Title: content encoded RSS feed problem Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # content encoded RSS feed problem * [steph-angel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steph-angel/) * (@steph-angel) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-encoded-rss-feed-problem/) * Hi… I’ve recently noticed a problem with my rss feed. It seems a little slow to update & [bloglines](http://www.bloglines.com/) keeps informing me that my feed is invalid. * I’ve checked the feed [here](http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsteph-angel.co.uk%2Fblog%2F%3Ffeed%3Drss2) and I get this message… ‘Avoid content:encoded’ * ??? Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Thread Starter [steph-angel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steph-angel/) * (@steph-angel) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-encoded-rss-feed-problem/#post-360681) * Doh… I’m guessing my [website](http://www.steph-angel.co.uk/blog) address would be a help!!! * [klklaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/klklaser/) * (@klklaser) * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-encoded-rss-feed-problem/#post-360876) * I had a similar problem with bloglines, or at least I first noticed it after an upgrade to WordPress 2.0.2. After the upgrade from 1.5.2 to 2.0.2, a newly published post a day or two later did not show up on a bloglines feed that has a few subscribers. This was unacceptable, and I didn’t have time to try to track it down. I got out the backups of the 1.5 dbase and the blog files, and rolled back the installation. * After the rollback to 1.5.2 is when I first noticed the feedvalidator.org CDATA warning, “Avoid content:encoded”, which may be similar to your “bloglines” issue. It may present in WordPress 2.0.2, but I didn’t specifically check it before deciding to rollback. * Feedvalidator.org says it’s a warning only, not an error. The warning in 1.5.2 can be eliminated by changing the RSS feed in Options > Reading > Syndication Feeds to “Summary” only instead of “Full Text”. * However, existence of the warning and keeping the “Full Text” option on the Syndication Feed doesn’t prevent bloglines from carrying my feed and my most recent post in my 1.5.2 rollback; the failure to carry it with 2.0.2 could have been a temporary glitch on blogline’s end that caused my single 2.0.2 post to not show: if so, it’s a coincidence and not causation. * This means there are two separate issues I was dealing with at the same time. It might be something that others here using 2.0.2 might want to check at bloglines( for the appearance of 2.0.2 posts) and the separate issue of feedvalidator.org’s“ Avoid content:encoded” warning. * There are two old Trac entries regarding the content:encoded or CDATA issue, and I remarked off the `str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $content);` in what is, in 1.5.2, four separate include directory files, but it seemed to have no effect on the feed validator warning. * [farrell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/farrell/) * (@farrell) * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-encoded-rss-feed-problem/#post-360878) * I’ve got this same “content:encoded” problem on both of my WordPress blogs (www. farrellkramer.com/blog) and (www.talkingcommunications.com.) * At first, I thought it was a problem with a plugin or FeedBurner, but now I believe it’s WordPress. However, I have validated my feeds before — I think a week ago— and this problem didn’t pop up. * I wonder if there’s been some change to what constitutes a “valid” feed. Or perhaps something else changed. * Any thoughts? * [franto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/franto/) * (@franto) * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-encoded-rss-feed-problem/#post-360879) * i have same problem with my blog: [http://blog.franto.com](http://blog.franto.com), it’s not aggragated by Flash aggregator MXNA ([http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna](http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna)) * it is in WP 2.0.1 * [varsity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/varsity/) * (@varsity) * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-encoded-rss-feed-problem/#post-360880) * I’m getting a headache with `content:encoded` too, when I try to apply an XSLT to my feeds. Is it safe to do away with the thing and dump the CDATA into `description`? * [darnpc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darnpc/) * (@darnpc) * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-encoded-rss-feed-problem/#post-360886) * Can add my feed to list as well upgraded from 1.5 to 2.0.2 and now getting same issue. * [http://www.darnpc.com/wordpress/wp-rss2.php?cat=3](http://www.darnpc.com/wordpress/wp-rss2.php?cat=3) * [bobsie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobsie/) * (@bobsie) * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-encoded-rss-feed-problem/#post-360895) * I get the same issue from FeedValidator, which is preventing syndication of my site [http://www.bob.seldo.com](http://www.bob.seldo.com) * The errors are here: [http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbob.seldo.com%2F%3Ffeed%3Drss2](http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbob.seldo.com%2F%3Ffeed%3Drss2) * Avoid content:encoded wfw:commentRSS should be wfw:commentRss content:encoded should not contain style attribute content:encoded should not contain onclick attribute * All the help from FeedValidator for these errors says to edit them out. But I don’t know how…?! * [tanster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tanster/) * (@tanster) * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-encoded-rss-feed-problem/#post-360896) * I encountered the two errors * 1) Avoid content:encoded 2) wfw:commentRSS should be wfw:commentRss * I solved #1 with klklaser’s tip above, which is to change Options > Reading > Syndication Feeds from “Full text” to “Summary.” * I solved #2 by changing the WordPress file wp-rss2.php (in the root directory) from wfw:commentRSS to wfw:commentRss, based on [this.](http://forums.feedburner.com/viewtopic.php?t=3781) * Error-free now! 🙂 * [Besz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/besz/) * (@besz) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-encoded-rss-feed-problem/#post-360941) * Hi. * Tanster or anyone, is there an actual fix or solution for this other than to disable full text syndication feeds? Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘content encoded RSS feed problem’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [Avoid](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/avoid/) * [content](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/content/) * [RSS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/rss/) * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 9 replies * 9 participants * Last reply from: [Besz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/besz/) * Last activity: [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-encoded-rss-feed-problem/#post-360941) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics