wpsnoop: fix WordPress RSS Feed Retriever plugin conflicts, errors & issues

When the plugin WordPress RSS Feed Retriever conflicts or throws a PHP error we hope wpsnoop can help you to fix the issue quickly.


Discover which shortcodes wp-options PHP functions database tables and files are created by WordPress RSS Feed Retriever, plus learn which plugins and/or themes could be in conflict with WordPress RSS Feed Retriever.


Troubleshooting theme and plugin conflicts is easier when you know what WordPress RSS Feed Retriever leaves behind after uninstalling it from a WordPress installation, there is a list down below for your convenience.

Expert advice is recommended if you are not technically proficient with PHP, MySQL etc. View support options for WordPress RSS Feed Retriever


What does WordPress RSS Feed Retriever version 1.6.5 add to WordPress? Answers Here.

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for WordPress RSS Feed Retriever to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 1.6.5 may have created a different set of shortcodes, used different function names or could have created entirely different database tables to store settings and operate. This is not an exhaustive list but shows how version 1.6.5 of WordPress RSS Feed Retriever behaves when installed and removed on a clean installation of WordPress.

We have not tested individual shortcodes, features or settings of this plugin but instead have concentrated on the potential for obvious errors and conflicts which can occur, if you need help with the plugin in your local installation you can get WordPress help and support for WordPress RSS Feed Retriever by clicking here.

Our testing covered the free version of this plugin there may or may not be a paid version or premium version available for purchase that unlocks additional features and could behave in a slightly or very different manner.

Which new files does WordPress RSS Feed Retriever add to WordPress?

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Type & Path Size Conflicts
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/ 1.56MB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/ 1.54MB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/ajax/ 694.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/ajax/rss-retriever-ajax-request.php 694.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/cache/ 743.89kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/cache/3b1400624dbce440de72bca15342f07d.spc 237.65kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/cache/84a87aa7afbaffb6f39bedcaca9df099.spc 23.89kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/cache/a86cadeeb901400f1fbf37532246815b.spc 24.43kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/cache/bffaaf26d6f99fdf3791f1ccf0b84cde.spc 165.38kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/cache/c2bfbf94d83de96978178f1a355c361f.spc 34.74kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/cache/cfee309e7b3890ea314aa946566f8576.spc 33.49kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/cache/da6218255e13686c008d5db293d0dfd2.spc 49.47kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/cache/f8ad44cd87719082a3b4b2a451f0812d.spc 174.84kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/classes/ 79.47kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/classes/RSS_Retriever_Feed_Item.php 3.41kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/classes/RSS_Retriever_Feed.php 18.68kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/classes/SimpleHTML.php 57.38kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/css/ 1.47kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/css/rss-retriever.css 1.47kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/imgs/ 84.34kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/imgs/ajax-loader.gif 8.58kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/imgs/rss-go-pro.jpg 75.41kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/imgs/rss-icon.svg 352.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/js/ 819.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/js/lib/ No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/js/rss-retriever-ajax.js 819.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/ 658.02kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/ 658.02kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/autoloader.php 2.79kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/composer.json 847.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/db.sql 861.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/idn/ 109.47kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/idn/idna_convert.class.php 37.54kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/idn/LICENCE 25.89kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/idn/npdata.ser 41.38kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/idn/ReadMe.txt 4.66kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/ 538.80kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie.php 93.21kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/ 445.59kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Author.php 3.49kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Cache.php 4.27kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Cache/ 38.68kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Cache/Base.php 3.35kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Cache/DB.php 4.60kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Cache/File.php 4.19kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Cache/Memcache.php 4.81kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Cache/Memcached.php 5.27kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Cache/MySQL.php 12.67kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Cache/Redis.php 3.77kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Caption.php 4.39kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Category.php 3.87kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Content/ 7.94kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Content/Type/ 7.94kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Content/Type/Sniffer.php 7.94kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Copyright.php 3.27kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Core.php 2.20kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Credit.php 3.62kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Decode/ 16.88kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Decode/HTML/ 16.88kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Decode/HTML/Entities.php 16.88kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Enclosure.php 26.82kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Exception.php 2.12kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/File.php 10.09kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/gzdecode.php 8.35kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/HTTP/ 10.61kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/HTTP/Parser.php 10.61kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/IRI.php 28.22kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Item.php 97.13kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Locator.php 12.53kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Misc.php 51.12kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Net/ 7.38kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Net/IPv6.php 7.38kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Parse/ 19.25kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Parse/Date.php 19.25kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Parser.php 27.42kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Rating.php 3.35kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Registry.php 5.83kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Restriction.php 3.69kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Sanitize.php 16.07kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Source.php 20.04kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/XML/ 6.96kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/XML/Declaration/ 6.96kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/XML/Declaration/Parser.php 6.96kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/LICENSE.txt 1.50kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/README.markdown 3.80kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/welcome-screen.php 7.90kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/readme.txt 11.96kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/wp-rss-retriever.php 4.03kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does WordPress RSS Feed Retriever add to WordPress?

ShortCode   Known Plugin or Theme conflicts
[wp_rss_retriever] The wp_rss_retriever shortcode doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Note: We have not yet checked to see if these shortcodes work as expected in pages, posts, sidebar widgets, or when set as the page title, in content, in the excert, in menus or anywhere else within a WordPress installation. A shortcode could produce errors due to parameters added when it is used, or if the plugin is updated and the format of the shortcode has changed.

Which new database tables are created by the WordPress plugin WordPress RSS Feed Retriever?

Which new options are added to the wp-options table by WordPress RSS Feed Retriever?

Option Name   Known Conflicts
wp_rss_cache Potential conflict with 1 plugin or theme

During use WordPress RSS Feed Retriever may or may not create more options depending on how the plugin is configured and depending on which other themes and plugins are active in your specific hosting environment.

What new PHP functions does WordPress RSS Feed Retriever declare when it is active?

Function   Conflicts Common Errors
rss_retriever_ajax_request 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare rss_retriever_ajax_request()
wp_rss_retriever_activate 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_rss_retriever_activate()
wp_rss_retriever_add_action_links 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_rss_retriever_add_action_links()
wp_rss_retriever_add_thumbnail_to_rss 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_rss_retriever_add_thumbnail_to_rss()
wp_rss_retriever_css_js 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_rss_retriever_css_js()
wp_rss_retriever_debug 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_rss_retriever_debug()
wp_rss_retriever_do_activation_redirect 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_rss_retriever_do_activation_redirect()
wp_rss_retriever_error 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_rss_retriever_error()
wp_rss_retriever_examples 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_rss_retriever_examples()
wp_rss_retriever_func 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_rss_retriever_func()
wp_rss_retriever_load_textdomain 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_rss_retriever_load_textdomain()
wp_rss_retriever_pages 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_rss_retriever_pages()
wp_rss_retriever_pro_ad 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_rss_retriever_pro_ad()
wp_rss_retriever_remove_menus 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_rss_retriever_remove_menus()
wp_rss_retriever_welcome 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_rss_retriever_welcome()
wp_rss_retriever_welcome_header 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_rss_retriever_welcome_header()

Using WordPress RSS Feed Retriever from the command line with WP-CLI

The following commands are provided for convenience and should only be used if you understand how WP-CLI works. These commands refer to a single WordPress instance and may need to be modified if you are working with a Multisite installation.


How to install WordPress RSS Feed Retriever from the command line with WP-CLI

Navigate to the root of your WordPress installation and type the following command:

wp plugin install wp-rss-retriever


How to activate WordPress RSS Feed Retriever from the command line with WP-CLI

To immediately activate WordPress RSS Feed Retriever after WP-CLI downloads the latest version you can use the following command:

wp plugin install wp-rss-retriever --activate


How to reinstall WordPress RSS Feed Retriever from the command line with WP-CLI

To force a reinstallation of WordPress RSS Feed Retriever which overwrites the current plugin without asking for confirmation you can use the following command:

wp plugin install wp-rss-retriever --force


How to update WordPress RSS Feed Retriever to the latest version from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin update wp-rss-retriever


How to delete WordPress RSS Feed Retriever from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin delete wp-rss-retriever

Where can you download earlier versions of WordPress RSS Feed Retriever?

Whenever possible you should use the latest version of plugins and themes, however if you have recently updated and discovered that you need to install an earlier version you may be able to download other versions of WordPress RSS Feed Retriever from the WordPress repository by visiting this link.

Please note that installing earlier versions of a theme or plugin is not generally a recommended course of action for most users and could re-introduce security, stability or other issues in WordPress RSS Feed Retriever

About our testing enviroment

Tests were conducted using Apache 2.4.29, PHP 7.2 on Ubuntu 18.04, MySQL 5.7.33 and WordPress 5.9

It is very possible that different versions of PHP such as PHP 8.0, PHP 7.4, or PHP 7.3 could behave differently with WordPress RSS Feed Retriever. Different versions of WordPress could implement the features of this plugin in slightly different ways as well.