JEXII-FEEDS
Any RSS or Atom feed, displayed natively in WordPress.
Fetched server-side, rendered as native WP markup. No iframes. No external scripts. No third-party cookies added to your pages.
Three feeds free forever · No credit card required
What it does
Free to start. Two upgrades, clearly labelled.
The free tier is the working foundation. Upgrade for the features that scale with your content.
Free · the complete working foundation
- Add any RSS 2.0 or Atom feed URL
- Display as a native WP list block or with a shortcode
- Author filter: show only posts by specific authors
- Category / tag filter: show only items matching a label
- Configurable item count and excerpt length
- Up to 3 feeds active simultaneously
- Feed items cached server-side — no external calls on page load
- Full HTML in feed items, sanitized through WP’s content filter
Starter adds · auto-refresh + more feeds
Auto-schedule refresh
Set a refresh interval — hourly, every 6 hours, 12 hours, or daily — and feed content updates automatically via WP-Cron. Visitors always see current items without manual cache clearing.
Up to 10 active feeds
Run up to ten feed sources simultaneously: news wires, agency partner blogs, official government feeds, your own staging or preview environment, podcast episode feeds.
Pro adds · AI feed analysis + unlimited feeds
AI feed analysis
AI reads each incoming feed item and adds a structured summary, sentiment tag, and relevance score. Filter your displayed feed by relevance score to show only items that match your site’s topic focus — even if the source feed is broad.
Unlimited feeds
No cap on active feed sources. High-volume aggregators and news portals can pull from dozens or hundreds of sources.
How it works
From install to results, step by step.
Any RSS or Atom feed, displayed natively in WordPress.
01
Add a feed URL
Paste any RSS 2.0 or Atom feed URL into the Jexii Feeds settings. The plugin fetches and validates the feed, shows a preview of the first few items, and activates the feed source.
02
Configure display
Set how many items to show, how long the excerpt should be, and whether to filter by author or category label. The feed uses your theme’s native typography and spacing — no separate widget styles to override.
03
Embed with a shortcode or block
Place [jexii-feed id=”1″] anywhere in content, or use the Jexii Feed block in the Block Editor. The feed renders as native WP markup — no iframes, no JavaScript from the external source.
04
Refresh on schedule (Starter)
Set a refresh interval. WP-Cron fetches fresh items at that interval and updates the cached content. Visitors always see current items; the source feed is fetched server-side, not client-side.
Deeper dive
Fetched server-side. Rendered as native WP markup.
Many feed plugins embed a widget from the source’s own servers. Jexii Feeds fetches the content once, on the server, and renders it as first-party HTML.
No iframes, no external scripts
Feed content is fetched via WP’s HTTP API, parsed, and stored server-side. The visitor’s browser loads first-party HTML — no iframe pointing at the source domain, no JavaScript file loading from an external CDN, no third-party cookies introduced by the embedded widget. Your privacy posture and page performance stay clean.
Sanitized through WP’s content filter
Feed items can contain HTML — headings, links, images, blockquotes, tables. That HTML passes through WP’s wp_kses content filter before render, stripping any unsafe markup while preserving valid formatting.
Works with any valid feed
RSS 2.0 and Atom are the two dominant feed standards — they cover podcasts (RSS 2.0 is the podcast standard), news wires, government data sources, WP blogs, Substack newsletters, Medium publications, and most content management systems.
Who it’s for
Three kinds of site it was built for.
For
News aggregators & curators
Pull official press releases, wire services, partner blogs, or government sources into your site. Combine multiple feeds, filter by category label, and display a curated selection without a separate aggregator subscription.
For
Podcasters
Display your own podcast episodes (or a guest or partner show’s episodes) on any page or post. RSS 2.0 is the standard podcast distribution format — Jexii Feeds reads it natively, with episode title, description, and publish date in your theme’s style.
For
NGOs & reference sites
NASA, NPS, USGS, and most government agencies publish RSS feeds of their public data and announcements. Auto-refresh (Starter) means your site always shows the current advisory or press release without any manual publishing step.
Plans
Feed limits by tier.
Three feeds are free forever. Auto-refresh and more sources come with Starter. AI relevance filtering and unlimited sources unlock at Pro.
| Free | Starter | Pro | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active feeds | 3 | 10 | Unlimited |
| RSS 2.0 + Atom support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shortcode + block output | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Author / category filter | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Server-side caching | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auto-refresh schedule | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI feed analysis | — | — | ✓ |
FAQ
Questions, answered straight.
Does it cache feed content?
Yes. Feed content is fetched and cached server-side using WP’s Transients API. On auto-refresh Starter and Pro, WP-Cron clears and refetches at your configured interval. Visitors never trigger a live fetch to the source — the cached content serves instantly.
Will a slow external feed affect my page load time?
No, because content is cached. The source feed is fetched on the server at refresh time, not on each visitor’s page load. A feed that takes three seconds to respond doesn’t add three seconds to your page load.
Can I display the feed’s images?
Yes, if the feed includes image markup in its content or enclosure fields. RSS 2.0’s tags in the feed item’s content block are both parsed and rendered as native WP
tags.
Does it work with authenticated or private feeds?
Basic HTTP authentication (username/password in the feed URL) is supported. OAuth-protected or cookie-gated feeds are not — those require a browser session to authenticate and can’t be fetched server-side via the standard HTTP API.
What does AI analysis do with feed content?
Pro’s AI analysis reads each incoming feed item and outputs a structured summary, a sentiment classification (positive / neutral / negative), and a relevance score against a topic you define in the feed settings. Items below a minimum relevance score are excluded from the displayed feed.
Any feed. Natively in WordPress.
Pull any RSS or Atom feed into WordPress — no iframes, no external scripts.
Three feeds are free forever. Add auto-refresh and up to 10 sources with Starter. AI relevance filtering and unlimited feeds unlock at Pro. Part of a suite of eight cooperating plugins.
No credit card required · Server-side caching keeps page load fast