Disable all RSS feeds

[Tanner]

How does one disable all RSS feeds? Can this be a possible future feature?

[a_5mith]

@Tanner You could probably do this with Nginx and creating a rewrite for anything that contains .rss, remove it and replace it with nothing, something like...

rewrite ^.rss(.*)$ $1 last;

This should/might (I've not tested it) automatically redirect back to the topic, bit hacky, but could works.

[Tanner]

@a_5mith What if we're not using nginx?

[a_5mith]

@Tanner Then you'll be using Apache, in which case you'll use htaccess.

RewriteRule ^.rss(.*)$ /$1 [R=301]

needs to go below Rewrite On (might need to add this, google has amples of examples of how to do this, so I won't add it here)

[Tanner]

@a_5mith Definitely looking for a less hacky way of disabling RSS feeds. A button or checkbox would be ideal, but I'm curious if this could be written via a plugin or not.

[psychobunny]

https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/issues/1842

psychobunny created this issue in NodeBB/NodeBB

closed Ability to disable all RSS feeds #1842

[zipang]

@psychobunny Hi there,
As of nodebb v1.7.2, we have a checkbox to disable RSS feeds,
but the link for RSS feeds is still generated in the page head : <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://localhost:4567/category/2.rss?uid=3&token=305e32c5-9963-4bab-a4c1-fcdfa9c6c980" />
And following this link leads to a 404.

[baris]

@zipang Thanks for reporting fixed in https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/issues/6184

barisusakli created this issue in NodeBB/NodeBB

closed if rss feeds are disabled rss link tag should not be added #6184

[zipang]

@baris Thanks !
You were really quick.
I have a slightly more complete PR here : https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/pull/6185
because it happens on topics too.
Cheers,

zipang created this issue in NodeBB/NodeBB

closed FIX RSS links being generated when RSS feeds are disabled #6185