Title: Plugin blocks RSS feed
Last modified: May 16, 2021

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# Plugin blocks RSS feed

 *  Resolved [iamshado2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamshado2/)
 * (@iamshado2)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-blocks-rss-feed/)
 * Hi, after quite a long time trying to figure out why my RSS feed wasn’t showing
   up on any feed readers I discovered that the problem was with the CleanTalk antispam
   plugin. It appears that the plugin blocks RSS crawlers from accessing my RSS 
   feed to pull articles.
 * The RSS feed looked like it should have worked. It looked ok and was validated
   as a proper feed through [https://validator.w3.org/feed/](https://validator.w3.org/feed/)
   but it just wouldn’t show up on any feed readers. So I disabled the CleanTalk
   plugin and the feed started working again.
 * I’m assuming the plugin is blocking crawlers from getting to the site. Is there
   any way to fix this?

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 *  Plugin Author [alexandergull](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexandergull/)
 * (@alexandergull)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-blocks-rss-feed/#post-14443403)
 * HI [@iamshado2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamshado2/)
 * We have already whitelisted the validator.w3.org IP pool.
 * Tell me your site name, I will check what is happened.
 *  Thread Starter [iamshado2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamshado2/)
 * (@iamshado2)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-blocks-rss-feed/#post-14445495)
 * [https://en-volve.com/feed/](https://en-volve.com/feed/) is my feed. Looks normal.
   Of course since I have the CleanTalk plugin currently disabled my feed is showing
   up just fine on readers.
 *  Thread Starter [iamshado2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamshado2/)
 * (@iamshado2)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-blocks-rss-feed/#post-14445500)
 * Just to be clear, validator.w3.org isn’t what I’m having issues with. I’m having
   issues with RSS readers such as Feedly or Inoreader. Neither one of them pull
   articles from my RSS feed unless I disable the CleanTalk plugin.
 *  Plugin Support [katereji](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katereji/)
 * (@katereji)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-blocks-rss-feed/#post-14445825)
 * Hello, [@iamshado2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamshado2/).
    Please,
   activate the Anti-Spam plugin and try to disable only the Anti-Crawler option.
   If it’s not helping, disable the SpamFireWall option too. We also suggest you
   contact Feedly and Inoreader support to clarify what IPs should be whitelisted.
 *  [dkam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dkam/)
 * (@dkam)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-blocks-rss-feed/#post-14473737)
 * Hi there – I think the solution to this is to be able to white list the RSS /
   JSON Feed endpoints in WordPress – eg [https://en-volve.com/feed/](https://en-volve.com/feed/)
   or for JSON Feed [https://blog.booko.com.au/feed/json/](https://blog.booko.com.au/feed/json/)
   should allow bots – that’s the purpose of that endpoint.
 * Thanks for your work on CleanTalk – I’m finding super useful.
 *  Plugin Support [katereji](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katereji/)
 * (@katereji)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-blocks-rss-feed/#post-14474110)
 * Hello.
    [@dkam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dkam/) thank you for the 
   advice.
 *  Plugin Support [katereji](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katereji/)
 * (@katereji)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-blocks-rss-feed/#post-14474116)
 * Hello, [@iamshado2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamshado2/)
    If you still
   have any questions, please, contact us via our private Ticket System: [https://cleantalk.org/my/support/open](https://cleantalk.org/my/support/open).
   Be well.
 *  Plugin Author [alexandergull](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexandergull/)
 * (@alexandergull)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-blocks-rss-feed/#post-14505519)
 * We haven’t heard back from you in a while, so I’m going to mark this as resolved–
   if you have any further questions, you can start a new thread.

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## Tags

 * [crawlers](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/crawlers/)
 * [rss-feed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/rss-feed/)

 * 8 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [alexandergull](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexandergull/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-blocks-rss-feed/#post-14505519)
 * Status: resolved