Title: RSS 404 error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# RSS 404 error

 *  [leren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leren/)
 * (@leren)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-404-error/)
 * I’m getting a 404 error for my RSS feed. ([http://clearaction.biz/blog](http://clearaction.biz/blog))—
   I’m sure the solution must be rather simple but I’ve spent hours and hours upgrading
   everything as re-set. I’d be most grateful if you could guide me!
 * Here are the facts of my situation:
    A) no problem getting RSS feed before 9/
   27/08 post (i.e. feed exists up till then on my profile page: [http://www.thecustomercarenetwork.com/profile/LynnHunsaker](http://www.thecustomercarenetwork.com/profile/LynnHunsaker))
 * B) got my WordPress account via my Yahoo!Small Business Merchant Starter Account
 * C) ugraded today to WordPress 2.6.3 and to latest version of my WordPress theme
 * D) installed today FD Feedburner Plug-in: not sure what to type in the plug-in
   feedburner configuration form (redirect my feeds here: _____, redirect my comments
   here: _____; instructions say to first go to Feedburner and then enter the URL
   it created for me)
 * E) Feedburner gives me an error when I type in [http://clearaction.biz/blog/feed/](http://clearaction.biz/blog/feed/)(
   says it doesn’t appear to be valid feed due to an error on line 2: the processing
   instruction target matching xml is not allowed)
 * F) removed 2nd line in my theme editor header.php file — same error as in (E)
   above — what file is Feedburner referring to?!!!
 * G) tried [http://validator.w3.org/feed/](http://validator.w3.org/feed/) and got
   this message: Server returned HTTP error 404
 * H) google help suggests that RSS feeds sometimes quit working if <:-0> code exists—
   can’t see anything like that! — or if a blog post originated in MS-Word — in 
   fact, the 9/27/08 did originate in MS-Word, so I copied the post’s text from 
   the screen, and re-pasted it into the post — but no changes with Feedburner or
   Validator :-0
 * I’d be most grateful if you could give me some pointers!
 * Thanks,
    leren

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 *  Thread Starter [leren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leren/)
 * (@leren)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-404-error/#post-890969)
 * FYI – here’s the code I’m using in my header.php file:
 * HEAD SECTION
 * <rss version=”2.0″ xmlns:atom=”[http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom”&gt](http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom”&gt);
   
   <link rel=”alternate” type=”application/rss+xml” title=”<?php bloginfo(‘name’);?
   > RSS Feed” href=”<?php bloginfo(‘rss2_url’); ?>” /> <link rel=”alternate” type
   =”application/atom+xml” title=”<?php bloginfo(‘name’); ?> Atom Feed” href=”<?
   php bloginfo(‘atom_url’); ?>” />
 * NAVIGATION SECTION
    ” id=”feed” title=”Subscribe”><img src=”<?php bloginfo(‘stylesheet_directory’);?
   >/images/feed.gif” alt=”RSS Feed” />
   
    <atom:link href=”[http://clearaction.biz/blog/rss.xml&#8221](http://clearaction.biz/blog/rss.xml&#8221);
   rel=”self” type=”application/rss+xml” />
 * Not sure what’s wrong with this! Can you please advise?

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last activity: [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-404-error/#post-890969)
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