Guide: How to Find and Use RSS Feeds (No Login Needed)
What is RSS?
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RSS (or Atom/Feed) is just a special web link that shows a site’s latest articles, podcasts, or videos in a simple list.
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You can paste this link into the template
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Important: This only works with feeds that are public — meaning you don’t need a login, subscription, or password to see them.
Step 1: Look for the feed link on the site
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Scroll to the top, bottom, or sidebar of the website.
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Look for words or icons like: “RSS” “Feed” “Subscribe” The little orange icon:
If you find it, right-click → Copy Link. That’s your RSS feed.
Step 2: Try common feed addresses
If you don’t see a link, you can guess the feed address by typing one of these after the site name:
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/feed -
/rss -
/rss.xml -
/atom.xml -
/index.xml
👉 Example:
If the site is https://example.com, try:
- https://example.com/feed
- https://example.com/rss.xml
Open it in your browser. If you see a page full of titles or code (not a pretty webpage), that’s the feed!
Step 3: Use platform-specific shortcuts
Some popular websites always follow a pattern:
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WordPress blogs →
https://sitename.com/feed -
Medium →
https://medium.com/feed/@usernameor/feed/publicationname -
Substack →
https://newslettername.substack.com/feed -
Reddit →
https://reddit.com/r/subredditname/.rss -
YouTube channels →
https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=CHANNELID -
GitHub repos →
https://github.com/owner/repo/releases.atom
Step 4: Double-check it works
When you open the link: - If you see titles, dates, and links in a plain list or a page of “code” → ✅ That’s the feed.
- If you see the normal website or a login page → ❌ That’s not a usable feed. Try another link.
Troubleshooting
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I only see part of the article in my reader → That’s normal. Some sites only give a “preview” feed.
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The site asks me to log in → Sorry, this only works with feeds that don’t need passwords or subscriptions.
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Nothing happens when I try → Double-check the link or try a different common feed address.