ends with rather than a link to the post title.not much with which to hook a reader (default length is 55 words).it looks ugly (all formatting is removed).more accurate post analytics (you know how many people are reading your post).encourages click-throughs to site (to read the rest of the post).In summary (pun intended)… Pros of the Default Summary RSS Feed: But the worst part is that the post title is the only clickable link in the RSS feed. Even if you have self-hosted and use Yoast’s WordPress SEO Plugin to add a link to the post at the end of each RSS item, the posts still end abruptly with brackets and ellipses. The default summary feed published by WordPress is 55 words. But as a blogger, I wanted to get readers to my site, where they could comment on posts, and of course, click on affiliate links and generate ad impressions.īut wait, what is the difference, you ask? WordPress offers two default options for displaying your RSS feed: summary or full text. As a reader, I liked the ability to consume an entire post from within my feed reader or email inbox, especially when I didn’t have an internet connection at home.

I’ve been in a quandary about partial feeds versus full feeds ever since I knew what an RSS feed was.

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