Title: RSS feed displays mangled html
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# RSS feed displays mangled html

 *  [richards1052](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richards1052/)
 * (@richards1052)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-displays-mangled-html/)
 * About a week ago or so my RSS feed began displaying mangled html. I can’t tell
   what’s wrong. Can anyone take a look at this & tell me what might be the problem:
 * [http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/feed/](http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/feed/)

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-displays-mangled-html/#post-1664553)
 * I see a well-formed feed [that validates](http://validator.w3.org/feed/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.richardsilverstein.com%2Ftikun_olam%2Ffeed%2F)
   
   remember this is for feed readers – not browsers
 *  Thread Starter [richards1052](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richards1052/)
 * (@richards1052)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-displays-mangled-html/#post-1664673)
 * Actually, a friend checked the validator & it’s not validating properly. Besides,
   Google Reader hasn’t properly updated my feed in a week, in Firefox my feed also
   hasn’t updated in a week. Chrome displays naked html code.
 * Something is wrong & I can’t figure it out.
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-displays-mangled-html/#post-1664686)
 * you could have a plugin affecting it
 *  Thread Starter [richards1052](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richards1052/)
 * (@richards1052)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-displays-mangled-html/#post-1664688)
 * The Chrome issue was a red herring since Chrome doesn’t read rss feeds & requires
   a plugin to do that.
 * But the feed definitely isn’t working. I haven’t installed any new plugins since
   the feed stopped working. I have updated a few already installed plugins. I’ll
   keep my eyes peeled in case any obvious conflict appears to be happening.
 * My host did install FastCGI on my server installation around the time the feed
   stopped working but I’ve done some Google searches & don’t see any obvious conflicts
   bet. that & rss feeds.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-displays-mangled-html/#post-1664692)
 * The feed is valid and working properly for me, but it’s being served with the“
   text/html” media type, which could break some feed readers.
 * Try deactivating all plugins. 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 Default theme (WordPress
   1.5 – 2.9.2) or the Twenty Ten theme (WordPress 3.0 and higher) to rule-out a
   theme-specific issue (themes can affect feeds).

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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-displays-mangled-html/#post-1664692)
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