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# farrell

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## Forum Replies Created

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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [WordPress.com Stats buggered since upgrading to 2.9](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-stats-buggered-since-upgrading-to-29/)
 *  [farrell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/farrell/)
 * (@farrell)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-stats-buggered-since-upgrading-to-29/#post-1318599)
 * Yes, stats module did reactivate after 2.9 upgrade but shows no hits. So, I’m
   reasoning the plugin is broken with 2.9.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Undefined Item Element: wfw:commentRSS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/undefined-item-element-wfwcommentrss/)
 *  [farrell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/farrell/)
 * (@farrell)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/undefined-item-element-wfwcommentrss/#post-369802)
 * Thanks very much InfoCynic.
 * My feeds now validate!
 * While I was fixing the WFW language, I noticed the code that uses <content:encoded
   >. While it does validate, I’ve found that the validators don’t like this syntax
   and recommend changing it.
 * Have you done anything with this, or just left it alone?
 * Thanks again for your help on the WFW thing!
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Undefined Item Element: wfw:commentRSS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/undefined-item-element-wfwcommentrss/)
 *  [farrell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/farrell/)
 * (@farrell)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/undefined-item-element-wfwcommentrss/#post-369799)
 * I also picked up this error trying to validate my feed. I asked FeedBurner support
   about this as I first noticed it as a problem with my FeedBurner feed.
 * They explained in a post on their forum as follows:
 * “However, a recent, largely undocumented change to this namespace has been causing
   feed validation errors for publishers whose feeds feature the “<wfw:commentsRSS
   >” version of the tag, which has been in use since at least 2003. The new syntax
   for this tag is:
 * Code:
    <wfw:commentsRss>{comments feed URL}<wfw:commentsRss>”
 * So, basically the RSS needs to become Rss.
 * The post is located at: [http://forums.feedburner.com/viewtopic.php?t=3781&highlight=wfw](http://forums.feedburner.com/viewtopic.php?t=3781&highlight=wfw)
 * The question now is, what can be done about it? Can we fix this ourselves in 
   the WordPress code? I’m a little nervous about trying this myself.
 * Anybody know?
 * Thanks much.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [content encoded RSS feed problem](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-encoded-rss-feed-problem/)
 *  [farrell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/farrell/)
 * (@farrell)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-encoded-rss-feed-problem/#post-360878)
 * I’ve got this same “content:encoded” problem on both of my WordPress blogs (www.
   farrellkramer.com/blog) and (www.talkingcommunications.com.)
 * At first, I thought it was a problem with a plugin or FeedBurner, but now I believe
   it’s WordPress. However, I have validated my feeds before — I think a week ago—
   and this problem didn’t pop up.
 * I wonder if there’s been some change to what constitutes a “valid” feed. Or perhaps
   something else changed.
 * Any thoughts?

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