How to create a rss feed for custom post types in wordpress

1. How to create a RSS feed for Custom Post Types in Wordpress
Wordpress has a default feed that looks something like this –
http://www.yoursite.co.za/feed/ and this feed serves any posts
you make.
But for developers that prefer to make use of custom post types, it
becomes a whole new ballgame. And that is exactly what
happened to me. I am busy creating a site
www.careerexpress.co.za where I make use of custom post types
for portfolios as well as open positions or opportunities.
Off course I would like to give my prospective clients the ability to
subscribe to the new portfolios and positions as the get added to
the site.
After a lot of trial and error I made my first successful RSS feed for Custom Post Types in Wordpress.
Step 1 – Determine the link to the Custom Post Type
In my case the Custom Post Type (always use the slug and not the name) is “openposition”.
Step 2 – Create the Custom Post Type RSS Feed URL
If you want a RSS feed directly for the Custom Post Type you will create the following link.
http://www.yoursite.co.za/feed/?post_type=yourcustomposttype
For my site the link will look like this:
http://www.careerexpress.co.za/feed/?post_type=openposition
You can add this feed either to Feedburner or FeedBlitz (which by the way allows you to earn
revenue from your feeds). Or you can add it to your RSS Feed widget in Wordpress.
Usually when we create Custom Post Types, we have Taxonomies going with each Custom Post Type
with Taxonomy Categories. To add a taxonomy to your feed do the following (please note the
difference in the URL):
Step 1 – Determine the full URL to the Taxonomy and Category
The URL should look something like this: http://www.yoursite.co.za/taxonomy/category/
For my site the link will look like this:
http://www.careerexpress.co.za/openpositions/freelancing/
Step 2 – Create the Custom Post Type RSS Feed with Taxonomy
Add the following to your Custom Post Type and Taxonomy URL:
feed/?post_type=taxonomy&taxonomycategory=category
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Cell: 084 603 5131 ~ Fax: 086 696 1890 ~ Skype: maryke_anne1

2. Your feed should now look something like this:
http://www.yoursite.co.za/taxonomy/taxonomycategory/feed/feed/?post_type=taxonomy&taxono
mycategory=category
My site has a taxonomy ‘openpositions’ and under this it has different categories such as
‘accounting’ and ‘freelancing’. In this case I am going to use ‘freelancing’ as the category.
This is what my RSS feed for my Custom Post Type with Taxonomy and Category looks like.
http://www.careerexpress.co.za/openpositions/freelancing/feed/?post_type=openposition&openp
ositions=freelancing
You can add this feed either to Feedburner or FeedBlitz (which by the way allows you to earn
revenue from your feeds). Or you can add it to your RSS Feed widget in Wordpress.
6 Van Zyl Street, Klerksdorp, 2571 ~ www.freelanceexpress.co.za ~ admin@freelanceexpress.co.za
Cell: 084 603 5131 ~ Fax: 086 696 1890 ~ Skype: maryke_anne1