Title: RSS shortcode doesnt work
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# RSS shortcode doesnt work

 *  Resolved [aargambit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aargambit/)
 * (@aargambit)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-shortcode-doesnt-work/)
 * I need to have RSS reader as a shortcode. Ive read about such possibility here
 * [http://en.support.wordpress.com/rss-shortcode/](http://en.support.wordpress.com/rss-shortcode/)
 * But it doesnt work. I tried example feed
 * `[rss url=http://en.blog.wordpress.com/feed]`
 *  and 3 my own feeds (which are correct) in Text wigdet and it doesnt show feeds
   but this code.

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-shortcode-doesnt-work/#post-5700509)
 * That’s a WordPress.com support document, an entirely separate entity from WordPress.
   org.
 * On your WordPress.org blog, you have an RSS widget that you can add, you don’t
   need to use the shortcode in a Text widget.
 *  Thread Starter [aargambit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aargambit/)
 * (@aargambit)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-shortcode-doesnt-work/#post-5700539)
 * `That's a WordPress.com support document, an entirely separate entity from WordPress.
   org.`
 * Wow, thats … confusing. When i was login in i was confused by wordpress panel
   at that site. Login and password was the same so i thought its some kind of new
   forum management system. Even searching for this forum through google, through
   my native language forum and skipping wordpress.com forums wasnt easy and obvious.
 * As for the answer. I dont need RSS wigdet. I need RSS shortcode to use RSS’s 
   in particular widget (slider).
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-shortcode-doesnt-work/#post-5700547)
 * There’s a few here that might work for you: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=RSS+shortcode](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=RSS+shortcode)
 *  Thread Starter [aargambit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aargambit/)
 * (@aargambit)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-shortcode-doesnt-work/#post-5700587)
 * Well i thought its a matter of some simple php hack, because shortcodes arent
   difficult to implement. Im using child theme and I wanted to avoid using plugin.
   But if its necessary then ill rather use ready sliding plugin.
 * Anyway, thanks for help.
 * I’ll leave this topic open, maybe someone wil give some simple php solution for
   this.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-shortcode-doesnt-work/#post-5700596)
 * I don’t recommend hacking core files, ever. For one thing, it makes WordPress
   unstable. WordPress is designed to work as WordPress is. For another thing, you’ll
   lose your core hacks when you upgrade.
 * Plugins are always the safest way to go, whether you’re using a child theme or
   not has no impact on using plugins.
 *  Thread Starter [aargambit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aargambit/)
 * (@aargambit)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-shortcode-doesnt-work/#post-5700629)
 * Well i didnt mention it but i thought its pretty much obvious. Offcourse when
   i was writing about php hacking i ment functions.php in child theme. I never 
   touch core files neither of wordpres core nor plugins or themes. I always use
   child themes and even if some stubborn plugin stylesheets have !important tag
   with all their styles im unregistering whole style – not replace it physicaly
   like many users do .
 * As for plugins its VERY easy to overload wordpress with bunch of “onetask” plugs
   and im trying to avoid this by installing only those more complicated and demanding
   ones. Thats why i chose to install rss with tabs plugins instead of simple shortcode
   plugin.

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 * [RSS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/rss/)
 * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/)

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