Title: RSS Blogroll Author: pantsonhead Published: August 21, 2009 Last modified: August 2, 2015 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/rss-blogroll/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1223204) # RSS Blogroll By [pantsonhead](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pantsonhead/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/rss-blogroll.zip) * [Details](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/rss-blogroll/#description) * [Reviews](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/rss-blogroll/#reviews) * [Installation](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/rss-blogroll/#installation) * [Development](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/rss-blogroll/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rss-blogroll/) ## Description I don’t really like Blogrolls, I think they’re often not much more than glorified link dumps. I don’t like how they give you nothing more than the Blog title, and unless that title really grabs your attention, you’re never gonna click it. I don’t like how they are often just a static list, commonly out of date, that you learn to ignore after the first 4 page views. In their current format, they just appear to be a great waste of space. This is why I decided to create the RSS Blogroll plugin. RSS Blogroll allows you to link to your favourite blogs via the latest items from their RSS/Atom feed. Article titles are much more attention grabbing and will deliver much higher quality traffic. We all hate clicking through to abandoned blogs – displaying article publication dates also lets readers know these are up to date and active sites. Many of us want to direct some of our traffic to related sites. RSS Blogroll will create deeplinks to the target sites, which are much more useful for SEO than homepage links. Overall it’s a win-win situation with a better browsing experience for users and the linked sites getting more visitors who are actually interested in their content. ## Screenshots * [[ * Example implementation * [[ * Widget options ## Installation 1. Upload `rss-blogroll.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory of your WordPress installation 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. The RSS Blogroll widget can now be configured and used from the Appearance -> Widgets menu ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1228b5792d79381cef83be48cd141c2d6b6916d6ac0485a3d624fcf9b384efb8? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Not working w 6.9](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-w-6-9/)󠁿 [drf5n](https://profiles.wordpress.org/drf5n/) December 20, 2025 Not working with wordpress version 6.9. After install, I had to move/delete wp-content/ plugins/rss-blogroll before wrdpress would run again. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/65930272b6ab13f8e2c10ddf429f380b467353259e1958d2b6422d2789048bf7? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works in WordPress 5.5.3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-in-wordpress-5-5-3/)󠁿 [wdbeal59](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wdbeal59/) November 26, 2020 I am using WordPress 5.5.3 running the Twenty Ten theme. It works quite well so far and am giving it 5 Stars. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3ea7f8e756493f5729ff9b583efa6b5f86cf8b1b54e22f3dd51cb81d6497753a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Not working !](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-2013/)󠁿 [citymakyd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/citymakyd/) February 8, 2017 Its not work for me.Sorry 🙁 [ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rss-blogroll/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “RSS Blogroll” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ pantsonhead ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pantsonhead/) [Translate “RSS Blogroll” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/rss-blogroll) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/rss-blogroll/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/rss-blogroll/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/rss-blogroll/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/rss-blogroll/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### v0.4 2015-08-02 * Fixed Undefined variable PHP Notice * Tested up to: 4.2.3 #### v0.3 2012-09-18 * Fixed documentation errors. #### v0.2 2011-06-15 * Fixed issues highlighted by debugging mode. #### v0.1 2009-08-21 * Initial release ## Meta * Version **0.4** * Last updated **11 years ago** * Active installations **100+** * WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.2.39** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/rss-blogroll/) * Tags * [blogroll](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/blogroll/)[rss](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/rss/) [sidebar](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sidebar/)[widget](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/) * [Advanced View](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/rss-blogroll/advanced/) ## Ratings 2.3 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rss-blogroll/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rss-blogroll/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rss-blogroll/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rss-blogroll/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 2 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rss-blogroll/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rss-blogroll/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rss-blogroll/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ pantsonhead ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pantsonhead/) ## Support Got something to say? 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