Title: My RSS feed cannot pass XML validation Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # My RSS feed cannot pass XML validation * Resolved [oswaltwang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oswaltwang/) * (@oswaltwang) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-rss-feed-cannot-pass-xml-validation/) * Hey All, * My site’s RSS2.0 feed ([http://sunnytran.com/feed](http://sunnytran.com/feed)) will not pass XML validation and is very garbled also. * I get the following errors when trying to validate: * line 1, column 1: **Blank line** before XML declaration * line 199, column 7: XML parsing error: :199:7: not well-formed (invalid token) * I have read dozens of posts about the blank line error, and have tried doing everything suggested. I have removed all blank lines outside from all files for the i3theme, wp-config.php, functions.php. I have deactivated all plugins and removed all widgets. My RSS still wont work correctly. * If anyone has any other suggestions, I could really use some help. * Thanks! Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * [whistler2020](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whistler2020/) * (@whistler2020) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-rss-feed-cannot-pass-xml-validation/#post-718530) * wont even load in IE. * have you tried switching themes and see if it works from there? * if not, have you edited the wp-includes/feed-rss2.php file? * Thread Starter [oswaltwang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oswaltwang/) * (@oswaltwang) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-rss-feed-cannot-pass-xml-validation/#post-718532) * Whistler, * Thanks for the quick response. I have tried switching to both the default and classic themes, but it still didn’t work. * The only change I made to the wp-includes/feed-rss2.php file was to remove blank spaces which didn’t work. I previously tried another suggestion that added XSL transformation but that didn’t fix the problem either, so I reverted back to original file. * I am completely stumped on this. * [Len](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lenk/) * (@lenk) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-rss-feed-cannot-pass-xml-validation/#post-718533) * The ads GoDaddy inserts in their free hosting accounts break the RSS feed. Search this forum for ‘godaddy free’ and you’ll see that you’re not alone. * Thread Starter [oswaltwang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oswaltwang/) * (@oswaltwang) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-rss-feed-cannot-pass-xml-validation/#post-718542) * LenK, * Is anyone sure that GoDaddy is the cause of this problem? The XML source itself includes a blank line up front. * I thought this source was generated by WordPress… I am a bit of a novice, but I don’t understand how the GoDaddy frame is infiltrating the XML source. * Thanks. * [whistler2020](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whistler2020/) * (@whistler2020) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-rss-feed-cannot-pass-xml-validation/#post-718544) * have you tried not using the godaddy stuff? * Thread Starter [oswaltwang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oswaltwang/) * (@oswaltwang) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-rss-feed-cannot-pass-xml-validation/#post-718630) * Unfortunately no, * This is a test site before I put up the real thing. I suppose you guys are probably right and I will have to try non-ad-supported hosting. * Thanks for all your help. * Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/) * (@otto42) * WordPress.org Admin * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-rss-feed-cannot-pass-xml-validation/#post-718645) * It’s hard to tell whether or not you have the blank line problem when you’re using GoDaddy’s free hosting. GoDaddy’s free ad hosting breaks quite a lot of things, including most of WordPress. * Still, if you do have the problem later, read and follow the instructions here: [http://feedvalidator.org/docs/error/WPBlankLine.html](http://feedvalidator.org/docs/error/WPBlankLine.html) * [reportervlog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reportervlog/) * (@reportervlog) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-rss-feed-cannot-pass-xml-validation/#post-718847) * I am in this exact same boat. I’m testing out WordPress on a Go Daddy free hosting account before I launch the real website on a paid Go Daddy hosting account. * So, my question is, should I just stop worrying about the inability to validate the feed until I start using the paid version? In other words, will that solve all these invalid feed problems, or is Go Daddy in general the problem? * I am using WordPress now thanks to Go Daddy suddenly changing its preferences in their Quick Blogcast program which I had been using for many months. After a very steep learning curve (for a non-tech minded person like me), I was just starting to feel comfortable with WordPress. But if Go Daddy isn’t going to really work with WordPress I’d like to know before I invest even more time (and money) in this. * Thank you in advance for any assistance you might be able to offer. * Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/) * (@otto42) * WordPress.org Admin * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-rss-feed-cannot-pass-xml-validation/#post-718848) * GoDaddy works fine with WordPress, just not with their free ad-supported hosting. * [samlesher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samlesher/) * (@samlesher) * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-rss-feed-cannot-pass-xml-validation/#post-718928) * I came up with a workaround to get WordPress RSS working correctly on GoDaddy free hosting accounts. I put the details in this post: * [http://www.samlesher.com/code/fix-broken-wordpress-rss-in-godaddy-free-hosting-accounts/](http://www.samlesher.com/code/fix-broken-wordpress-rss-in-godaddy-free-hosting-accounts/) Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘My RSS feed cannot pass XML validation’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [RSS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/rss/) * [xml](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/xml/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 10 replies * 6 participants * Last reply from: [samlesher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samlesher/) * Last activity: [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-rss-feed-cannot-pass-xml-validation/#post-718928) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics