How to create a separate RSS source for each custom post type in WordPress

Do you want to create a separate RSS feed for each custom post type on your WordPress site?

Custom post types allow site owners to add their own unique content types. These post types can have similar features to posts or pages, including RSS feeds.

In this article, we will show you how to easily create a separate RSS feed for custom post types in WordPress.

Create a separate RSS source for custom post types in WordPress

By default, WordPress generates multiple RSS sources for your website.

For example, all your recent blog posts will appear in your website's main RSS feed. This feed can be accessed by adding /feed/ to your domain name, as shown below:

To view the RSS feed, you simply add /feed/ next to the custom post type archive URL.

Alternatively, you can view the source by adding the post type parameter to the main WordPress RSS source. For example:

Add link to custom post type RSS source

Now that you know how to access RSS feeds for any custom post type on your WordPress website, you can use this URL to create a link to a custom post type source.

For example, you might want to display icons or plain text links on the custom post type archive page so that visitors can easily subscribe to those posts.

The easiest way is to create a separate template for custom post types in a WordPress theme.

For example, if your custom post type is called a movie, you can archive-{post_type}.php create a file in a WordPress theme.

After that, you just need to copy the contents in the archive.php template of the theme and start customizing the new template.

You simply add a pure HTML link to your post type archive source using the following code:

Additional tip: Add a custom post type to your main RSS feed

Custom post type RSS feeds are not easily discovered by feed readers, and most users may find RSS feeds for your website more easily.

This means that users who subscribe to your main RSS feed will miss what you posted in your custom post type.

You can easily resolve this issue by adding content from a custom post type to display in the site's main RSS source.

To do this, you need to add custom code snippets to your WordPress blog. We recommend using WPCode to add custom code snippets in WordPress.

First, you need to install and activate the free WPCode plugin. For more details, see our article on how to install WordPress plug-in.

After activating the plugin, access the Code Snippets » Add Snippets page from the WordPress Management sidebar.

From here, you need to click the Use Code Snippet button under the "Add Custom Code (New Code Snippet)" option.

You will now be directed to the Create Custom Code Snippet page where you can first enter the name of the code snippet.

The name will not be displayed anywhere and is for identification purposes only.

Next, select the PHP Fragment option from the Code Type drop-down menu on the right.

After that, you can add custom code snippets.

Just copy and paste the following code into the code preview box.

Next, you need to scroll back to the top of the page and switch the Inactive switch to Active.

Finally, don't forget to click the "Save Fragment" button to save and execute the code on your WordPress website.

That's it, your custom post type content will now be added to your website's main RSS feed.

We hope this article helps you understand how to create a separate RSS feed for custom post types in WordPress. You may also want to check out our tutorial on optimizing WordPress RSS feeds and our expert selection of the best WordPress RSS plugins.

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