Title: Comments Feed has stopped validating
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Comments Feed has stopped validating

 *  [rreiter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rreiter/)
 * (@rreiter)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-feed-has-stopped-validating/)
 * I have recently updated two different blogs to WP 2.7. Both are running on separate
   sites with different themes.
 * In both cases the Comments RSS feed no longer validates. When I submit my feeds
   for validation, I get the same error:
 * XML parsing error: <unknown>:18:51: not well-formed (invalid token)
 * Both were working prior to the update. Is there any possibility that it is a 
   problem in the new coding?
 * Any help would be appreciated.

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 *  Thread Starter [rreiter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rreiter/)
 * (@rreiter)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-feed-has-stopped-validating/#post-934592)
 * More Information…
 * In both cases the blogs are in a sub folder of a site. The feed validator lists
   the LAST LETTER in the sub folder as the problem
 * For example, the “S” in members is listed as the issue below:
 * <link>[http://www.ncgangs.org/members/?p=979&cpage=1#comment-15</link&gt](http://www.ncgangs.org/members/?p=979&cpage=1#comment-15</link&gt);
 * Also the “G” in blog is listed as the problem below:
 * <link>[http://www.lifeatantioch.org/Pastors_Blog/?p=130&cpage=1#comment-80</link&gt](http://www.lifeatantioch.org/Pastors_Blog/?p=130&cpage=1#comment-80</link&gt);
 * Both are RSS 2.0 feeds.
 *  Thread Starter [rreiter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rreiter/)
 * (@rreiter)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-feed-has-stopped-validating/#post-934762)
 * I have even tried copying and pasting the code for adding a feed to your side
   bar from the codex page. First, the html code was not displaying correctly in
   the side bar.
 * When I clicked on the new link, I got a 404 error that said that the sub folder
   that the blog is installed in could not be found. The only thing I noticed, was
   that there was an additional “<” after the folder name:
 * > /folder_name/<
 * It honestly looks like there may be a bug in the code that does not like the 
   fact that the blog is installed in a sub folder. Any suggestions?
 *  [tin68](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tin68/)
 * (@tin68)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-feed-has-stopped-validating/#post-934839)
 * After upgrading my blog to 2.7 I have exactly the same problem with comments 
   rss feed. And WordPress is installed in a subfolder as well.
 * [http://www.blogkom.net/wp/?feed=comments-rss2](http://www.blogkom.net/wp/?feed=comments-rss2)
 *  [tin68](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tin68/)
 * (@tin68)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-feed-has-stopped-validating/#post-934840)
 * Found a patch
 * [http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8405](http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8405)
 * Here it works now.
 *  Thread Starter [rreiter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rreiter/)
 * (@rreiter)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-feed-has-stopped-validating/#post-934841)
 * Thanks! Solution works great!

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 * Last activity: [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-feed-has-stopped-validating/#post-934841)
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