About this plugin
Newsknit RSS pulls articles from any number of RSS/Atom feeds, groups them into named collections (“feed groups”), and displays each group as a filtered, paginated news feed anywhere on your site. Each group has its own list of source feeds, its own keyword filtering rules, its own layout, and its own cache schedule — so you can run, for example, a “Tech” group and a “Sports” group side by side with completely different sources and rules.
Feeds are fetched server-side, cached, scored against your keyword rules, deduplicated, and rendered as a list or grid of article cards with thumbnails and excerpts. Output is available via shortcode, Gutenberg block, classic widget, Elementor widget, WPBakery element, or as the plugin’s own curated RSS output.
Features
- Organize feeds into groups — group your RSS sources by topic and give each group its own settings.
- Filter out what you don’t want — comma-separated keyword lists to boost relevant stories and filter out clickbait or off-topic content.
- List or grid layout — display as a list or card-style grid, sorted by newest first or by relevancy score.
- Load more without reloading the page — numbered pagination or a “Load More” button on desktop; automatic infinite scroll on mobile.
- Filter by source — quick buttons to show articles from just one source at a time.
- Your own RSS feed — every group can be shared as its own clean RSS link at /csrkk-feed/{group-slug}/.
- Fast loading, always up to date — articles are fetched and cached ahead of time on a schedule, so pages load quickly.
- See which feeds are working — an at-a-glance health status for every source feed in a group.
- Refresh with one click — purge a single group’s cache or all caches from settings or the admin toolbar.
- Automatic thumbnails — pulled in from each feed, with a fallback image and optional local thumbnail caching.
- Only show recent articles — set a cutoff date, or default to a rolling 28-day window.
- Article previews — optional excerpts with a configurable length.
- No duplicate stories — automatic deduplication across a group’s feeds.
- Add it anywhere — shortcode, Gutenberg block, classic widget, Elementor widget, or WPBakery element.
- Back up or move your feeds — JSON export/import of your full configuration, plus OPML import/export.