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# Adding external RSS feeds to your WordPress site

> You can quickly and easily add an external RSS feed to your WordPress site. Just follow our easy step-by-step article to learn how!

This article demonstrates how to add an external RSS feed to a WordPress site. RSS (*Rich Site Summary* or *Really Simple Syndication* ) is an open web format that is used to publish updated content. Clients use RSS readers (sometimes also called aggregators) to subscribe to feeds that contain links to the newest content.

A default WordPress installation already has RSS set up for the site entries and comments. However, you can easily add external RSS feed content to your site.

## Adding an external RSS feed

WordPress includes a built-in RSS widget that you can use to add external RSS feeds to your site. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Log in to WordPress as the administrator.

2. Under **Dashboard**, click **Appearance**, and then click **Widgets**.

3. Under **Available Widgets**, click **RSS**.

4. Select where you want the RSS widget to appear:

   * To add the widget to the site's footer, click **Main Widget Area**.

   * To add the widget to the site's sidebar, click **Secondary Widget Area**.

5. Click **Add Widget**. An **RSS** dialog box appears.

6. In the **Enter the RSS feed URL here** text box, type the URL of the RSS feed that you want to add.

7. In the **Give the feed a title** text box, you can optionally add a title that appears above the RSS feed contents.

8. In the **How many items would you like to display?** list box, select how many items from the feed that you want to display.

9. Select the check boxes for any additional content you want to include in the feed.

10. Click **Save**. The RSS feed contents are displayed on your web site.

## More information

For more information about RSS, please visit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rss).