Title: Lost Rss Feed!!! Help! Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Lost Rss Feed!!! Help! * Resolved [lturika](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lturika/) * (@lturika) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-rss-feed-help/) * XML Parsing Error: XML or text declaration not at start of entity Location: [http://esecretsonline.com/?feed=rss2](http://esecretsonline.com/?feed=rss2) Line Number 3, Column 1: ^ also unable to validate via feedburner. Any idea? Thanks Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 24 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-rss-feed-help/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-rss-feed-help/page/2/?output_format=md) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-rss-feed-help/#post-1439756) * You have two blank lines at the top of your RSS 2 feed. Try: * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s). * – switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-specific problems. * [Shane G.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g-1/) * (@shane-g-1) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-rss-feed-help/#post-1439757) * Hi, * Check with this plugin to fix the RSS issue: * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/fix-rss-feed/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/fix-rss-feed/) * Thanks, * Shane G. * Thread Starter [lturika](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lturika/) * (@lturika) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-rss-feed-help/#post-1439759) * no blank lines even do feedburner validation shows blank line at the beginning * Thread Starter [lturika](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lturika/) * (@lturika) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-rss-feed-help/#post-1439762) * esmi, where i can check that ? * Shane, tried that already – no luck * Thread Starter [lturika](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lturika/) * (@lturika) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-rss-feed-help/#post-1439765) * here is the feed-rss2 code: * _[Code moderated as per the [Forum Rules](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/68664). Please use the [pastebin](http://wordpress.pastebin.ca/)]_ * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-rss-feed-help/#post-1439774) * The source of [your RSS 2 feed](http://esecretsonline.com/?feed=rss2) clearly shows two blank lines at the top of the feed. * Thread Starter [lturika](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lturika/) * (@lturika) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-rss-feed-help/#post-1439776) * here is part of the validation from feedburner: # Sorry * This feed does not validate. * * * line 1, column 1: Blank line before XML declaration [help] * ^ * In addition, interoperability with the widest range of feed readers could be improved by implementing the following recommendation. * * * line 15, column 105: Self reference doesn’t match document location [help] * … rel=”self” type=”application/rss+xml” /> # # # # # # eSecrets Online # * Thread Starter [lturika](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lturika/) * (@lturika) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-rss-feed-help/#post-1439777) * esmi, i can’t see them – I’m kind of lost here… * Thread Starter [lturika](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lturika/) * (@lturika) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-rss-feed-help/#post-1439794) * need this to work , or i have to remove the link from menu, and I don,t know how. * Thread Starter [lturika](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lturika/) * (@lturika) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-rss-feed-help/#post-1439795) * desperate, and gtg for dinner with associate * Thread Starter [lturika](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lturika/) * (@lturika) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-rss-feed-help/#post-1439935) * I still didn’t figure where are the two blank lines at the top… Is there any way to reset the RSS Feed settings? Thanks * BTW Esmi, do you ever sleep? * [kim09](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kim09/) * (@kim09) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-rss-feed-help/#post-1439946) * Have you tried change your recent theme with default theme? * Thread Starter [lturika](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lturika/) * (@lturika) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-rss-feed-help/#post-1439949) * will do and post * Thread Starter [lturika](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lturika/) * (@lturika) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-rss-feed-help/#post-1439950) * same error with default theme * XML Parsing Error: XML or text declaration not at start of entity Location: [http://esecretsonline.com/?feed=rss2&p=203](http://esecretsonline.com/?feed=rss2&p=203) Line Number 3, Column 1: ^ * Thread Starter [lturika](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lturika/) * (@lturika) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-rss-feed-help/#post-1439952) * the link for Rss Feed is in the top Menu. If i can remove it I’ll be happy, but don’t know where to find it in the settings. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 24 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-rss-feed-help/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-rss-feed-help/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Lost Rss Feed!!! Help!’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [rss-feed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/rss-feed/) * [temp URL](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/temp-url/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 24 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [lturika](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lturika/) * Last activity: [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-rss-feed-help/page/2/#post-1440007) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics