Builds SimplePie object based on RSS or Atom feed from URL.

Parameters

$urlstring|string[]required

URL of feed to retrieve. If an array of URLs, the feeds are merged using SimplePie’s multifeed feature.
See also http://simplepie.org/wiki/faq/typical_multifeed_gotchas

Return

More Information

fetch_feed caches results for 12 hours by default. You can modify this by modifying the time interval via the filter wp_feed_cache_transient_lifetime.

Source

function fetch_feed( $url ) {
	if ( ! class_exists( 'SimplePie\SimplePie', false ) ) {
		require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-simplepie.php';
	}

	require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-feed-cache-transient.php';
	require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-simplepie-file.php';
	require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-simplepie-sanitize-kses.php';

	$feed = new SimplePie\SimplePie();

	$feed->set_sanitize_class( 'WP_SimplePie_Sanitize_KSES' );
	/*
	 * We must manually overwrite $feed->sanitize because SimplePie's constructor
	 * sets it before we have a chance to set the sanitization class.
	 */
	$feed->sanitize = new WP_SimplePie_Sanitize_KSES();

	// Register the cache handler using the recommended method for SimplePie 1.3 or later.
	if ( method_exists( 'SimplePie_Cache', 'register' ) ) {
		SimplePie_Cache::register( 'wp_transient', 'WP_Feed_Cache_Transient' );
		$feed->set_cache_location( 'wp_transient' );
	} else {
		// Back-compat for SimplePie 1.2.x.
		require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-feed-cache.php';
		$feed->set_cache_class( 'WP_Feed_Cache' );
	}

	$feed->set_file_class( 'WP_SimplePie_File' );

	$feed->set_feed_url( $url );
	/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/class-wp-feed-cache-transient.php */
	$feed->set_cache_duration( apply_filters( 'wp_feed_cache_transient_lifetime', 12 * HOUR_IN_SECONDS, $url ) );

	/**
	 * Fires just before processing the SimplePie feed object.
	 *
	 * @since 3.0.0
	 *
	 * @param SimplePie\SimplePie $feed SimplePie feed object (passed by reference).
	 * @param string|string[]     $url  URL of feed or array of URLs of feeds to retrieve.
	 */
	do_action_ref_array( 'wp_feed_options', array( &$feed, $url ) );

	$feed->init();
	$feed->set_output_encoding( get_bloginfo( 'charset' ) );

	if ( $feed->error() ) {
		return new WP_Error( 'simplepie-error', $feed->error() );
	}

	return $feed;
}

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Hooks

apply_filters( ‘wp_feed_cache_transient_lifetime’, int $lifetime, string $name )

Filters the transient lifetime of the feed cache.

do_action_ref_array( ‘wp_feed_options’, SimplePieSimplePie $feed, string|string[] $url )

Fires just before processing the SimplePie feed object.

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