Latest Feed

When to use

Your library may publish frequently updated web content such as news and/or blog and you may want the latest updates automatically added to your website.

If you want to display a list of latest posts in the sidebar on all pages of your website, use the WordPress built-in RSS widget. You can add it by going to Appearance -> Widget -> RSS. Please note: only a site administrator can create a site-wide RSS widget.

If you want to display the title of the latest post on a specific page, use this shortcode.

Basic usage

Code

[rssfeed]]https://www.library.illinois.edu/feed/[[/rssfeed]

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Attributes

author

If you want to display the name of the author, set the value of the author attribute to 1.

Code

[rssfeed author="1"]]http://publish.illinois.edu/commonsknowledge/feed/[[/rssfeed]

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Graduation Interview with our Graduate Assistants
By Precious Olalere - May 12, 2023

text

The text attribute inserts whatever text/label you want to added before the post title and separate them by a colon and a space.

Code

[rssfeed text="Latest episode"]]https://www.library.illinois.edu/scholarlycommons/podcast/feed[[/rssfeed]

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Latest episode: It Takes Jess Hagman
March 29, 2022

The two attributes can be used at the same time.

Code

[rssfeed author="1" text="Latest news"]]https://www.library.illinois.edu/feed/[[/rssfeed]

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Latest news: New Coffee Spot in the Main Library
By Murphy Heather - March 2, 2026

show_post

Shows the whole post.

Code

[rssfeed show_post="yes" author="1" text="Latest news"]]https://www.library.illinois.edu/feed/[[/rssfeed]

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New Coffee Spot in the Main Library

Posted on March 2, 2026 by Murphy Heather

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The Espresso Royale R&D Lab opened in the Main Library on Monday, March 2, launching a pilot initiative that runs through May 15. The coffee spot will operate inside the Orange Room (northwest corner closest to the north building entrance facing Wright/Armory) Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., serving all faculty, staff, students, and visitors. Stop by for fresh dark and medium roast drip coffee, creamy vanilla cold brew, and coffee with hazelnut and cream, along with muffins, croissants, danishes, scones, fresh fruit parfaits, and a variety of salads—including vegan and gluten-free options. Note: the R&D Lab will pause service during Spring Break (March 14–22).
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