--- title: "How to Show Posts from RSS Feed in Elementor?" url: https://theplusaddons.com/docs/show-posts-from-rss-feed-in-elementor/ date: 2025-11-07 modified: 2026-09-21 lang: en author: "Aditya Sharma" description: "WP RSS Feed is the one Social Feed source that needs no account, no app and no access token. Give it a feed address and it renders the posts. Use..." image: https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/How-to-Show-Posts-from-RSS-Feed-in-Elementor-1024x538.jpg word_count: 1218 --- # How to Show Posts from RSS Feed in Elementor? ## - The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro ships Social Feed only in Pro, and WP RSS Feed needs no account, app, access token, key, or login, only a feed URL. - Social Feed renders RSS posts by setting Source to WP RSS Feed and entering an RSS Feed URL, with Maximum Posts defaulting to 8. - Show Description adds the item text with Text Limit in Extra Options at 100 characters by default and a Show More link, while Load More uses Maximum Posts Display and More Posts On Click/Scroll. - Category Wise Filter does not work with WP RSS Feed, and items with no image show a grey placeholder unless Image From is set to Enclosure or a Fallback Image is added. **WP RSS Feed** is the one **Social Feed** source that needs no account, no app and no access token. Give it a feed address and it renders the posts. Use it for your own blog, another site's feed, a podcast, a partner's news page — anything that publishes RSS. ***Requirement - This widget is a part of The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro, make sure it's installed & activated to enjoy all its powers.*** [LIVE WIDGET LINK](https://theplusaddons.com/elementor-widget/social-feed/?utm_source=tpae&utm_medium=docs&utm_campaign=text) ## Before You Start - **Edition:** **Pro** — **Social Feed** ships only in The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro. With Pro deactivated the widget does not render at all, and there is no free version of it.- **Prerequisite:** [Elementor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/) (free) installed and active.- **Widget to enable:** go to **The Plus Addons > Widgets**, search for **Social Feed** and turn its toggle on.- **Prerequisite:** your server must be able to make outbound HTTPS requests. The feed is fetched **server-side** while the page renders, not by the visitor's browser.- **No account needed:** **WP RSS Feed** is the one source that needs no token, key or login. All it needs is a feed URL. ## Show an RSS feed - Edit the page with Elementor and drag the **Social Feed** widget onto it.- In **Content > Content Feed**, pick a **Layout** (**Grid**, **Masonry** or **Carousel**) and a **Style**.- Open the item under **Social Feeds** and set **Source** to **WP RSS Feed**.- Put the feed address into **RSS Feed URL**. Any valid feed will do — a WordPress site's is usually its address with **/feed/** on the end.- Set **Maximum Posts** to how many items you want. The default is **8**. ![The Content Feed section with Layout, Style and the Social Feeds repeater.](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/socialfeed-content.webp) That is the whole setup. Everything below is optional shaping of the card. ## What goes on the card | Setting | What it does | Default | | ------- | ------------ | ------- | | **Maximum Posts** | How many items to show. 1 to 500. | 8 | | **Offset Post** | Skip this many items from the top of the feed. | 0 | | **Show Image** | Show a picture on the card. | On | | **Image From** | **Content** takes the first image out of the item body; **Enclosure** uses the feed's enclosure tag. | Content | | **Fallback Image** | Used when the item has no image. | none | | **Show Title** | Show the item title. | On | | **Add Post URL to Title** | Make the title a link to the original post. | Off | | **Title Tag** | The heading level the title is rendered as. | h3 | | **Fallback Title** | Used when an item has no title. | empty | | **Show Description** | Show the item's text. | Off | | **Show Author Name** | Show who wrote it. | On | | **Show Author Image** | Show an avatar beside the name. | On | | **Show Timestemps** | Show when it was published, as a relative time. The spelling is the plugin's. | On | | **Show RSS Icon** | Put an RSS mark on each card. | Off | ![Eight posts from a public WordPress.org RSS feed, four to a row, each with title, author and a relative time.](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/socialfeed-result-rss.webp) ## Longer cards and a Load More button - Turn **Show Description** on and the card gains the item's text, trimmed by **Text Limit** in **Extra Options** (100 characters by default) with a **Show More** link after it.- In **Load More/Lazy Load Option**, set **More Post Loading Options** to **Load More**. **Maximum Posts Display** decides how many cards appear first and **More Posts On Click/Scroll** how many arrive per click.- **Columns Manage** sets how many cards fit a row. The defaults are **Column 4** on desktop, **Column 3** on tablet and **Column 2** on mobile. ## How It Behaves - **A feed URL and nothing else is enough.** With just **Source** and **RSS Feed URL** filled in, eight posts rendered four to a row, each with its title, its author's name and a relative timestamp such as *3 days ago*.- **Show Description adds the excerpt and a Show More link**, not the whole article.- **Load More adds exactly what you configured.** Four cards on load, one click, eight cards.- **Items with no picture fall back to a grey placeholder** rather than collapsing the card.- **The feed is read by your server** when the page renders, so the posts are already in the HTML. ## Limitations - **Category Wise Filter does not work with WP RSS Feed.** The panel says so itself, in a note under **Filter Option**. **Category (For Filter)** is also hidden inside an RSS feed item.- **The Maximum Posts and Offset Post fields inside a feed item only affect WP RSS Feed.** They are shown whatever **Source** you pick, but the widget reads them only on the RSS path. For every other source the count control is **Max Results** (default **6**), further down the same item.- **Offset Post ships at 0 but its own minimum is 1.** 0 means no offset; once you change the field it will not accept anything below 1.- **Items with no image in the feed show a grey placeholder.** Many feeds put no picture in the item body at all. Set a **Fallback Image** if you would rather show something of your own, or switch **Image From** to **Enclosure** if the feed uses enclosure tags.- **The toggle really is spelled "Show Timestemps".** That is the plugin's spelling, not a typo on this page — search for it as written.- **The feed is fetched on your server, and cached.** Nothing is requested from the visitor's browser, so a feed that works on one host can fail on another that blocks outbound requests. **Refresh Time** (default **1 day**) decides how often the request is repeated.- **Image From has two usable options.** **Content** and **Enclosure**. If the feed puts its picture somewhere else, neither will find it — use **Fallback Image**. ## Not verified So you know exactly what has and has not been checked: - **Image From = Enclosure.** Only **Content** was exercised; the test feed carries its images in the item body.- **Fallback Image and Fallback Title.** Neither was set during testing, so their behaviour comes from the control's own wording.- **What the button says once everything is loaded.** After the last click it still read **Loading...** rather than the configured **All Posts Loaded Text**. That was one observation on one feed, so treat it as unconfirmed.- **Lazy Load.** Only **Load More** was exercised; the **Lazy Load** branch of **More Post Loading Options** was not.- **Performance, Save Data, Delete and Refresh Time.** The cached-feed path was never exercised — what is written here about it comes from the panel's own notes and defaults.- **On Post Click, FancyBox, the two scrolling bars and Text Limit.** Labels and defaults only; no click-through was measured.- **Styles 2, 3 and 4, and the Style tab as a whole.** Only **Style 1** and **Style 2** were rendered, and no styling control other than **Unique Carousel ID** was exercised.- **Responsive behaviour.** Only one 390px load of the grid was checked; the tablet and mobile column and gap settings were not exercised one by one. ## Troubleshooting ### Nothing renders at all Open the **RSS Feed URL** in a browser tab first. If it does not return XML, the widget has nothing to read. If it does, your server is probably not allowed to make outbound requests — ask your host. ### The cards have no pictures Most feeds do not put an image in the item body. Try **Image From** = **Enclosure**, and set a **Fallback Image** for the rest. ### The titles are not clickable Turn **Add Post URL to Title** on. It is off by default. ### There is no Category (For Filter) field, and the filter does not work Both are expected for this source. **Category Wise Filter** is not compatible with the RSS feed, and the panel says so under **Filter Option**. ### The feed is showing yesterday's posts The response is cached on the schedule in **Refresh Time** (default **1 day**). Shorten it, or clear the stored copy with **Performance > Delete**. ## Related Docs - [Social Feed Elementor Widget: Settings Overview](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/social-feed-elementor-widget/)- [How to Create a Multi-Social Media Wall Feed in Elementor?](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/create-a-multi-social-media-wall-feed-in-elementor/)- [How to Connect Social Feed Carousel with Remote Carousel?](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/connect-social-feed-carousel-with-remote-carousel/) ## Frequently Asked Questions **Q: What do I need before showing an RSS feed in Elementor?** A: The key requirement is the Pro version of The Plus Addons for Elementor, because Social Feed ships only in The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro. Elementor itself also needs to be installed and active, and your server must allow outbound HTTPS requests because the feed is fetched server-side when the page renders. That setup matters because the visitor’s browser is not doing the fetch, so host-level request blocking can stop the feed even when the URL is valid. **Q: Can I use an RSS feed without an account or access token?** A: WP RSS Feed is the one Social Feed source that needs no account, app, key, login, or access token. It only needs a feed URL, which makes it useful for a blog, another site’s feed, a podcast, or a partner’s news page. The practical upside is that setup is much lighter than social sources that depend on authentication, but the feed still has to be reachable from your server. **Q: Why are my RSS cards showing no pictures?** A: Most feeds do not put an image in the item body, so empty cards are usually a feed-content issue rather than a widget bug. The widget can pull images from Content or Enclosure, and if neither works you can set a Fallback Image. That gives you control over how missing media looks instead of letting cards feel unfinished or inconsistent across posts. **Q: How do I make RSS titles clickable in Elementor?** A: The title link is controlled by Add Post URL to Title, which is off by default. Turning it on makes each title link to the original post instead of acting like plain text. That matters if you want readers to jump straight from your Elementor layout to the source article, especially when you are using RSS as a curated content list rather than a full article preview. **Q: Why does the category filter not work with RSS feeds?** A: Category Wise Filter does not work with WP RSS Feed, and Category (For Filter) is hidden inside an RSS feed item. That means this source cannot support category-based filtering the way other Social Feed sources can. The panel even notes this under Filter Option, so if filtering by category is important, RSS is the wrong source for that part of the layout. **Q: Why are yesterday's posts still showing in my RSS feed widget?** A: The response is cached on the schedule set in Refresh Time, which defaults to 1 day. If old posts are sticking around longer than expected, shorten that interval or clear the stored copy with Performance > Delete. The caching behavior matters because the feed is fetched on your server, so what you see depends on when that cached response was last refreshed.