Title: feed broke
Last modified: December 11, 2016

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# feed broke

 *  Resolved [davidosteele](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidosteele/)
 * (@davidosteele)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-broke/)
 * Updated wp last night. Added a new podcast episode number 33 and I see my feed
   is broken. Nothing changed except the wp update. Amy help? [http://magicandsteele.com/feed/podcast](http://magicandsteele.com/feed/podcast)

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 *  [brytey2k](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brytey2k/)
 * (@brytey2k)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-broke/#post-8543177)
 * Have this same problem. Updated and feed has stopped working. Making the url ….
   podcast/feed will work but it will no longer be recognized by itunes when you
   try changing the podcast url there. Please help
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by [brytey2k](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brytey2k/).
 *  [abundantlifels](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abundantlifels/)
 * (@abundantlifels)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-broke/#post-8543186)
 * I have developed the same issue. Worked fine last week, now it is not working.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Hugh Lashbrooke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hlashbrooke/)
 * (@hlashbrooke)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-broke/#post-8543351)
 * This seems to be an issue related to WordPress core. In the past, the problem
   would be that **if you did not have any regular posts in your site** then any
   custom feed (such as the podcast feed) would return a 404 error, but the feed
   would still display. I managed to find a work around for that inside the plugin
   by forcing the HTTP status code to not be 404, however, it seems that the issue
   inside WordPress core has graduated to the point where it just doesn’t show the
   feed at all anymore.
 * Finding a fix for this is going to be difficult and might ultimately mean patching
   core, but in the mean time the _only_ way to fix this is to add at least one 
   regular post to your site. It can be a blank post with no title, but it needs
   to be published in order for custom feeds to be shown.
 * A potential method of getting around this for most people (might not work for
   everyone) is to use the raw URL feed, which will be this: `http://example.com/?
   feed=podcast` – that URL will bypass WordPress’ cusotm feed mechanism and just
   return the feed content in the correct format. iTunes allows you to change your
   feed URL, as do most other podcasting services, so I recommend you give that 
   a shot for now.
 * As a side note, don’t use the `podcast/feed` URL as that is WordPress built-in
   URL for the `podcast` custom post type – it does not contain all the tags that
   iTunes requires. You need to use the `podcast/feed` URL that this plugin provides.
 * I hope this helps!
 * Cheers,
    Hugh
 *  [abundantlifels](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abundantlifels/)
 * (@abundantlifels)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-broke/#post-8543888)
 * Thanks, All is back up and running.
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by [abundantlifels](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abundantlifels/).
 *  Thread Starter [davidosteele](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidosteele/)
 * (@davidosteele)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-broke/#post-8544091)
 * Adding a regular post fixed the feed. Thanks Hugh! Going to drop a donation! 
   Thanks for the fast response, I was scared
 *  [bradfordbenn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bradfordbenn/)
 * (@bradfordbenn)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-broke/#post-8550337)
 * Thank you, solved my issue quickly.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Jonathan Bossenger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/psykro/)
 * (@psykro)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-broke/#post-8806818)
 * If you are still struggling with this and need a temporary solution until this
   is fixed in core, you can hook into the template_redirect action hook and override
   the default template_loader.php functionality with your own, to bypass the feed
   check. It’s not a clean solution, but would work in a pinch.

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