Prior to version 2.8 of WordPress (and since version 1.5), if you wanted an RSS feed on your WP website you would use wp_rss() ... and it works fine. However, support for the very fast and reliable SimplePie
library was added in version 2.8 - and it's a far better option. This article will show you how to added a feed to your WordPress website (with only basic options) and cache the result with the WordPress transient API.
What is an RSS feed? RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, blogs, and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it. All WordPress websites usually have an RSS feed available by default.
The Result
Using the shortcode of [rss feed="http://www.beliefmedia.com/feed" size="3"]
we'll render the three latest posts from this website. The result is as follows:
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The last three results (without description) from our neglected FLIGHT website may be returned with the shortcode of [rss feed="http://www.flight.org/feed" size="3" heading="h5" excerpt="0"]
. The result:
Error. Visit the feed here.
Using our textbox shortcode we can wrap a feed (this time our YouTube RSS feed) with the following result:
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Shortcode Attributes
The following shortcode attributes are available:
feed
http://www.beliefmedia.com/feed
.size
excerpt
excerpt="30"
(where 30 is the number of words to return). To disable the excerpt, use excerpt="0"
.more
more
text is the trailing dots or other characters of your choosing.date
date="1"
(default). To disable, use date="0"
.datecss
font-weight: normal
by default.dateformat
dateformat="jS M Y"
. All available date options are listed in the PHP manual 
heading
h4
tags by default.list
list="0"
.target
cache

WordPress Shortcode
Copy and paste the WordPress function into your theme's functions.php
file or, if you sensibly have one installed, your custom functions plugin.
If you require shortcode to work in a sidebar widget, you'll have to enable the functionality with a filter. If you're using our custom functions plugin, you'll have that feature enabled by default.
Considerations
- This function is ported from the now retired Internoetics with only minor modifications. It could do with an update!
Download
Title: Add RSS Feeds to WordPres (WP Shortcode)
Description: A Better Way to Add RSS Feeds to Your WordPress Blog (Using Shortcode).
Download • Version 0.2, 1.3K, zip, Category: WordPress Shortcodes