Title: Custom Messages In RSS Feed
Author: Keral Patel
Published: <strong>March 9, 2013</strong>
Last modified: June 18, 2026

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# Custom Messages In RSS Feed

 By [Keral Patel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/keralpatel/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/custom-messages-in-rss-feed.1.2.zip)

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 * [Development](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/custom-messages-in-rss-feed/#developers)

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## Description

Custom Messages In RSS Feed lets you append or prepend any text or HTML to every
item in your blog’s RSS feed.

It is handy when your content is syndicated without proper credit: add a copyright
notice, a “the post first appeared on…” source link, or a small logo or icon that
links back to your site so the attribution travels with your content.

Everything is configured from a single settings page at **Settings → Message In 
RSS Feed**.

**Features**

 * Add a custom message to the start or the end of each feed item.
 * Plain text or HTML — insert links, images, or a blog logo.
 * HTML is sanitized automatically, so unsafe tags and scripts can never reach your
   feed.
 * Lightweight: no database tables, no front-end assets, just two small options.

### Usage

Open **Settings → Message In RSS Feed**, type the text or HTML you want to add, 
choose whether it appears at the start or the end of each feed item, and save. The
message is then added to every item in your RSS feed.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `custom-messages-in-rss-feed` folder to your `/wp-content/plugins/` 
    directory, or install it directly from the WordPress plugin directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the **Plugins** screen in WordPress.
 3. Go to **Settings → Message In RSS Feed** to set your message and choose where it
    appears.

## FAQ

### How is this useful?

If people syndicate your RSS feed without giving credit, you can embed your copyright
notice and an attribution link in every item so the credit goes wherever your content
goes.

### Can I use HTML?

Yes. You can add links, a blog logo, or basic formatting. For safety, scripts and
other unsafe markup are stripped automatically when you save and again when the 
feed is generated.

### Where does the message appear?

It is added to the content of each item in your RSS feed (both full-content and 
excerpt feeds), either before or after the post content depending on the position
you choose.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Custom Messages In RSS Feed” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Keral Patel ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/keralpatel/)

[Translate “Custom Messages In RSS Feed” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/custom-messages-in-rss-feed)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-messages-in-rss-feed/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/custom-messages-in-rss-feed/),
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## Changelog

#### 1.2

 * Fixed: the custom message now saves and redisplays correctly. The settings field
   previously used the wrong escaping function, which could mangle messages that
   contained quotes or HTML.
 * Security: the saved message is sanitized with `wp_kses_post()` on save and on
   output; the position value is validated against a fixed list.
 * Changed: the admin menu now registers with a clean page slug and the standard`
   manage_options` capability instead of exposing the plugin file path and a role
   name.
 * Changed: removed the duplicate plugin header from the secondary file so the plugin
   no longer appears twice on the Plugins screen.
 * New: the message field is now a multi-line editor, making it easy to paste and
   edit longer HTML snippets.
 * Improved: internationalized strings and general code clean-up.
 * Compatibility: tested up to WordPress 7.0.

#### 1.1

 * Added the option to place the message at the start or the end of the feed item.

#### 1.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.2**
 *  Last updated **3 weeks ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.6 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0**
 *  PHP version ** 7.0 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-messages-in-rss-feed/)
 * Tags
 * [attribution](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/attribution/)[copyright](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/copyright/)
   [custom message](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-message/)[feed](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/feed/)
   [rss](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/rss/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/custom-messages-in-rss-feed/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Keral Patel ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/keralpatel/)

## Support

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