Super RSS Reader · Version history
Super RSS Reader changelog and version history
- Latest version
- 5.6
- Oct 20, 2026 (19 days ago)
- Releases
- 33
- since 2012
- In the last year
- 3
- about one every 159 days
- Tested up to
- WordPress 7.1.4
- PHP 5.3 or later
Releases each year
- 20123 releases
- 20133 releases
- 20141 release
- 20171 release
- 20181 release
- 20205 releases
- 20215 releases
- 20226 releases
- 20233 releases
- 20241 release
- 20252 releases
- 20262 releases
20262 releases
Super RSS Reader 5.6Latest
- New: Option to serve thumbnail images through Serveproxy.
- Fix: Support for WordPress 7.1.
Super RSS Reader 5.5
- New: Option to set thumbnail crop position for feed thumbnail images.
- Fix: Support for WordPress 7.0.
20252 releases
Super RSS Reader 5.4
- Fix: Handle crash with WordPress 6.9 and latest SimplePie version.
Super RSS Reader 5.3
- New: Option to choose between media sizes from the feed.
20241 release
Super RSS Reader 5.2
- Fix: Order whole RSS feed by date.
- Fix: Handle null returns.
20233 releases
Super RSS Reader 5.1
- Fix: Enhancements to pick thumbnail from srcsets and skip remote relative thumbnails.
- Fix: Comment user avatar is added to comments RSS feed.
Super RSS Reader 5.0
- New: Option to show/hide feed item title.
- New: Option to link description text with the feed item URL.
- New: Option to offset/skip RSS feed items.
- New: Option to set different width and height for the thumbnail.
- Fix: Additional ellipsis are now stripped from the description text.
Super RSS Reader 4.9
- New: Option to set fixed height for the feed with scrollbar.
- New: RSS feeds are now fetched with Chrome user agent.
- Fix: <b> tag is now included in the rich text description.
20226 releases
Super RSS Reader 4.8.1
- Fix: Minor enhancements to Modern 2 color theme.
- New: Support for WordPress 6.1
Super RSS Reader 4.8
- New: Color theme (Modern 2).
Super RSS Reader 4.7
- New: Support for lazy loading is enabled for thumbnails.
- New: WordPress requirement is updated.
- Fix: Enhancements to widget form and feed output sanitization.
Super RSS Reader 4.6
- New: Option to choose timezone for the date of feed items.
- Fix: Set default link URL when feed item has no link.
- Fix: Break tags are retained in the feed description.
Super RSS Reader 4.5
- New: Display feed item date in relative format.
- Fix: Minor enhancements to widget admin UI.
Super RSS Reader 4.4.1
- Fix: All feed items were displayed when “Order by” is selected as “default”
20215 releases
Super RSS Reader 4.4
- New: Option to prefer full content or summary to display as feed description.
- New: Default ordering option.
- New: Option to change no feed item text.
- Fix: Bug with select field in widget form.
- Fix: Read more link being displayed when description is empty.
Super RSS Reader 4.3
- New: Option to order/sort feed items by date, random.
- New: Filter hook to customize thumbnail URL.
Super RSS Reader 4.2
- Fix: Ticker sometimes gets stuck when browser tab is switched or not viewed.
- New: Featured image is automatically inserted into local RSS feed to show as thumbnail if the post has no image in it.
Super RSS Reader 4.1
- New: Option to change date format
- New: Date will now be in the same language as the site.
- New: Option to set default thumbnail image if not present.
- New: Filter hook to customize the feed item’s HTML.
Super RSS Reader 4.0.1
- Fix: Added hover style for the tabs and on active style when no theme is selected.
- New: Tested with WordPress 5.6
20205 releases
Super RSS Reader 4.0
- New: Reliable thumbnails. Thumbnails will now be taken from multiple places like feed content.
- New: Thumbnail positions (align left, right and cover mode) and size can be changed.
- New: Widget options are now more refined, easy to find and use.
- New: Plugin is now translation ready.
- New: noreferrer added to the feed links.
- New: Stripe of feed items is now done using CSS class srr-stripe instead of even.
- New: Introducing PRO version.
Super RSS Reader 3.2
- Fix: Read more link not present
- New: Widgets settings is now clean and easy to use.
- New: Thumbnail and description can now be displayed separately.
- New: Description and title text are now trimmed by “words” instead of “characters”.
- New: Enable ticker option is now replaced with Display type.
- Fix: Refactor code.
- Fix: Undefined index notice upon saving the widget.
Super RSS Reader 3.1
- Fix: Settings not being saved.
- New: Updated the ticker library to the latest.
- Fix: Added cache buster to JS and CSS files.
- Fix: Upon tab change, sometimes ticker height gets to 0;
Super RSS Reader 3.0
- New: Plugin code is refactored.
- New: Options are reorganized for easy configuration.
- Fix: Minor UI changes.
- Fix: Certain PHP notices on saving widget settings.
Super RSS Reader 2.8
- New: jQuery ticker script is now loaded locally.
- Fix: Minor style adjustments to the admin widget.
20181 release
Super RSS Reader 2.7
- New: Support for “no follow” attribute in links.
- Fix: Readme with updated FAQ.
20171 release
Super RSS Reader 2.6
20141 release
Super RSS Reader 2.5
20133 releases
Super RSS Reader 2.4
Super RSS Reader 2.3
Super RSS Reader 2.2
20123 releases
Super RSS Reader 2.1
Super RSS Reader 2.0
Super RSS Reader 0.8
Questions about Super RSS Reader’s releases
What is the latest version of Super RSS Reader?
5.6, released on Oct 20, 2026 (2 weeks ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 5.3 or later.
How often is Super RSS Reader updated?
3 releases in the last year, about one every 159 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from April 2012.
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Start freeRelease dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Super RSS Reader’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.