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An administrator must enable it from Settings &gt; WPArena Feed before the site requests the configured RSS URL.<\/p>\n\n<p>Features include:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Opt-in dashboard feed loading.<\/li>\n<li>Custom RSS or Atom feed URL.<\/li>\n<li>Configurable item count.<\/li>\n<li>Optional summaries, dates, and authors.<\/li>\n<li>Configurable summary length.<\/li>\n<li>Feed cache duration controls.<\/li>\n<li>Manual feed cache refresh.<\/li>\n<li>No external scripts, styles, tracking pixels, or public-site credits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3>Privacy<\/h3>\n\n<p>When enabled, this plugin requests the configured RSS URL from the server side and displays feed titles, links, dates, authors, and summaries in the WordPress dashboard.<\/p>\n\n<p>The plugin does not intentionally collect personal data, does not add public-site output, and does not load external scripts, styles, tracking pixels, or ads. The remote feed server may receive standard HTTP request metadata from your site server, such as IP address and user agent.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the <code>wp-arena-dashboard-feed<\/code> folder to the <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory.<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen in WordPress.<\/li>\n<li>Go to Settings &gt; WPArena Feed.<\/li>\n<li>Review the external request note, enable the feed, and save your settings.<\/li>\n<li>Visit Dashboard to view the widget.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"does%20the%20plugin%20contact%20wparena.com%20automatically%3F\"><h3>Does the plugin contact WPArena.com automatically?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. The feed is disabled by default. The site requests the configured RSS URL only after an administrator enables the feed.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20use%20a%20different%20feed%20url%3F\"><h3>Can I use a different feed URL?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. 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