Title: RSS Error
Last modified: February 5, 2017

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# RSS Error

 *  [lexolo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lexolo/)
 * (@lexolo)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-error-8/)
 * Hi.
 * I have some issues with the RSS feed on my website. When I try to validate the
   feed on several different RSS validators, it come out with the following error:
 * “It looks like this is a web page, not a feed. I looked for a feed associated
   with this page, but couldn’t find one. Please enter the address of your feed 
   to validate.”
 * I’ve tried several ‘fixes’ to common errors with the RSS on WordPress and none
   of them have worked. Seeing if there’s any weird code on the functions.php file
   of my theme, deactivating all the plugins, installing and using RSS Feed Fix,
   and nothing seems to work.
 * Any of you have experienced an issue like this before?
 * I appreciate any kind of help or idea you may have.
 * My website is [http://gravesinhas.com](http://gravesinhas.com)

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-error-8/#post-8741591)
 * Here’s an interesting bit from [https://validator.w3.org/feed/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgravesinhas.com%2Ffeed%2F](https://validator.w3.org/feed/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgravesinhas.com%2Ffeed%2F)
 * > This site requires Javascript to work, please enable Javascript in your browser
   > or use a browser with Javascript support
 * Feeds should absolutely never require Javascript, and as Javascript can easily
   be switched off in the browser (and is sometimes recommended as a way to avoid
   security problems), really your site shouldn’t be requiring that either. (yes,
   of course many modern site functionality does require Javascript, but locking
   folks out without it is the wrong move entirely)
 * If I disable Javascript in my browser and attempt to visit your site, here’s 
   all I see: [http://d.pr/i/pRaH/lRb2kTJZ](http://d.pr/i/pRaH/lRb2kTJZ) (which 
   is exactly what feed readers are seeing)
 * So, this time, try deactivating all plugins (this time absolutely all of them,
   even security plugins and caches). If that resolves the issue, reactivate each
   one individually until you find the cause.
 * If that does not resolve the issue, try switching to the Twenty Sixteen theme
   to rule-out a theme-specific issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins).
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/).
 *  Thread Starter [lexolo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lexolo/)
 * (@lexolo)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-error-8/#post-8741617)
 * Thanks for the quick answer.
 * I deactivated absolutely all the plugins and switched to the Twenty Sixteen Theme
   and the issue still remains, that makes me think that the problem seems to be
   on the WordPress core files and not on the theme nor the plugins.
 * Now, could this JavaScript thing be the whole issue or do you think this is another
   problem?
 * Any ideas?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-error-8/#post-8741628)
 * Yes, whatever is requiring Javascript is the problem, because feed readers don’t
   run Javascript.
 * There’s nothing in WordPress that will lock a visitor out if they don’t have 
   Javascript, but sure let’s rule-out the core files anyway. Try [downloading WordPress](https://wordpress.org/download/)
   again, access your server via [SFTP or FTP](https://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients),
   or a file manager in your hosting account’s control panel, and delete then replace
   your copies of everything on the server **except** the wp-config.php file and
   the /wp-content/ directory with fresh copies from the download. This will effectively
   replace all of your core files without damaging your content and settings.
 * Some uploaders tend to be unreliable when overwriting files, so don’t forget 
   to delete the original files before replacing them.
 * If that doesn’t make any difference, are you using any caching systems? If so,
   which?
 *  Thread Starter [lexolo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lexolo/)
 * (@lexolo)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-error-8/#post-8741716)
 * I uploaded all the core files from a new fresh download of WordPress (except 
   wp-config.php and /wp-content/ directory) and the issue still remains, plus, 
   now the pages on the top menu (below the header) on my site gets redirected to
   [http://parked-domain.org/](http://parked-domain.org/), and it does that even
   if I change the URL of any of those pages.
 * I have no idea what is going on.
 * I’m not using any cache system.
 * Thanks for the help, I’m really running in circles right now.
 *  Thread Starter [lexolo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lexolo/)
 * (@lexolo)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-error-8/#post-8741718)
 * Update: It’s doing the redirection thing on the posts too.
 *  Thread Starter [lexolo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lexolo/)
 * (@lexolo)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-error-8/#post-8741732)
 * Update 2: The redirection thing stopped by itself. Maybe some server thing. But
   the RSS issue remains.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-error-8/#post-8742113)
 * Are you using any proxies, like Cloudflare, Sucuri, or Incapsula?
 *  Thread Starter [lexolo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lexolo/)
 * (@lexolo)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-error-8/#post-8782817)
 * Sorry for the late answer.
 * No, I’m not using proxy of any kind. Could this be a server thing?
 * Thanks for the help, by the way.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-error-8/#post-8783891)
 * Yes, it could be, so I recommend checking with your hosting provider at this 
   point.

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