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The Restrict RSS Feeds plugin gives you several useful options for managing your feed such as:<\/p>\n\n

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  1. Switching off all RSS feeds in your WordPress installation<\/li>\n
  2. Restricting access to authorized users by requiring a password for access<\/li>\n
  3. Removing descriptions and excerpts from the feed<\/li>\n
  4. Removing author names from the feed<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n

    RSS is a type of web feed that allows your readers to automatically get new content in email newsletters and RSS feed readers.<\/p>\n\n

    RSS feeds can be useful for your website when running a blog but are unnecessary if using WordPress as a basic website builder or ecommerce site. Some blog posts may also be gated content and be intended to be visible by authorized users only.<\/p>\n\n\n

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    1. Download and save the Visual Restrict RSS<\/strong> plugin to your hard disk.<\/li>\n
    2. Login to your WordPress site and go to the Add Plugins page.<\/li>\n
    3. Click Upload Plugin button to upload the zip.<\/li>\n
    4. Click Install Now to install and activate the plugin. RSS feeds will be disabled by default.<\/li>\n
    5. To restrict access using a passphrase go to the settings page under Settings > Restrict RSS<\/li>\n
    6. Add your password and enable the Require Password to View Feed option<\/li>\n
    7. Click on Save Changes to save your changes<\/li>\n
    8. Try opening the sample link provided to view changes. You may need to do a hard refresh to view all changes to the RSS feed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
      \n

      I don't see my changes after saving?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

      RSS feeds are sometimes cached. Try updating or creating new a post. Alternatively, you may need to do a hard refresh on the feed page before changes can be seen in browser.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n

      1.0.1\n* Updated Compatibility\n1.0 \n* Initial Release<\/p>","raw_excerpt":"A quick and easy solution to automatically disable all RSS feeds or restrict rss access with a custom password.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/166944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166944"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/sightfactory"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=166944"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=166944"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=166944"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=166944"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=166944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}