FeedBurner is a free RSS Provider service by Google. This is a service that we use here at TechHive also. Yesterday when I published Photoshop Perfect Selection Tutorial, I was shocked to see that it did not appear in my RSS Feeds. This gave me a shock! It had been almost an hour and still nothing updated in the RSS Feeds and then I started worrying! Generally, FeedBurner has a time difference of about 30 minutes from when you post and when you get but since it had been more than that, I was getting angry at the service!
But just then I started looking for solutions for this problem and found out a few ways that worked for me! I tried about 2 or 3 ways and almost all proved to work for me. Then i decided to share these with everyone out here. So, here are a few things that you can give a try if you face these problems!
Check your Cache Plugin on WordPress
I am using the W3 Total Cache Plugin on TechHive and I also use it to Cache my feeds. I thought maybe this is what is causing the problem. I cleared the cache and also unchecked the Cache Feeds option. Then I waited sometime for the FeedBurner feed to update and voila! The feed was updating successfully! So, in order to do these, you need to perform a few steps.
- Go to your Plugin's Configuration page (Page Cache if W3 Total Cache)
- Look for Cache Feeds option and deselect it.
- Maybe this will have solved your problem!
Set Limit on the Items in Feed
WordPress by default has an option to keep the latest 10 news items in the news feed. But sometimes the bloggers decide to increase this to about 15 or so. But when you do something like that, it increases the size of the feed and hence FeedBurner can not process it easily. It takes up a lot of time processing it. So, the solution to this will be to go to Reading Settings on your WordPress blog and enter 10 as the items to keep in the Syndication Feeds.
Show Article Summary in Feeds
Again, by default WordPress keeps the full article in the RSS Feeds. But when you keep the full RSS Feeds on your Blog, it again increases the size of your RSS Feed and FeedBurner can not handle it. I read somewhere on the internet that FeedBurner can handle around 512KB size of the feed but if it exceeds it faces problems. Maybe that is the problem you have. The solution for this problem is to just make sure you choose Show Summary in RSS Feeds on the Reading Settings page of your WordPress Blog.
Activate Pingshot on FeedBurner
Pingshot is a service provided by FeedBurner which makes sure that your Feeds are always up to date. If any of the above things did not solve your problem, this is the thing you should try! This should be activated anyways because it makes updating your feeds an easier task for FeedBurner. So to do this, follow these steps.
- Login to your FeedBurner Account.
- Choose Publicize on the tabs on the top.
- Choose Pingshot from the list on the left and then choose activate this service.
Resync your Feed on FeedBurner
If none of the above things worked for you, maybe this is the last thing you can try to fix it! This is an option in FeedBurner which re-syncs your feed from the source. To use this feature, follow these steps.
- Login to your FeedBurner Account.
- Choose Troubleshootize from the tabs on the top.
- Scroll down till you find a button that says Resync Now.
- Click on that button and it will resync your feed with the source.
Well, these were the possible solutions for your problem! If you still face problems with your FeedBurner Feeds, feel free to contact me using the contact page or use the comments section below! Stay tuned to TechHive to know more about everything! Keep Subscribed to TechHive to receive our updates in your Mailbox daily! You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Google+.
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