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Wordpress has this annoying habit of adding <p> tags to your post. Most of the times you don’t care, but sometimes it breaks your HTML and makes it non-compliant with W3C. Some have written a component just to handle this, the solution is very simple:

If you want to remove the <p> tag that is added automatically, then all you need to do is to edit the file default-filters.php in the wp-includes directory. Search for this line:

add_filter(’the_content’, ‘wpautop’);

and comment it out by adding // in the start of the line (sorry I have to explain this for non-programmers), so ultimately the line will be:

//add_filter(’the_content’, ‘wpautop’);

Save the file and upload it. There you go, no more of these annoying <p> tags!

This method has one disadvantage, is that when you upgrade Wordpress you have to redo the above, still, it can take you only 1 minute.

Eter RSS is a WordPress RSS reader. Eter RSS allows WordPress powered sites to seamlessly integrate RSS feeds from other sites.

Specifications

• Powerful infrastructure: Eter RSS uses lastRSS, known for its stability and its huge userbase.
• Total control over your RSS feeds: Ability to change the settings for all your feeds and to overwrite these settings on a feed-by-feed basis.
• Filtering: Ability to filter RSS entries containing unwanted words/sentences.
• Clean RSS data: No more seeing the & (ampersand) as &.
• User friendly interface: You will feel in control of your application.
• Limit the # of RSS entries being displayed: You can set the maximum # of RSS entries to be displayed per RSS feed either globally or on a feed-by-feed basis.
• Caching: Eter RSS allows you to cache your RSS results for faster access. Caching can happen every 30 minutes or every week, your choice. Caching can be completely turned off.
• Absolutely free: Free to use, free to modify, it’s a free world!
• …and more!

Requirements

• WordPress 2.0+ (older WordPress versions may work)
• PHP 4+
• Writable directory anywhere in your website for caching (Eter RSS will attempt to create such directory, but will not complain if it can’t, it just won’t cache).

Installation

• Extract the zip file and upload the directory Eter RSS to your plugins directory. (usually wp-content/plugins under your home directory).
• Login as administrator to your WordPress application, and then click on Plugins.
• Click on Activate next to Eter RSS.
• Click on Options, and then click on Eter RSS, and follow the instructions.

Quick Start

Eter RSS is quite easy to use. After saving your options here, go to any Post or Page and add the following: <!--eter-rss:url::the_rss_url--> For example, if you want to display Yahoo’s Oddly Enough RSS, just add the following (in code mode): <!--eter-rss:url::http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/oddlyenough-->

Advanced

You may want to override the global options set above with specific options for a certain URL:

• To override the “Maximum Entries Per RSS” option, use the “maximum” keyword followed by the number of maximum entries you want to show, for example <!--eter-rss:url::http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/oddlyenough|
maximum::5--> (no line break between the pipe | and maximum) will only display the latest 5 RSS entries from Yahoo’s Oddly Enough.
• To override the “Filter Entries With Keywords” option, use the “filter” keyword followed by your filter strings, separaterd by commas, for example <!--eter-rss:url::http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/oddlyenough|
filter::curtain,small table,door--> will only display the RSS entries not having “curtain”, “small table”, or “door” in either the subject or the description. Note that entries containing “table” but not containing “small table” or “curtain” or “door” will still show. Note that entries containing “SMall taBLE” will not show; comparison is case insensitive.
• To override the “Show RSS Title” option, use the “title” keyword followed by “yes” or “no”, for example <!--eter-rss:url::http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/oddlyenough|
title::no--> will not display the RSS title.
• To override the “Popup Links in New Window” option, use the “popup” keyword followed by “yes” or “no”, for example <!--eter-rss:url::http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/oddlyenough|
popup::no-->. This code will make the RSS links open in the same window.
• You may mix your options using the pipe (|), for example <!--eter-rss:url::http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/oddlyenough|
maximum::5|popup::no|filter::curtain,small table,door|title::no--> will display a maximum of 5 RSS entries where the links open in the same window, where the entries having “curtain”, “small table”, and “door” will not be shown, and where the title of the RSS will not be displayed. Note that there’s no special order when writing your options.

Download Eter RSS Now!

Check the demo at http://www.genoc.net/eter-rss-demo/

I would definitely appreciate your comments.