Explaining RSS and how to use it for your WordPress site

RSS feeds, which means Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication, are files that are generated based on a code language called RSS feeds help site visitors around the world quickly view the new content that has been published on the sites that the visitor follows, as he can download the RSS feed for the site and browse it to see the latest developments that have been published on the site in a brief manner, where he can see the title, short description, and the link that leads to the detailed content.

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RSS feeds How do RSS feeds work on websites How to add an RSS icon to a WordPress site What do RSS feeds look like In the past, RSS feeds appeared in a primitive way and were difficult for the average user to understand and read, as they appeared in this form consisting of a set of codes written in The following image shows the RSS feeds for the WordPress site in Arabic, which, as you can see, appear in RSS readers in a short form containing the summaries of each article published on the site in the form of (article title + a brief description of it + a link to access the full content of the article). As you can see, it can contain some other information, such as the name of the article's author, the reading time, and other details that vary from one RSS version to another.

Benefits of RSS feeds Let me tell you that RSS feeds are a service for creating files that contain the content of the site that has been published in a short form, and it benefits all site owners who wish to create brief summaries of their site’s content to display to visitors to facilitate displaying the site’s content to them periodically, and the content is also followed up on social media platforms. On the other hand, the service benefits visitors who want to read and view the latest articles and new content published on their favorite sites, but they do not have time to view all the content published within the articles, but they quickly read the titles and brief description of each article, as well as the link to the article to go to it and read the detailed content whenever they want. Therefore, the RSS service is useful to both the website owner and website visitors as well.

It benefits the site owner by sending and delivering his site's updated content on an ongoing basis to readers who wish to see these updates, and thus the site owner benefits from the visits that come to him repeatedly from readers of the RSS feeds without him promoting or paying sums of money to obtain these visits. The RSS service is also useful to many website owners, regardless of their specializations and the type of content that is published on them. Here are some types of sites that can benefit from providing RSS services: News sites: The RSS service can help news site owners get the largest possible number of interested visitors because visitors follow the news frequently. Employment sites: Employment sites have very large lists of people who want to see the best job nominations for them on an ongoing basis, and thus the RSS service facilitates the follow-up process for people searching for job opportunities. Educational blogs: Educational blogs can benefit from providing RSS services as well for people interested in seeing the latest educational articles and news that enhance their skills and experience.

Therefore, for all sites that have followers interested in the content you provide, it is appropriate to provide an RSS service so that these visitors can follow the content of those sites smoothly and continuously. How do RSS feeds work on websites? The theory of how RSS feeds work is easy and uncomplicated, and here are the most important points that explain to you the mechanism of how RSS works within the site: The RSS system is essentially XML-type files that are generated within the server on which the site is located. Articles or updates published on the site are stored in the form of (title + short description + link). There are many copies and versions of RSS feeds, and each copy has advantages over the other. The website’s RSS feeds are updated on a regular basis, perhaps every hour, every day, or week, and the update rate varies depending on the service provider and the version of RSS used. RSS feeds can be created manually, or through one of the programs specialized in that. The reader can view the content of the RSS feeds and read them using one of the following: The programs used to read it, which we will talk about in the article. How does a visitor subscribe to the RSS service? Subscribing to the RSS service is very easy for the visitor, as when the visitor goes to the desired site, he will look for the RSS icon or perhaps the famous icon logo in this way. The visitor clicks on the icon (provided that the site has already generated RSS files), thus converting the visitor to confirming the subscription to RSS feeds using his favorite program: The picture above shows the box for confirming subscription to RSS feeds for someone Websites, which provide options for the visitor so that he can choose from them regarding his favorite programs or service for reading RSS feeds. There are many free services and programs to subscribe to RSS feeds and read them continuously.

Among the most famous services for reading RSS feeds, for example, are the Feedly website and the Newsblur website, and there is also the RSS reader extension in the Google Chrome browser, which is used to read feeds. Once the visitor clicks on his favorite service to read RSS feeds, he will be able to log into his personal account on that service, and read all the feeds of the sites he follows. The experience of subscribing to the RSS service for a WordPress site in Arabic. We will mention a simple example that shows you how to subscribe to the RSS service for a WordPress site in Arabic, which you always find provides you with high-quality content that contributes to increasing your informational knowledge about WordPress.

You can access one of the services for reading RSS feeds, let it be, for example, the Feedly service. Then, once you enter the service link, you will be asked for the link of the site you want to subscribe to its RSS feeds. Here we have entered the link to the WordPress website in Arabic (www.wpar.net), as you can see in the following image. After writing the site link, the RSS feeds provided by the site will appear in front of you, which you can subscribe to by clicking the Follow button: Immediately after subscribing to the feed, you will notice the feeds appearing in your account continuously with every update made to them: Generating the RSS service for WordPress website owners WordPress generates RSS feeds by default without your intervention, and you can enter the following path to view the RSS feeds for any WordPress site: https://www.examle.com/feed/l with Replace www.example.com with your website link.