
<language><?php bloginfo_rss( 'language' ); ?></language>
<sy:updatePeriod><?php echo apply_filters( 'rss_update_period', $duration ); ?></sy:updatePeriod>
<sy:updateFrequency><?php echo apply_filters( 'rss_update_frequency', $frequency ); ?></sy:updateFrequency>
<atom:link href="<?php self_link(); ?>" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
<!-- Feed Logo (optional) -->
<image>
<url>http://mysite.com/somelogo.png</url>
<title>
<?php bloginfo_rss( 'description' ) ?>
</title>
<link><?php bloginfo_rss( 'url' ) ?></link>
</image>
<?php do_action( 'rss2_head' ); ?>
<!-- Start loop -->
<?php while( have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<item>
<title><?php the_title_rss(); ?></title>
<link><?php the_permalink_rss(); ?></link>
<guid isPermaLink="false"><?php the_guid(); ?></guid>
<author><?php the_author(); ?></author>
<image>
<url><?php echo esc_url( $postimage ); ?>"/></url>
</image>
<pubDate><?php echo mysql2date( 'D, d M Y H:i:s +0000', get_post_time( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', true ), false ); ?></pubDate>
<content:encoded>
<![CDATA[<?php echo the_excerpt_rss(); echo $postlink; echo my_rss_related(); ?>]]>
</content:encoded>
</item>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</channel>
</rss>
Now your custom RSS feed can be found at
http://yoursite.com?feed=short
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