Configure FeedBurner and WordPress RSS Widget

Posted by Jeff

on March 20, 2008

The instructions on the FeedBurner site show all of the steps involved in downloading and setting up the FeedBurner FeedSmith WordPress plugin. There is one other step involved that isn’t mentioned that you may want to add to your WordPress blog. This WordPress guide will cover that other step.

First off if I installed your blog you should have the plugin installed and activated already. If I asked for your FeedBurner account then all of this is likely done for you as well. If not you will still need to sign up at FeedBurner.com and ‘Burn’ your feed. For that I have instructions with video on my other blog here: Setup FeedBurner On Your WordPress Blog .

After adding your new FeedBurner feed URL to the proper areas of your WordPress blog the other place to add it is in an RSS sidebar widget. Click Presentation, Widgets and drag an RSS widget, usually RSS 1, from the lower available area into the sidebar. Click the little blue box on the widget to open it, place your FeedBurner URL in, name it and choose how many items (posts) you want to display. Close the widget, and click Save Changes.

Don’t be afraid to check out all the different feed options over at FeedBurner, especially the email subscriptions. For that click the Publicize tab and look on the left side for them. Make sure to activate it after you grab the code!

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Comments

Comment by taufan on July 14, 2008 @ 5:28 am

Hi, nice to find this page and read articles in it. I have some very “basic” questions:
1) What is FeedBurner?
2) How can I make use of it to my blogging way? Can I use it to increase traffic to my blog?
3) Do I need to subscribe to use FeedBurner?
4) Can I put its feature inside my wordpress.com blog?

Thanx for the answers.

Comment by Jeff on July 14, 2008 @ 8:14 am

Taufan I suggest going to FeedBurner.com and learn all about it.

Comment by Mubera on September 16, 2008 @ 6:43 am

I have feed on my site http://bosancionline.com/feed/
however, my own feeds are showing “title unknown” when sent.

How do I help it?

Comment by Jeff on September 16, 2008 @ 3:53 pm

Mubera , your feed titles look fine to me, maybe its your feed reader.

Comment by Mubera on October 6, 2008 @ 6:03 am

Jeff, I have found place where I needed to add the tittle. Thanks for responding.

Comment by Paul on November 16, 2009 @ 4:28 pm

When first setting up a wordpress blog, tinkering with the RSS feed and setting up a widget can be tricky.

Thanks for the easy explanation.

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