Title: force_feed() ???
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# force_feed() ???

 *  Resolved [helices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helices/)
 * (@helices)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force_feed/)
 * Error: [A feed could not be found at [http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/team/83](http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/team/83).
   A feed with an invalid mime type may fall victim to this error, or SimplePie 
   was unable to auto-discover it.. Use force_feed() if you are certain this URL
   is a real feed.]
 * I cannot find anything wrong with that URL. It renders properly in both Firefox
   and Chrome
 * Please, advise. Thank you.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-pipes/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-pipes/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Tung Pham](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phamtungpth/)
 * (@phamtungpth)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force_feed/#post-7628170)
 * Hi helices,
 * Is the link of your feed [http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/team/83](http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/team/83)
   correct?
 * I got Request Timeout when trying to open it on Chrome: [http://screencast.com/t/fbS35PmzL3n](http://screencast.com/t/fbS35PmzL3n)
 * Best Regards!
 *  Thread Starter [helices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helices/)
 * (@helices)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force_feed/#post-7628222)
 * Yes, that is the URL/link. It opens within 2-3 seconds on my workstation in both
   Firefox and Chrome.
 * yardbarker.com/rss/ has several other RSS URL’s with which I have no problems
   in browsers; but, wp-pipes throws same error.
 * What is the problem?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Tung Pham](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phamtungpth/)
 * (@phamtungpth)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force_feed/#post-7628294)
 * Hi,
 * Please try to use Level 2 of cURL Mode option: [http://screencast.com/t/zJ3azFZAgCnV](http://screencast.com/t/zJ3azFZAgCnV)
 * Best Regards!
 *  Thread Starter [helices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helices/)
 * (@helices)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force_feed/#post-7628306)
 * 1st pipe tested it on and that appears to work for this feed, as well as the 
   rest.
 * I will update this thread if there are other problems.
 * Thank you.
 *  [archimedes.trajano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/archimedestrajano/)
 * (@archimedestrajano)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force_feed/#post-7628464)
 * I am having the same issue with my feed [http://www.yelp.com/syndicate/user/yeX7tzZZWCnphQifRJglUg/rss.xml](http://www.yelp.com/syndicate/user/yeX7tzZZWCnphQifRJglUg/rss.xml).
 * Using level 2 will make it pass but I do not see it picking up any new content.
 * When I run it, it only shows `Stouffville Country Ribfest (5/5) on Yelp
    August
   11, 2016 8:34 PM`as the first entry, but I was expecting`Grand Noodle (5/5) on
   Yelp`
 * If I choose level 1 I get the force_feed error message, looking through the source
   it appears you are already setting `force_feed(true)` at least when I tried to
   trace it.
 * I have tried setting cache to No, cache time to zero, changing the URL to a broken
   one and saving it back.
 * No luck as of yet. The pipe is described in [https://www.trajano.net/2016/07/my-yelp-workflow/](https://www.trajano.net/2016/07/my-yelp-workflow/)
 * the pipe itself can be downloaded from [http://www.trajano.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/yelp-reviews.pipe](http://www.trajano.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/yelp-reviews.pipe)
 * I think the errors started when I upgraded to WordPress 4.6
 *  Plugin Contributor [Tung Pham](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phamtungpth/)
 * (@phamtungpth)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force_feed/#post-7628467)
 * Hi archimedes.trajano,
 * I imported your pipe on my demo WP 4.6 site. I even only used level 1 with cURL
   Method and it still worked, please look [http://screencast.com/t/aygirIuw](http://screencast.com/t/aygirIuw)
 * Best Regards!
 *  [archimedes.trajano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/archimedestrajano/)
 * (@archimedestrajano)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force_feed/#post-7628468)
 * Still no luck.
 * [http://screencast.com/t/TclNjoVI](http://screencast.com/t/TclNjoVI)
 * Note it sometimes works but not all the time in Level 1.
 * Another thing is the data it gets is incorrect. It’s not in the XML and I am 
   not sure where it is doing the duplicate data comparison.
 *  [archimedes.trajano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/archimedestrajano/)
 * (@archimedestrajano)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force_feed/#post-7628469)
 * OK found it. The cache folder was not writable, I just fixed it accordingly and
   I get Grand Noodle, but Level 1 still occasionally fails.

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 * Last reply from: [archimedes.trajano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/archimedestrajano/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force_feed/#post-7628469)
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