Title: Do I need to code?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Do I need to code?

 *  Resolved [martinrice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martinrice/)
 * (@martinrice)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-i-need-to-code/)
 * I’d very much like to use WP RSS Aggregator, which I just found out about on 
   a page on my site.
 * Reading the installation instructions here, it seems as though I would have to
   know how to code before using it. Is that right? I don’t know how to code, unfortunately.
 * Thanks,
    Martin
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-rss-aggregator/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-rss-aggregator/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Jean](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeangalea/)
 * (@jeangalea)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-i-need-to-code/#post-4264885)
 * Hi Martin, no you don’t need to know how to code at all. Please let me know which
   instructions led you to think that, I’d like to correct it if it’s that misleading.
 * Here’s a simple guide to basic usage:
    [http://www.wprssaggregator.com/docs/basic-usage/](http://www.wprssaggregator.com/docs/basic-usage/)
 * The video walkthrough should also help allay any fears:
    [http://www.wprssaggregator.com/documentation/](http://www.wprssaggregator.com/documentation/)
 * Jean
 *  Thread Starter [martinrice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martinrice/)
 * (@martinrice)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-i-need-to-code/#post-4264909)
 * Hi, Jean. I thought that code was needed because on the Installation page at
   
   [http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-rss-aggregator/installation/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-rss-aggregator/installation/)
   It says:
 * Upload the wp-rss-aggregator folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
    Activate
   the WP RSS Aggregator plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress Configure
   the plugin by going to the RSS Aggregator menu item that appears in your dashboard
   menu. Use the shortcode in your posts or pages: [wp-rss-aggregator] The parameters
   accepted are:
 * links_before
    links_after link_before link_after limit source An example of a
   shortcode with parameters:
 * [wp_rss_aggregator link_before='<li class=”feed-link”>’ link_after=”]
    It is 
   advisable to use the ‘HTML’ view of the editor when inserting the shortcode with
   paramters.
 * An example of a function call from within the template files:
 * <?php
    wprss_display_feed_items( $args = array( ‘links_before’ => ‘
    - ‘,
       ‘links_after’ => ‘
 * ‘,
    ‘link_before’ => ‘
    - ‘,
       ‘link_after’ => ‘
    - ‘,
       ‘limit’ => ‘8’, ‘source’ => ‘5,9’ )); ?> OR
    - <?php do_shortcode(‘[wp-rss-aggregator]’); ?>
    - So with all that code on the page, I thought that I was going to need the 
      short code and parameters in order to get the plugin to function.
    - I’m glad to hear that this is not the case and I’ll certainly give the plugin
      a try.
    - Thanks for the quick response.
    - Martin
 *  Plugin Author [Jean](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeangalea/)
 * (@jeangalea)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-i-need-to-code/#post-4264911)
 * Hi Martin,
 * The template call instructions are probably a bit misleading, I’ll just add in
   a subheading there to make things clearer.
 * Shortcodes are the WordPress way of making things easier for a user, and avoid
   him having to use direct PHP code. They are used by many plugins and there’s 
   absolutely no need to know how to code for that.
 * Good luck with the plugin!

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 * Last reply from: [Jean](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeangalea/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-i-need-to-code/#post-4264911)
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