Title: RSS Feed validity
Last modified: April 28, 2021

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# RSS Feed validity

 *  Resolved [ga4arts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ga4arts/)
 * (@ga4arts)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-validity/)
 * Hi there,
 * I have two feeds that I am unable to determine what the problem is with RSS Feed
   Aggregator that prevents them from being accepted or validated.
 * When using them as part of the Feedly RSS Reader, they work fine and pull the
   correct results. But, nowhere else do they function. I have had luck with WPeMatico
   plug-in with some feeds, but oddly not both though they are virtually the same.
   Thoughts?
 * These feeds pull up the right entries in an RSS Reader:
 * – [https://www.georgiansforthearts.org/?feed=job_feed](https://www.georgiansforthearts.org/?feed=job_feed)
   –
   [https://www.chathamartsandculture.com/?feed=job_feed](https://www.chathamartsandculture.com/?feed=job_feed)
 * But, when validating both of these feeds return:
 * – [https://www.georgiansforthearts.org/?feed=job_feed](https://www.georgiansforthearts.org/?feed=job_feed)
 * This feed does not validate. line 8, column 45: XML parsing error: <unknown>:
   8:45: not well-formed (invalid token)
 * – [https://www.chathamartsandculture.com/?feed=job_feed](https://www.chathamartsandculture.com/?feed=job_feed)
 * This feed is valid, but interoperability with the widest range of feed readers
   could be improved by implementing the following recommendations.
    line 1, column
   38: Use of unknown namespace: [http://webfeeds.org/rss/1.0](http://webfeeds.org/rss/1.0)[
   help] <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?><rss version=”2.0″ line 1, column
   38: Use of unknown namespace: [https://www.chathamartsandculture.com](https://www.chathamartsandculture.com)[
   help] <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?><rss version=”2.0″ line 37, column
   66: Use of unknown namespace: com-wordpress:feed-additions:1 [help] <webfeeds:
   analytics id=”UA-101640269-2″ engine=”GoogleAnalytics”/><site xmln …`

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 *  [mikeyboo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeyboo/)
 * (@mikeyboo)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-validity/#post-14381889)
 * [@ga4arts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ga4arts/), both RSS feeds do not
   validate due to the error you shared. Due to this limitation, any plugin that
   uses the RSS feed structure cannot read and parse the feeds correctly. I would
   recommend reaching to the feed’s publisher on the same.
 *  Thread Starter [ga4arts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ga4arts/)
 * (@ga4arts)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-validity/#post-14389470)
 * Hi there.
 * Just an FYI for the DIYs, it took a bit of experimentation given my lack of knowledge
   about the PHP and rss feeds, but I found that [https://georgiansforthearts.org/feed/?post_type=job_listing](https://georgiansforthearts.org/feed/?post_type=job_listing)
   was the solution. The aggregator seemed to need more direction and specifics 
   than an RSS reader such as feedly.
 *  [mikeyboo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeyboo/)
 * (@mikeyboo)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-validity/#post-14392113)
 * [@ga4arts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ga4arts/), thanks a lot for sharing.
   This will definitely help someone else in the same situation.

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 * Last activity: [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-validity/#post-14392113)
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