Another FeedBurner Plugin Update
A few people were experiencing issues with the update to the FeedBurner plugin for WordPress, so I’ve revamped the way it does the redirection. If you’re experiencing any issues with the v2 plugin, deactivate your current plugin, download the latest version, upload the new file, reactivate the plugin, and walk through the setup procedure again.
I thought now would be a good time to explain what this plugin actually does. Whether you’re using it for WordPress 1.5 or 2.0, the basic concept is the same. It’s all slight of hand using your .htaccess file. First, we create a redirection from a random /feed_XXXXX url to your real site feed. The second step involves redirecting any traffic that would normally go to your feed (any /feed/rss2, /?feed=atom, etc.) to your FeedBurner url. Thats it. No files are created, no directories added… it’s all about redirection. Magic.
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Published January 07, 2006 by:
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Thanks for pressing on with these updates, Steve. The FeedBurner team (and especially our WordPress-based publishers) appreciates it!
January 7th, 2006
No problem Matt. You know, you guys aren’t that far from me. Maybe I’ll have to drive up to Chicago sometime soon to visit you guys. Perhaps you could buy me a drink!
January 7th, 2006
Steve,
I just started using WP and have a quick question regarding your Feedburner Plugin. Whenever I try to validate my feed through Feedburner, I get a 404 error. The source feed that is generated on the WP Options > Feedburner page doesn’t exist on the server side. Am I missing something?
SB
January 8th, 2006
Scott: Have you downloaded the most recent files? First, try downloading and updating your plugin. If you’re still having trouble, start a thread over at groups.orderedlist.com with your issues. Thanks.
January 8th, 2006
Thanks for the update on this useful plug-in!
January 8th, 2006
Wonderful, works prefectly again. Thanks for your hard work Steve.
January 9th, 2006
i just found out about this plugin last week when a friend of mine asked me about feedburner. i decided to try it out on my wp2.0 installation. i got the 404 errors like a lot of other people. tonight i downloaded this updated version, followed the directions included, and it works like a charm!
thanks steve!
January 9th, 2006
Joe: Glad to hear you got it working.
Also, I think that it’s interesting to note that with the latest version, you don’t technically need the special URL for FeedBurner. It does the redirection based on the FeedBurner User Agent. Pretty cool.
January 9th, 2006
I really like the plugin, but I noticed that when things access:
http://brainwagon.org/feed/rss2
It gets redirected to my feedburner feed, but if they access (as many of them do)
http://brainwagon.org/feed/rss2/
(note the trailing slash) they are not redirected. Is this something peculiar to me, or is this a problem?
January 11th, 2006
I am possibly having a few problems.
I am trying to diagnose a problem with my feed (according to Bloglines and FeedBulletin) but when I go to the plugin-generated URL for the feed in Firefox, I don’t see the raw RSS XML, rather I get what I would see if I navigate to http://www.thenewsbeforethenews.com
January 11th, 2006
Thanks for the plugin!
January 12th, 2006
I’m using the latest version (2.02) on a Wordpress blog sitting in a sub-directory. When I activate the plugin and test the URL, I’m redirected to the wwwroot/feed/, which doesn’t exist.
Am I missing something?
January 12th, 2006
Works perfectly now! Thanks Steve.
January 12th, 2006
Cliff: Can you start a thread over at groups.orderedlist.com? We can work on the issue over there. Thanks.
January 12th, 2006