Title: RSS widget title link wrong
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# RSS widget title link wrong

 *  Resolved [kimharding](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kimharding/)
 * (@kimharding)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-widget-title-link-wrong/)
 * I am using the RSS widget and I have had complaints that the RSS feed doesn’t
   work when they want to subscribe. On investigating I find that they are clicking
   on the feed title next to the icon. The widget make this title a link to the 
   home page of the blog and not to the RSS Feed (as they might expect). Clicking
   on the icon works, but not the title next to it, how can I change this?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-widget-title-link-wrong/#post-2538314)
 * Unless you provide a link to a page demonstrating the problem, no one will be
   able to offer much in the way of assistance.
 *  Thread Starter [kimharding](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kimharding/)
 * (@kimharding)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-widget-title-link-wrong/#post-2538327)
 * [My blog](http://www.kimharding.net/blog/), I have given the widget the title
   of “Follow Me…” The widget makes the title a link, but not to the RSS feed, only
   the icon to the left of it. This is not the behavior most users expect.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-widget-title-link-wrong/#post-2538335)
 * Is that the default RSS widget from Appearance -> Widgets? If so, remove it. 
   You should **never** pull your own RSS feed into your site.
 *  Thread Starter [kimharding](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kimharding/)
 * (@kimharding)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-widget-title-link-wrong/#post-2538350)
 * That makes no sense, how can you give people an RSS feed if there is no link 
   to it on the site? All I am trying to do is provide a link to a RSS feed to my
   readers. How else can they get a RSS feed if there is no link? I don’t understand.
 * The default RSS widget, is the only widget which has the title as a link that
   is the way it works by default, this is not something I have done.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-widget-title-link-wrong/#post-2538358)
 * The default RSS Widget is intended for displaying feeds from **other** sites 
   on your site. It’s not the RSS link that’s the issue. It’s the fact that you 
   pulling in posts from your own feed., This creates a sorta loop-back effect that
   can cause significant site performance problems.
 * If you want to add an RSS link to your feed, then use a Text widget and add something
   like:
    `<a href="http://www.kimharding.net/blog/?feed=rss2"><img src="http://
   www.kimharding.net/blog/wp-includes/images/rss.png" width="14" height="14" alt
   ="" /> Follow Me</a>`
 *  Thread Starter [kimharding](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kimharding/)
 * (@kimharding)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-widget-title-link-wrong/#post-2538432)
 * Thanks! That seems to do what I am looking for.
 *  [lschnellinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lschnellinger/)
 * (@lschnellinger)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-widget-title-link-wrong/#post-2538709)
 * I have the same question, except that my RSS feed is NOT to my own site. Here’s
   [my blog](http://www.lisaschnellinger.com/reporting/) – last item in the sidebar.
   
   The theme style makes ANY link in the sidebar #fff – but since the RSS feed title
   is a link, and it’s on a white background, it does not show up unless you hover.
   How can I make the title in the RSS widget show only those words – not turn it
   into a link? Hope that makes sense…
 *  [lschnellinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lschnellinger/)
 * (@lschnellinger)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-widget-title-link-wrong/#post-2538710)
 * PS, I found a link color that will show up against white background as well as
   dark green, but it’s a bit pukey.
    Would still like to know how to modify the
   title in RSS widget, though.

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## Tags

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

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