JSON Feed (jsonfeed.org)

Description

Adds a JSON Feed to your WordPress site by adding /feed/json to any URL.

The JSON Feed format is a pragmatic syndication format, like RSS and Atom, but with one big difference: it’s JSON instead of XML. Learn more at jsonfeed.org.

Installation

  1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/jsonfeed directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress

FAQ

What is JSONFeed?

JSON Feed, a format similar to RSS and Atom but in JSON. JSON has become the developers’ choice for APIs, and that developers will often go out of their way to avoid XML.
JSON is simpler to read and write, and it’s less prone to bugs.

Can I add other fields to the feed?

Yes you can! There is a filter, json_feed_item, that allows you to modify the items in the feed just before they’re inserted into the feed itself. For example, if you want to add a link to a post author’s archive page to the respective item in the feed, you can use the following code:

`

function wp_custom_json_feed_fields( $feed_item, $post ){
$feed_item[‘author’][‘archive_link’] = get_author_posts_url( $post->post_author );

return $feed_item;

}
add_filter( ‘json_feed_item’, ‘wp_custom_json_feed_fields’, 10, 2);
`

Can I write information to my posts?

This is a syndication format, which means it only represents your posts and comments as feed elements. This is read only, similar to RSS or Atom. It is not an API.

Reviews

Alunsun 4, 2021
What a difference in how our feeds look now. Great work, thank you!
woosun 20, 2017
The plugin does exactly what says on the tin. There are no settings, no Pro version, no ads and no other bells and whistles. Recommended!
nuxwasun 25, 2017
This plugin is simple to install, adds no weight to your site, and does what it says on the tin.
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Contributors & Developers

“JSON Feed (jsonfeed.org)” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

Changelog

1.4.5

  • Sanity check on $max_page
  • Add filter jsonfeed_comments_feed_enable, which if set to false will disable the comments feed header.
  • Add mime type for jsonfeed to filter for W3C Cache Plugin per GitHub issue 67.

1.4.4

  • Fix declaration error

1.4.3

  • Add next_url
  • Add CORS header

1.4.2

  • Update WebSub support

1.4.1

  • Added author field back for compatibility with JSON Feed 1.0.

1.4.0

  • Switch to using GUID for the ID
  • Update to the JSONFeed 1.1 standard
  • Use the RSS versions of title functions to allow these filters to be used

1.3.1

  • Fix attachment array
  • Replace custom function with backcompat of function introduced into Core

1.3.0

  • Add comments template
  • JSONFeed icon now part of repo
  • Allow for multiple attachments
  • Respect summary setting
  • Add support for extra feeds in header

1.2.0

  • dshanske added as a contributor/maintainer
  • Add featured image if set
  • Add site icon if set
  • home_page_url now actually returns the correct URL instead of always returning the homepage of the site
  • Add avatar and URL to author
  • Include site name in feed name in the discovery title
  • Fix issue with timezone not reflecting on date

1.1.2

1.1.1

1.0

  • Initial release