How to Display Someone Else’s Blog’s RSS Feed on Your Blog

Posted by Dawn Baird, Partner on Mar 26, 2008 in social media, technology | 0 comments

I follow several blogs.  And I’d always wondered how to display a simple RSS feed on a WordPress blog to someone else’s blog.  So, having discovered it by accident, I thought I’d share it with you.  It really is very simple.

1. Login to your WordPress blog.
2. Navigate to the blog you like.  You might want to use this one to test it out: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/.
3. Click on Subscribe to RSS Feed.  This redirects you to http://feeds.feedburner.com/guykawasaki/Gypm.
4. Select the URL and click CTRL+C to copy it to your clipboard.
5. Navigate to your Presentation page in the Dashboard area of your blog’s admin.
6. Click Widgets.
7. Drag an RSS widget to the appropriate sidebar.
8. Click CTRL+V to paste the URL into the feed url box.
9. Type a name for the feed.
10. Choose the number of items you would like to display.
11. Close the widget.
12. Click Save Changes >>.
13. View your blog to see the RSS Feed widget displayed in the sidebar of your blog.  If you don’t like its position, return to the Presentation page to amend it.

If you would like some recommendations on some interesting blogs to display on your blog, email me at info@sensei-winbeforehand.co.uk.

The blog you are reading - of course – should be at the top of your list!