Title: RSS Feed Checker
Author: shake10861
Published: <strong>March 30, 2012</strong>
Last modified: May 28, 2012

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# RSS Feed Checker

 By [shake10861](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shake10861/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/rss-feed-validator.1.0.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/rss-feed-validator/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/rss-feed-validator/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/rss-feed-validator/#installation)
 * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/rss-feed-validator/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rss-feed-validator/)

## Description

This is a very simple dashboard widget that will load every time your dashboard 
loads. It will submit your feed to an online feed validator, grab the response and
update your dashboard with the results.

It’s best to know immediately that your RSS feed is invalid. Sites such as Bloglovin’
and Google Reader will not add your posts to their sites if your RSS feed is invalid.
Knowing there is an issue is the first step in resolving the issue!

Most invalid RSS feeds are caused by some html you’ve used in your post. This widget
is not intended to fix your feed, it is just a notification that there may be an
issue with your feed.

This plugin requires cURL to work. cURL is a php library that allows HTTP requests
to be sent. This is a core feature of the plugin. The good news is, most online 
hosting providers have cURL setup and installed for you already. If you install 
this and the widget displays an error of some sort, you probably have an issue with
cURL.

Homepage for the RSS Feed Validator is: http://www.thenerdnest.com/rss-feed-checker

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * This is what the widget on your dashboard should look like if your feed is valid.

## Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

 1. Upload `RSS-Feed-Checker.php`, ‘check.png’, and ‘cross.png’ files to the `/wp-content/
    plugins/rss-feed-validator` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. You may need to activate the plugin from the dashboard as well, but it should be
    activated by default.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“RSS Feed Checker” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ shake10861 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shake10861/)

[Translate “RSS Feed Checker” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/rss-feed-validator)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/rss-feed-validator/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/rss-feed-validator/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/rss-feed-validator/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/rss-feed-validator/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * Initial release

#### 1.0.1

 * fixed issue with images not linking properly
 * minor updates to the readme.txt

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **60+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.3.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.3.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/rss-feed-validator/)
 * Tags
 * [checker](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/checker/)[feed](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/feed/)
   [rss](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/rss/)[validation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/validation/)
   [validator](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/validator/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/rss-feed-validator/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ shake10861 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shake10861/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rss-feed-validator/)

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