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RSS Feed Widget · Version history

RSS Feed Widget changelog and version history

Latest version
4.0.0
Oct 30, 2026 (10 days ago)
Releases
24
since 2020
In the last year
2
about one every 315 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20207 releases
  • 20213 releases
  • 20221 release
  • 20236 releases
  • 20244 releases
  • 20252 releases
  • 20261 release

20261 release

  1. RSS Feed Widget 4.0.0Latest

    • Rebuilt from the ground up for current WordPress (tested with 7.1) and PHP 7.4 to 8.x.
    • Security: removed embedded third-party API tokens; replaced unserialize() of stored data; escaped all output; all feed content is reduced to plain text and cached as plain data; feed fetching uses WordPress’ safe HTTP API and blocks private and reserved addresses; admin actions are capability- and…
    • New: “RSS Feed” Gutenberg block.
    • New: lightweight accessible slider replaces bxSlider; jQuery, Bootstrap and jquery.form are no longer loaded.
    • New: date and feed-name display, “open in new tab” option, autoplay and timing controls.
    • New: shortcode builder, feed tester and cache tools in Settings.
    • New: cached feeds fall back to the last good copy when a feed is down.
    • New: widget now uses the theme’s widget wrapper and title markup.
    • Changed: Facebook Page IDs are no longer supported (they relied on embedded tokens).
    • Changed: shortcode default for number of items is 6.
    • New (Pro): plug-and-play “pro” folder with multi-feed, filters, grid and ticker layouts, auto-import to posts and custom image tag.

20252 releases

  1. RSS Feed Widget 3.0.3

    • Maintenance release.

  2. RSS Feed Widget 3.0.2

    • New: content_display=”linked_title” shortcode option.

20244 releases

  1. RSS Feed Widget 3.0.1

    • Fix: escape REQUEST_URI to prevent reflected XSS in old browsers.

  2. RSS Feed Widget 3.0.0

    • Fix: stored XSS in a shortcode.

  3. RSS Feed Widget 2.9.9

  4. RSS Feed Widget 2.9.8

20236 releases

  1. RSS Feed Widget 2.9.7

  2. RSS Feed Widget 2.9.6

  3. RSS Feed Widget 2.9.5

  4. RSS Feed Widget 2.9.4

  5. RSS Feed Widget 2.9.3

  6. RSS Feed Widget 2.9.2

20221 release

  1. RSS Feed Widget 2.9.1

20213 releases

  1. RSS Feed Widget 2.9.0

  2. RSS Feed Widget 2.8.9

  3. RSS Feed Widget 2.8.8

20207 releases

  1. RSS Feed Widget 2.8.7

  2. RSS Feed Widget 2.8.6

  3. RSS Feed Widget 2.8.5

  4. RSS Feed Widget 2.8.4

  5. RSS Feed Widget 2.8.3

  6. RSS Feed Widget 2.8.2

  7. RSS Feed Widget 2.8.1

Questions about RSS Feed Widget’s releases

What is the latest version of RSS Feed Widget?

4.0.0, released on Oct 30, 2026 (1 week ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is RSS Feed Widget updated?

2 releases in the last year, about one every 315 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from June 2020.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in RSS Feed Widget’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.