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What's the difference between Feedzy content and full post content? ​

In this guide, we'll analyze in detail what's the difference between the  content and full-post content when using the feed to post feature of Feedzy. Feedzy works with XML sources that can be validated on this website and processed by the Simple Pie library (check it here).

The content ​

The content can be fetched by using the [#item_content] magic tag in the Item Content field of the import wizard.

In this case, the plugin will extract the content available in the source URL in the same way as the Simple Pie library does. Below is an example.

Source: http://rssfeeds.webmd.com/rss/rss.aspx?RSSSource=RSS_PUBLIC

A post in the source:

<item>
    <title>Public Favors Masks in Classrooms but Balks at Vaccine Mandates </title>
    <description>With schools reopening, poll finds two-thirds of parents support mandating masks for unvaccinated students, but resistance to vaccinating students remains high. “My child is not a test dummy,” one Black parent told pollsters. Some parents deferred the decision to their teens.</description>
    <link>https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210811/public-favors-masks-in-classrooms-but-balks-at-mandating-vaccinations-for-students?src=RSS_PUBLIC</link>
    <pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2021 09:47:51 EST</pubDate>
    <media:content url="https://img.webmd.com/dtmcms/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site_images/article_thumbnails/blog_posts/public-health/1800x1200_women-masks-illustration.jpg"/>
    <media:text type="html">
        <p>
            <a href="https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210811/public-favors-masks-in-classrooms-but-balks-at-mandating-vaccinations-for-students?src=RSS_PUBLIC">
                <img src="https://media.themeisle.com/w:auto/h:auto/id:628b4341618ed9c32cd892d3f1bfa462/docs.themeisle.com/1800x1200_women-masks-illustration-9895a8.jpg" align="left" alt="women masks illustration" title="Public Favors Masks in Classrooms but Balks at Vaccine Mandates " border="0"/>
            </a>
        </p>
    </media:text>
    <content:encoded>
        <![CDATA[ <img src="https://media.themeisle.com/w:auto/h:auto/id:628b4341618ed9c32cd892d3f1bfa462/docs.themeisle.com/1800x1200_women-masks-illustration-9895a8.jpg" alt="women masks illustration" /><p>With schools reopening, poll finds two-thirds of parents support mandating masks for unvaccinated students, but resistance to vaccinating students remains high. “My child is not a test dummy,” one Black parent told pollsters. Some parents deferred the decision to their teens.</p> ]]>
    </content:encoded>
</item>

The content imported by the plugin:

Why are my imported posts only snippets or excerpts? ​

If your imported posts contain only short summaries, the source RSS feed itself likely provides only excerpts. The [#item_content] tag imports exactly what the publisher includes in the RSS feed markup. Many publishers — including major news outlets — intentionally limit their feeds to summaries to drive traffic back to their own website.

To check whether the limitation is in the feed, open the source feed URL in a browser or use the W3C Feed Validator. If the <description> or <content:encoded> field in an item only contains a short summary, that is all the content available through [#item_content].

To import the full article text, use [#item_full_content] instead. This tag tells Feedzy to visit each item's source URL and extract the full article content directly from the page. See The full post content below for details and plan requirements.

The full post content ​

The full content can be fetched by using the  [#item_full_content] magic tag in the Item Content field of the import wizard.

📝 Note: Please note this tag is available starting with the Developer plan of the plugin.

If the full post content option is greyed out after upgrading, see Full post content is greyed out after upgrading Feedzy.

In this case, during the import, the Feedzy service will visit the URLs of all items and parse the content directly from the website.

In the example below, you see the <item> node, so this link will be visited by Feedzy:

<link><a href="https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210811/public-favors-masks-in-classrooms-but-balks-at-mandating-vaccinations-for-students?src=RSS_PUBLIC">https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210811/public-favors-masks-in-classrooms-but-balks-at-mandating-vaccinations-for-students?src=RSS_PUBLIC</a></link>

Source: http://rssfeeds.webmd.com/rss/rss.aspx?RSSSource=RSS_PUBLIC

A post in the source:

<item>
    <title>Public Favors Masks in Classrooms but Balks at Vaccine Mandates </title>
    <description>With schools reopening, poll finds two-thirds of parents support mandating masks for unvaccinated students, but resistance to vaccinating students remains high. “My child is not a test dummy,” one Black parent told pollsters. Some parents deferred the decision to their teens.</description>
    <link>https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210811/public-favors-masks-in-classrooms-but-balks-at-mandating-vaccinations-for-students?src=RSS_PUBLIC</link>
    <pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2021 09:47:51 EST</pubDate>
    <media:content url="https://img.webmd.com/dtmcms/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site_images/article_thumbnails/blog_posts/public-health/1800x1200_women-masks-illustration.jpg"/>
    <media:text type="html">
        <p>
            <a href="https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210811/public-favors-masks-in-classrooms-but-balks-at-mandating-vaccinations-for-students?src=RSS_PUBLIC">
                <img src="https://media.themeisle.com/w:auto/h:auto/id:628b4341618ed9c32cd892d3f1bfa462/docs.themeisle.com/1800x1200_women-masks-illustration-9895a8.jpg" align="left" alt="women masks illustration" title="Public Favors Masks in Classrooms but Balks at Vaccine Mandates " border="0"/>
            </a>
        </p>
    </media:text>
    <content:encoded>
        <![CDATA[ <img src="https://media.themeisle.com/w:auto/h:auto/id:628b4341618ed9c32cd892d3f1bfa462/docs.themeisle.com/1800x1200_women-masks-illustration-9895a8.jpg" alt="women masks illustration" /><p>With schools reopening, poll finds two-thirds of parents support mandating masks for unvaccinated students, but resistance to vaccinating students remains high. “My child is not a test dummy,” one Black parent told pollsters. Some parents deferred the decision to their teens.</p> ]]>
    </content:encoded>
</item>

The content imported by the plugin:

When Full-Content may still be limited ​

Even with [#item_full_content] configured, some source pages may still return partial content:

  • Paywalls or login-gated content — Feedzy cannot bypass authentication.
  • Bot-blocking — Some publishers block automated requests.
  • JavaScript-rendered content — Feedzy parses static HTML; content loaded dynamically after page load is not captured.
  • Consent or interstitial pages — Cookie consent layers can prevent the article content from being accessible.

To determine whether the limitation is on the source side, see the Feedzy Troubleshooting Guide.