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supportWe set up a “Just For Fun” category – where we block the category from showing up on the Home Page, in search and on the archive pages. We have the option to also exclude the category from Feeds – which we have NOT checked. The content IS going out on the RSS properly, and is getting indexed, but it is NOT getting picked up by the SimpleFeed API plug-in to be served to MSN. And we cannot figure out what is blocking that from happening. We’ve tested with both the API option enabled and disabled and nothing changes. UCE version: 1.1 PHP version: 8.1.21 WordPress version: 6.4.3 Theme: FODMAP Everyday is version 1.0.0
My guess is that the SimpleFeed API plugin isn’t identifying itself in the same way as the regular RSS feed does so the plugin doesn’t know it’s a feed request. The SimpleFeed query is probably instead being identified as a home page query. You can confirm this by turning off the home page option and then checking if the SimpleFeed works as expected.
Thank you!! That works! That is exactly what it was doing. So now I have to find another way to block that category from showing up on the Home Page… but that should be easier.
Quick follow up. Now the article category shows up in the article archives which we DO NOT want. We just want the posts under this category to NOT show up on the home page, the archives, or in search. But we DO want it to show up in the RSS feed, be indexed, and get picked up for the SimpleFeed API. Any thoughts on how to make this happen?
Sorry, no. There’s a lot of ways for people to code their themes and plugins that can bypass my plugin. My plugin uses the built-in WordPress identifiers such as is_feed or is_archive. If a plugin or theme works around those, my plugin won’t have the desired effect. My plugin doesn’t have any hidden settings or tricks for use. If a checkbox doesn’t have the desired effect that’s pretty much the end of the story.
Makes sense! Thanks for responding so quickly!
My guess is that the SimpleFeed API plugin isn’t identifying itself in the same way as the regular RSS feed does so the plugin doesn’t know it’s a feed request. The SimpleFeed query is probably instead being identified as a home page query. You can confirm this by turning off the home page option and then checking if the SimpleFeed works as expected.
Thank you!! That works! That is exactly what it was doing. So now I have to find another way to block that category from showing up on the Home Page… but that should be easier.
Quick follow up. Now the article category shows up in the article archives which we DO NOT want. We just want the posts under this category to NOT show up on the home page, the archives, or in search. But we DO want it to show up in the RSS feed, be indexed, and get picked up for the SimpleFeed API. Any thoughts on how to make this happen?
Sorry, no. There’s a lot of ways for people to code their themes and plugins that can bypass my plugin. My plugin uses the built-in WordPress identifiers such as is_feed or is_archive. If a plugin or theme works around those, my plugin won’t have the desired effect. My plugin doesn’t have any hidden settings or tricks for use. If a checkbox doesn’t have the desired effect that’s pretty much the end of the story.
Makes sense! Thanks for responding so quickly!