Title: Feed broken – custom theme validation error Last modified: August 30, 2016 --- # Feed broken – custom theme validation error * [JMB-AN](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmb-an/) * (@jmb-an) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-broken-custom-theme-validation-error/) * Hallo from Germany :), * the feed ratgeber.advoneo-development.de/blog/feed/ on my site ratgeber.advoneo- development.de is broken. * I already found out that it has something to do with my custom theme, because the feed works when I activate the wordpress standard theme. * The validation Error I get with feedvalidator.org is: - Server returned HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error - HTTP error with content that looks like a feed - line 1, column 1681: Unexpected Text … n Raten zusammenkommen.]]>  … - line 1, column 1887: XML parsing error: :1:1901: no element found … dann ein Punkt erreicht, an […]]]> * The -Tag seems to cause a problem. But it’s the standard wordpress excerp that I use. * Some time ago, the feed showed at least the latest post (although I defined a number of 15 posts in WP). But now it doesn’t work at all. * I checked all the php files in my theme, but there weren’t any blank spaces and the error I get is different than the common declaration problem. That’s why Plugins for fixing the feed don’t work for me either. * My Plugins are: All In One SEO Pack, Eggplant 301 Redirects, Google XML Sitemaps, iThemes Security, UpdraftPlus – Backup/Restore, W3 Total Cache, WP Smush * I don’t know how to identify the error 🙁 I really hope someone can help me. Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * [Hassan Akhtar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/khaxan/) * (@khaxan) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-broken-custom-theme-validation-error/#post-6507080) * Hi. The problem could be anywhere in your theme. The fastest way to find a solution would be to contact the theme author. * Thread Starter [JMB-AN](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmb-an/) * (@jmb-an) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-broken-custom-theme-validation-error/#post-6507084) * Hm…okay. I hoped I could avoid that. Thanks for reacting so quick. Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) The topic ‘Feed broken – custom theme validation error’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [custom theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/custom-theme/) * [RSS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/rss/) * [Validation error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/validation-error/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 2 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [JMB-AN](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmb-an/) * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-broken-custom-theme-validation-error/#post-6507084) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics