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: Temporary Main Library Access and Amenities Changes
By Murphy Heather - October 26, 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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Temporary Main Library Access and Amenities Changes

Posted on October 26, 2026 by Murphy Heather

Starting Monday, October 26, the Main Library Sanitary Line will be replaced, affecting the North Main Library entry, all restrooms and water fountains on the north side of the building, and potentially some restrooms in the Main Stacks and the 4th-floor Reflection Room foot-wash station.

Work is expected to last all week, which means restrooms and water fountains near the Blue Elevator will be closed all week.

All other restrooms are open in the building (south end and center of the building), including a gender neutral restroom on the 4th floor and in the basement (both near the Orange Elevator).

For more information from campus-wide Facilities & Services, visit https://fs.illinois.edu/News/main-library-north-entrance-reroute.

The map below shows the area of impact: