If you have any type of content management system setup, then you should know by now how important your RSS feed is for that Web project of yours. It is a link back for the visitor to your resource, and allows them to know when you have pushed out your latest update or post. Feeds by default are ugly little things though.

So where is the good news? If you’re using WordPress, they do not have to be that way any longer.

Feed Styler is a plugin for WordPress that allows you to edit the look and design of your RSS feeds. If you are tired of that old boring “code” look, you could always add a few style sheet rules here and there and fancy it up a little. This plugin help you add CSS styles to images, blockquotes, and much more. If you are familiar and know your way around a CSS file, then using this plugin should be no trouble at all.

So how does it work? Here is how the developer describes it:

Feed Styler uses HTML Parser to parse the content HTML. The parsed HTML is then styled. For those curious what the plugin does in the back-end of things, here are three files that will give you a good idea of what the plugin does to your content. Please note that Feed Styler does not permanently modify your content.

So if you are looking for a way to make your RSS feed better looking for the public and you are using WordPress, I would highly suggest giving this plugin a shot.

Tags: wordpress, plugins, styles, rss, feeds