Title: RSS link?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# RSS link?

 *  [kensav](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kensav/)
 * (@kensav)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-link/)
 * What is the URL of my rss feeds after I setup WP?
    [http://www.kensavage.com/wp-rss2.php](http://www.kensavage.com/wp-rss2.php)
   isn’t a feed with .xml at the end of it like I would need for some application.
   Any help?

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 *  [belthasar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/belthasar/)
 * (@belthasar)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-link/#post-110878)
 * Go here
    [http://www.bigbold.com/rssdigest/index.html](http://www.bigbold.com/rssdigest/index.html)
   they will make some php output and you can put that on a site to link to your
   blog !! Hope that helped!!.. —- [http://www.art-fetish.net](http://www.art-fetish.net)
 *  Thread Starter [kensav](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kensav/)
 * (@kensav)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-link/#post-110900)
 * all that does is make me link to another site.
    How do I get WP to output a .
   xml file for my rss feed?
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-link/#post-110903)
 * WP doesn’t make xml files as such, it creates them when needed … sort of I think.
   
   If you had rewrite rules, the address would be /feed/rss2/ I just used the above
   url of yours in Abilon, and it works just fine – I see Jake 🙂
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-link/#post-110910)
 * WordPress does not maintain a static .xml feed. The php file (wp-rss2.php) generates
   the .xml feed once it is called. [http://www.kensavage.com/wp-rss2.php](http://www.kensavage.com/wp-rss2.php)
   is the URL of your feed and will be accepted and work properly in any RSS reading
   application or web-service.
 *  Thread Starter [kensav](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kensav/)
 * (@kensav)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-link/#post-110927)
 * thanks everyone for the help. WP rocks!!
 *  [ezytodo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ezytodo/)
 * (@ezytodo)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-link/#post-111026)
 * The link given here (thanks very much) works but the link in my WP blog is the/
   feed/rss2/
    mentioned above. Do I need rewrite rules or can I insert this [http://www.ezytodo.com/blog/wp-rss2.php](http://www.ezytodo.com/blog/wp-rss2.php)
   somewhere (where, please?)? If I need rewrite rules, how do I do that? Thanks.
 *  [ezytodo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ezytodo/)
 * (@ezytodo)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-link/#post-111027)
 * I made an htaccess file for the utility to block spam comments
    Do I have to 
   add something to that or change, please? RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /blog/ 
   RewriteRule ^category/(.*)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /blog/wp-feed.php?category_name
   =$1&feed=$2 [QSA] RewriteRule ^category/?(.*) /blog/index.php?category_name=$
   1 [QSA] RewriteRule ^author/(.*)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /blog/wp-feed.php?
   author_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA] RewriteRule ^author/?(.*) /blog/index.php?author_name
   =$1 [QSA] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/?([0-9]{1,2})?/?([0-9]{1,2})?/?([_0-9a-z-]+)?/?([
   0-9]+)?/?$ /blog/index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&name=$4&page=$5 [QSA] RewriteRule
   ^([0-9]{4})/?([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/([_0-9a-z-]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?
   $ /blog/wp-feed.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&name=$4&feed=$5 [QSA] RewriteRule
   ^([0-9]{4})/?([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/([_0-9a-z-]+)/trackback/?$ /blog/wp-trackback.
   php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&name=$4 [QSA] RewriteRule ^feed/?([_0-9a-z-]+)?/?
   $ /blog/wp-feed.php?feed=$1 [QSA] RewriteRule ^comments/feed/?([_0-9a-z-]+)?/?
   $ /blog/wp-feed.php?feed=$1&withcomments=1 [QSA]
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-link/#post-111031)
 * When you made a change to your permalinks via Options/Permalinks, WordPress may
   have given you some changes to make to your .htaccess file. If it did, you need
   to make the changes. In order to find out, repeat the procedure for setting up
   your preferred permalinks again.
 *  [ezytodo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ezytodo/)
 * (@ezytodo)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-link/#post-111034)
 * Sorry, this is the entire htaccess file – I did not have one as far as I am aware
   until I copied this text from the options/permalinks page.
    So now, in language
   suitable for someone that started with Word Press today and does not understand
   how the software works – just wants to use it, how do I set up an RSS feed that
   matches the Rss link that Word Press put on my blog OR how do I change the link
   that Word Press put on my blog to the (currently) correct one – [http://www.ezytodo.com/blog/wp-rss2.php](http://www.ezytodo.com/blog/wp-rss2.php)
   Thanks.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-link/#post-111035)
 * Slightly techie-english: The problem is that you have set up permalinks incorrectly.
   Click on a post title, you will see those 404 as well. Here’s what you need to
   do. Go to Options/Permalinks enter the following, without quotes, in the first
   text field “/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/”. Do not enter anything in the
   second text field. Hit the “Update Permalink Structure” button. You will notice
   that a text field now appears below the button. Copy what is now in the text 
   field, usually starting with “RewriteEngine On” and paste it into your .htaccess
   file. Everything should work after that, let us know if it doesn’t.
    Plain English:
   It just plain doesn’t work, your system is messed up. Click on a post title, 
   you will see those 404 as well. You need to make a few changes. Here’s what you
   need to do. Go to Options/Permalinks enter the following, without quotes, in 
   the first text field “/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/”. Do not enter anything
   in the second text field. Hit the “Update Permalink Structure” button. You will
   notice that a text field now appears below the button. Copy what is now in the
   text field, usually starting with “RewriteEngine On” and paste it into your .
   htaccess file. Everything should work after that, let us know if it doesn’t.
 *  [ezytodo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ezytodo/)
 * (@ezytodo)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-link/#post-111036)
 * Thanks.
    Like MacArthur, “I shall return”.
 *  [ezytodo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ezytodo/)
 * (@ezytodo)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-link/#post-111037)
 * No, I’m probably still doing something wrong.
    The command you gave was already
   in the first box on the options/permalinks page I redid the “Update Permalink
   Structure” and copied the text from the bottom box again to the htaccess file
   on my PC, then put the .htaccess file in the wp-admin folder because that’s what
   the address i saw when I held the mouse over the link for WP to edit it seemed
   to mean. But WP can’t find it and I don’t see any way to republish the blog which
   is what I would do with other programs I’ve used. This has the feel of being 
   something very simple. It is also extremely frustrating.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-link/#post-111042)
 * If WP can’t find it, then you need to make your own .htaccess file. Open NotePad,
   and copy the code it give you into that. Then, save the file as plain text file
   called “htaccess”. Remove the .txt extension and upload it to your “blog” directory(
   folder). Once it’s there, add a dot ( . ) in front of it. That should do it.
 *  [ezytodo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ezytodo/)
 * (@ezytodo)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-link/#post-111058)
 * Thanks to all that responded to help me – the promptness and clarity of the posts
   is impressive but following th instructions in the post that Bell pointed out
   for me is probably not at my level.
    All is well and working now. I hope that
   I can return the favor for some other newbie in time to come.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-link/#post-111066)
 * Congrats! Glad to hear everything is up and running.

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