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RSS Feed Troubleshooting

Articles under this tag address the practical problems that come up when running RSS-based automation: feeds that stop updating, duplicate posts, encoding issues, and other common failure points. Each piece is written to help you diagnose a specific symptom and find the actual fix, not just a general explanation. This is a good reference tag if something in your automation setup isn't behaving as expected. We aim to be specific about causes and solutions rather than offering vague troubleshooting checklists. Bookmark this tag if you manage an RSS feed that other tools depend on.
CDATA and HTML in RSS Descriptions: Escaping Done Right
Updated: 2026-09-30

Short answer: HTML inside an RSS description or content:encoded element must be either entity-escaped (<p>) or wr...

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Paywalled and Members-Only Content in RSS Auto-Posting
Updated: 2026-09-30

You run a site where some articles are free and others are for paying members. You connect your feed to your social accounts so...

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RSS Auto-Posting Bursts: Publishing Many Posts at Once
Updated: 2026-09-30

Most days your website publishes one or two articles and your feed grows by one or two items. Then comes the day you schedule a...

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How to Stop a Staging Site RSS Feed From Auto-Posting
Updated: 2026-09-30

A staging site RSS feed is one of the quietest ways to embarrass yourself on social media. You clone your website to test a red...

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RSS Feed XML Declaration Error: Fixing Whitespace Before XML
Updated: 2026-09-29

Short answer: The error "XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document" means something is printed before the <?...

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Top 10 RSS Feed Validators and Debugging Tools for Fixing Auto-Posting Issues
Updated: 2026-09-27

A surprising number of auto-posting problems — missing images, dropped items, garbled titles — trace back to a feed that's tech...

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RSS Feed HTTP Status Codes Explained: What 301, 304, 404, and 500 Mean for Auto-Posting
Updated: 2026-09-29

When an RSS feed stops updating on a social account, the actual cause is almost always sitting in an HTTP response header that ...

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Why Does Your Auto-Poster Repost Edited Articles? RSS Feed Update Detection Explained
Updated: 2026-09-29

You fix a typo, update a broken link, or add a clarifying paragraph to a post you published three weeks ago. Ten minutes later,...

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Why Your RSS Feed Auto-Posts the Same Article Twice (Duplicate GUID Fixes)
Updated: 2026-09-29

Nothing erodes trust in an automation setup faster than watching the same article show up twice on your Facebook Page or X time...

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