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Possibly abandoned Tested up to 3.9.40

RSS King Pro

Output an external RSS feed onto your pages and posts, your way

Active installs10+10+ tier
Downloads · 30d44▲ +76% vs prev. 30d
Rating5/52 reviews
Health score30/100At risk
All-time downloads5.7KSince Sep 2013
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 3.0.1PHP any
Downloads · 7d7▼ -41.7% week over week
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  • Small user base (10+ active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far
  • No update in 12 years
  • Only tested up to WordPress 3.9 (latest is 7.1)

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Daily downloads

134Jul 11Aug 24Oct 8
Yesterday0
Daily average (1y)1
Peak day9May 27, 2026
Last 12 months416

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where RSS King Pro stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
feed >100 4,571 Best feed plugins →
items >100 10,000 Best items plugins →
links >100 10,000 Best links plugins →
rss >100 1,753 Best rss plugins →
rss feed >100 1,465 Best rss feed plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 1.0100.0%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 2 reviews

  • 5★100.0%
  • 4★0.00%
  • 3★0.00%
  • 2★0.00%
  • 1★0.00%

About RSS King Pro

From the official readme · v1.0.9

Description

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RSS King Pro gives you the freedom to display a RSS feed or feeds onto your pages and posts with ease. The numerous options
available provides choice in how your feed displays on your pages. You can choose how many items are returned onto the page, whether the feed paginates and whether you
display those pages via AJAX giving your users a simple way to view the feed your providing.

You have control on the information from the feed that is returned on the page and how it is displayed by using variables within a HTML layout for each item.
Variables have been setup to give you choice in what details are shown for the items.

You can use RSS King Pro in two ways, either shortcode or widget. Both have the same settings available.

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If you have any suggestions or would like to see a feature in the plugin, please let me know in the support forum.

Any issues you are having, I’d also love to know, so again, please let me know using the support forum.

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Options

Shortcode Options

  • feedaddress
    Default – ‘no feed’ | This field takes the external web address(es) of the feed you want to pull. To list multiple addresses, separate with ‘|’.
  • display
    Default – ‘5’ | Number of items to list on output
  • order
    Default – ‘desc’ | List order of items. Options are ‘desc’, ‘asc’ and ‘none’
  • dateformat
    Default – ‘j F Y, g:i a’ | Date string format. This can take text, some characters will need to be escaped (eg ‘\P\o\s\t\e\d o\n \t\h\e jS \of F \i\n Y’). View PHP date page for more information.
  • target
    Default – ‘_self’ | Target of the links. Standard options are ‘_self’, ‘_blank’, ‘_parent’ and ‘_top’.
  • titlelength
    Default – ‘all’ | Numeric length of the output title. If no limit, ‘all’ is the value.
  • descriptionlength
    Default – ‘all’ | Numeric length of the output description. If no limit, ‘all’ is the value.
  • contentlength
    Default – ‘all’ | Numeric length of the output content. If no limit, ‘all’ is the value.
  • readmorelink
    Default – false | Turns on the “ream more” link when shortening the description or content fields. Options are true or false
  • readmoretext
    Default – ‘Read more’ | The text you would like on the “Read more” link
  • renderhtml
    Default – false | Enable rendering of HTML from the description/content data. Options are true or false
  • format
    Default – ‘< ?= htmlspecialchars('##PUBDATE####LINK####DESCRIPTION##’); ?>’ | Format of the output items. Available variable below
  • class
    Default – ” | Class attached to the list parent
  • timezone
    Default – ‘UTC’ | Set timezone for the output. View PHP timezones for more information on options
  • paging
    Default = true | Enable paging of the RSS. The ‘display’ option then becomes how many items per page. Options are true or false
  • pagingtype
    Default = ‘paging’ | Choice of the type of paging output. Options are ‘paging’, ‘numbers’ or ‘both’
  • paginglocation
    Default = ‘bottom’ | Choice of the location of the pagination output. Options are ‘bottom’, ‘top’ or ‘both’
  • ajax
    Default – false | Enable AJAX loading. Instead of previous and next links for paging, this will display a ‘view more posts’ link which will allow the following page to load in underneath the existing list, and will continue to do so until the list is complete.
  • nextpagetext
    Default – ‘Next Page’ | Text on the ‘next page’ link (only displays when paging is on, pagingtype is ‘paging’ or ‘both’ and ajax is off).
  • prevpagetext
    Default – ‘Previous Page’ | Text on the ‘previous page’ link (only displays when paging is on, pagingtype is ‘paging’ or ‘both’ and ajax is off).
  • nextpageclass
    Default – ‘rss_pagination_next’ | Class on the ‘next page’ link (only displays when paging is on, pagingtype is ‘paging’ or ‘both’ and ajax is off).
  • prevpageclass
    Default – ‘rss_pagination_prev’ | Class on the ‘previous page’ link (only displays when paging is on, pagingtype is ‘paging’ or ‘both’ and ajax is off).
  • activeclass
    Default – ‘rss_pagination_active’ | Class on the ‘active page’ link (only displays when paging is on, pagingtype is ‘numbers’ or ‘both’ and ajax is off).

Format Variables

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p>You can control the output by defining what information is output in the format by using variables. These variables are defined by an uppercase word surrounded by hashes (2 hashes on either side). The available variables are:
* ##FEEDTITLE##
Outputs the title of the FEED the items are coming from.
* ##PUBDATE##
Outputs the date the item was posted. The date format controls the output of this.
* ##TITLE##
Outputs the TITLE of the item. There is no link to the original post on this (use ##LINK## for a title with link)
* ##LINK##
Outputs the TITLE of the item with a link to the original page.
* ##DESCRIPTION##
Outputs the excerpt of the item. This can be shortened further using the ‘descriptionlength’ option.
* ##CONTENT##
Outputs the content of the item. This can be shortened using the ‘contentlength’ option.
* ##CATEGORIES##
Outputs a list of attached categories of the item
* ##CATEGORY##
Outputs the first category of the item
* ##AUTHORS##
Outputs a list of attached authors of the item
* ##AUTHOR##
Outputs the first author of the item
* ##CONTRIBUTORS##
Outputs a list of attached contributors of the item
* ##CONTRIBUTOR##
Outputs the first contributor of the item
* ##COPYRIGHT##
Outputs any attached copyright text
* ##ENCLOSURE##
Outputs an attached image, if any
* ##GUID##
Outputs the unique ID for the item in the feed
* ##UNIQUEKEY##
Outputs the unique key for the item in the feed

Installation

  1. Download and unzip the zip file onto your computer
  2. Upload the ‘relatedkingpro’ folder into the /wp-content/plugins/ directory (alternatively, install the plugin from the plugin directory within the admin)
  3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  4. Drag the widget into your sidebar and modify the settings or insert the shortcode into a post or theme template.

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Having Trouble? Get support either on the support forums here or at @kingproplugins on Twitter, KingProPlugins on Facebook or King Pro Plugins on Google+

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Changelog

Additional field for ENCLOSURE that contains an image if it exists in the feed

1.0.9

  • Additional field for ENCLOSURE that contains an image if it exists in the feed

1.0.8

  • URL to ajax loader image fixed up
  • KPP logo update

1.0.7

  • Addition of paginglocation shortcode option to control the output location of the pagination.
  • Addition of renderhtml shortcode option to control description output better
  • Addition of readmorelink and readmoretext shortcode option to be utilised when shortening the description and content fields

1.0.6

  • Addition of pagingtype and activeclass shortcode options to output numbers pages.

1.0.5

  • Fix to URL output on pagination to handle existing GET variables

1.0.4

  • Addition of error checking and reporting
  • Fixed ability to add multiple feeds by changing the splitter from ‘,’ to ‘|’

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

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FAQ

RSS King Pro: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 9, 2026

Is RSS King Pro free?

Yes. RSS King Pro is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is RSS King Pro safe to use in 2026?

RSS King Pro shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 30/100 on our health check.

How many websites use RSS King Pro?

RSS King Pro is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 5,654 times since it launched in September 2013. It was downloaded 44 times in the last 30 days.

Does RSS King Pro work with WordPress 7.1?

RSS King Pro is officially tested up to WordPress 3.9.40, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

When was RSS King Pro last updated?

The latest version, 1.0.9, was released on July 3, 2014 (12 years ago).

Who makes RSS King Pro?

RSS King Pro is developed and maintained by Ash Durham.

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The most popular alternatives to RSS King Pro are WebSub (FKA. PubSubHubbub) (100K+ installs), RSS for Yandex Turbo (20K+ installs) and GN Publisher: Google News C… (20K+ installs).

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