To my knowledge, there is no rss shortcode in WordPress. You need a plugin that interprets it. Without it, it will not be executed.
What is your goal with this shortcode? We may be able to give you a tip.
Also, pay attention to the spelling of the double quotation marks. This is incorrect:
[rss url=”https://wordpress.com/blog/feed”]
This would be syntactically correct:
[rss url="https://wordpress.com/blog/feed"]
Hey there, @serpher!
As mentioned by @threadi, the RSS shortcode is not built into WP core. It’s a specific feature available for WordPress.com only. You can read more in this thread: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-shortcode/
For your WordPress.org site, you will need a plugin. Here are two free options:
Note: Please double-check their compatibility with your version of WordPress, as it looks like their last updates were several months ago.
As an alternative, you have this freemium plugin that’s actively maintained:
Let me know how this works for you!
I got the info from here:
https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/rss-block/#rss-shortcode
I want to get last five posts with title, date in a list. Kinda tall order.
These are the instructions for wordpress.COM. However, you are here at wordpress.ORG. The difference is explained here:
What’s the difference between WordPress.org and WordPress.com?
If your website is on wordpress.COM, please contact their support team for clarification: https://wordpress.com/support/
If your website is not hosted by wordpress.COM, you will need one of the above plugins to enable the interpretation of this shortcode.
