[Plugin: podPress] Change ?feed=podcast Title

The next podPress version is going to have an option to modify only the feed title.

But until this version reaches the ‘stable’ status, you might use a little filter plugin like this:

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: podPress feed element filter
Plugin URI:
Description: filters some of the Feed elements
Author: ntm
Version: 1.0
Author URI:
*/

add_filter('bloginfo_rss', 'pff_modify_bloginfo', 10, 2);
function pff_modify_bloginfo($content, $feedelementname) {
	// This filter can filter the Feed title, the URL and the description
	Switch ($feedelementname) {
		case 'name' : // Feed title
			// If it is the feed with the slug 'podcast' replace the title as long as this plugin is active.
			// ( get_query_var('feed') can also be'feed' (RSS2), 'atom' (ATOM))
			if ( 'podcast' === get_query_var('feed') ) {
				// The new Feed title:
				return 'My Podcast';
			} else {
				return $content;
			}
		break;
		case 'description' : // Feed description
			return $content;
		break;
		case 'url' : // Feed URL
			return $content;
		break;
		default :
			return $content;
		break;
	}
}
?>

Copy this code to a PHP file (name it e.g. podpressfeedelementfilter.php), store it in the plugins folder of your blog e.g. /wp-content/plugins/podpressfeedelementfilter.php, replace My Podcast with your desired value and activate the plugin.

Regards,
Tim

Hi Jean,

if you want to change the URL of your podcast feed in the iTunes repository then use the <itunes:new-feed-url> tag or in other words the related option at the Feed/iTunes Settings page of podPress and of course the Podcast Feed URL field to enter the new URL of the feed. iTunes will take over the new URL automatically after some days.
And if you already have had listeners which have used the old URL then you should think about making a redirect with such a .htaccess file (or something comparable).

Why do you think changing the <link> would do the same as the <itunes:new-feed-url> tag? Or why do you want to change the content of the <link> tag?

If you want to change the content of the content of the <link> tag then you could modify the filter plugin this way:

case 'url' : // Feed URL
			$content = 'http://www.example.com/thenewurl'; // The content in this case is the URL. By defining a new $content you can change it.
			return $content;
		break;

This modification will be effective immediately (maybe you have to clear the cache memory of your feed reading program).

Regards,
Tim