Title: MultiSite \ RSS Funtionality Issues Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # MultiSite \ RSS Funtionality Issues * Resolved [sheimdal1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sheimdal1/) * (@sheimdal1) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-rss-funtionality-issues/) * Hello, * Thanks for the great plugin! Its functioning quite well in our Multisite environment, however we’re having some minor issues that we hope can be easily resolved. * First, we use a plugin called “Featured Images in RSS w/ Size and Position” to add featured images to our RSS Feed. * Second, we use a plugin called “Quick Featured Images” for managing all our featured images across all sites and information categories. * Our news feed is found at this link; [http://www.bwvint.com/wp/news/](http://www.bwvint.com/wp/news/) * For testing purposes the first 10 news articles are configured using the standard featured image. All other posts, several hundred, use the Nelio Plugin and they all work well and look quite good in the news feed. * However, they are not recognized by either of our two plugins. We suspect there is a common issue causing both problems. * You can view our RSS feed at; [http://www.bwvint.com/wp/news/feed/](http://www.bwvint.com/wp/news/feed/) * You’ll see that only the first ten items in the RSS feed show an image. These are the posts configured with the standard featured image. * We really like your plugin and hope you can help us resolve this problem. * Thanks in advance! * The BWVI Team * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/external-featured-image/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/external-featured-image/) Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Plugin Author [Nelio Software](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nelio/) * (@nelio) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-rss-funtionality-issues/#post-5629251) * Hi! * I just checked the RSS source files, and the featured images exist for both ** regular** and **external** featured images: * **Regular Example** * ``` On this day in 1980... ``` * **External Example** * ``` Gold is valuable and ``` * As you can see, both items include the featured image. The second, however, defines the actual URL of the featured image as a CSS `background` property (note that the `src` attribute is a 1px-squared transparent gif). * When this feed is rendered by, for instance, Firefox, the `img` tag is “cleaned” and only the `src` attribute is maintained: * ```
Gold is valuable and ... ``` * There are two possible solutions: - Define a custom XSLT, so that the resulting HTML includes all the image attributes properly - Edit your theme file that is responsible of rendering the RSS feed (or the plugin’s, if it’s rendered by a plugin), and check whether the post that is about to be included in the feed uses an external featured image. If it does, do not print the featured image using the `(get_)the_post_thumbnail` function( which will output the `img` tag we saw in the second block of code). Instead, obtain the URL of the external featured image (`nelioefi_get_thumbnail_src( get_the_ID())` and print an `img` tag manually, setting its `src` attribute to the aforementioned URL. * I hope everything’s clear. Please, let us know if you were able to fix the issue and, if so, which solution did you apply. * Thread Starter [sheimdal1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sheimdal1/) * (@sheimdal1) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-rss-funtionality-issues/#post-5629342) * Thank you for your very quick response. We’re looking at the code for the plugin called “Featured Images in RSS w/ Size and Position” version 1.3.6. * We think we’re working on the right snippet of code and would ask if you could take a look and advise us. Here is the code; * ================================================================ * function featured_images_in_rss($content) { global $post; if ( has_post_thumbnail( $post->ID ) ){ firss_settings_init(); // checks and sets default values if options have never been set before. $featured_images_in_rss_size = get_option(‘featured_images_in_rss_size’); $featured_images_in_rss_css_code = firss_eval_css(get_option(‘featured_images_in_rss_css’)); $content = get_the_post_thumbnail( $post->ID, $featured_images_in_rss_size, array(‘ style’ => $featured_images_in_rss_css_code ) ) . $content; } return $content;} * add_filter(‘the_excerpt_rss’, ‘featured_images_in_rss’, 1000, 1); add_filter(‘ the_content_feed’, ‘featured_images_in_rss’, 1000, 1); * ==================================================================== * Thank you. * [DowntownRob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/downtownrob/) * (@downtownrob) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-rss-funtionality-issues/#post-5629375) * It’d be better to simply add code to the External Featured Image plugin to add featured images it sets to the RSS feed as an option. * Thread Starter [sheimdal1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sheimdal1/) * (@sheimdal1) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-rss-funtionality-issues/#post-5629409) * Hi, * After much consideration we believe your second suggestion is the best path for moving forward and resolving this issue. Since the featured image plugin works well on the news feed site but not adding images to the RSS feed we believe modifying the RSS plugin code makes the most sense. * Could you point us to some code samples that do what you’re saying in your second suggestion? * Thanks. * Plugin Author [Nelio Software](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nelio/) * (@nelio) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-rss-funtionality-issues/#post-5629524) * Hi Sheidmal! I honestly don’t know what is the best option “in general” for resolving the issue at hand. However, I agree with you that, in your case, modifying the RSS plugin makes more sense. * If I’m not mistaken, the function you shared is the one you have to adapt. Change it so that it looks as follows: * ``` function featured_images_in_rss($content) { global $post; if ( function_exists( 'uses_nelioefi' ) && uses_nelio( $post->ID ) ) { firss_settings_init(); // checks and sets default values if options have never been set before. $img = sprintf( '', nelioefi_get_thumbnail_src( $post->ID ) ); $content = $img . $content; } elseif ( has_post_thumbnail( $post->ID ) ) { firss_settings_init(); // checks and sets default values if options have never been set before. $featured_images_in_rss_size = get_option('featured_images_in_rss_size'); $featured_images_in_rss_css_code = firss_eval_css(get_option('featured_images_in_rss_css')); $content = get_the_post_thumbnail( $post->ID, $featured_images_in_rss_size, array( 'style' => $featured_images_in_rss_css_code ) ) . $content; } return $content; } ``` * On the other hand, please note that a better solution might be to adapt your child theme (if your using one) or create your own plugin. There, you could simply remove the filters: * ``` remove_filter('the_excerpt_rss', 'featured_images_in_rss', 1000, 1); remove_filter('the_content_feed', 'featured_images_in_rss', 1000, 1); ``` * after they’ve been added by the original plugin, and then create your own filters. Then, simply create the aforementioned function in your own plugin/child theme( and rename it from `featured_images_in_rss` to `nelioefi_featured_images_in_rss`) and add the new filters: * ``` add_filter('the_excerpt_rss', 'nelioefi_featured_images_in_rss', 1000, 1); add_filter('the_content_feed', 'nelioefi_featured_images_in_rss', 1000, 1); ``` * This way, updates on the plugin won’t overwrite your changes, for they’ll be in a different place (that is, another plugin/your child theme). * Please, let us know if this solved the issue! * Plugin Author [Nelio Software](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nelio/) * (@nelio) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-rss-funtionality-issues/#post-5629525) * Sheimdal1 opened a [new support thread, where he tries to solve the issue by adapting our plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-rss-feature-nearly-done-requesting-assistance). Therefore, this thread does no longer make any sense. Take a look at there for the solution. 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