Newspaper theme conflicting with wp rss aggregator plugin

Here is what I have found out after a great deal of time spent on that subject. I report it because I guess it will be helpful for some fellows as the newspaper theme and the wp rss aggregator plugin are very popular in their respective market and that makes sense they should be a good companion for each other.

There is a special configuration for the bug to happen:

– it affects the single post view
– newspaper side (version 10.1): it happens when activating a cloud based template for displaying the single post view and/or selecting a page in the footer page settings
– wp rss aggregator side: it happens when using the WP RSS Aggregator – Feed to Post add-on plugin (version 3.11) with the trimming feature enabled.

When selecting a cloud based single post template: what happens is that the read more link generated by the plugin not only shows up at the end of the trimmed text as expected but shows up again at the very bottom of the post below sections like the author box, the related posts, the social counters etc.

When selecting a page in the footer page settings: this read more link shows up again at the very bottom of the webpage, ie below the footer.

The workaround to prevent this bug from happening consists of NOT using the cloud based template for the single post view and NOT selecting a page in the footer page setting, that means using the standard single post and footer templates instead. Basically that means to not take advantage of what the Newspaper version 10 release is all about, ie using only cloud based templates and deactivating the standard templates in order to speed up the website.

Hope that helps

Hello the TagDiv Support Team,

Here is a copy-paste of the communication I got from WP RSS Aggregator Support Team when I contacted them about that issue and letting them know about this current forum thread.

“Could you please have a word with the theme developers and obtain their feedback on why the cloud template may be causing the Read More link to appear at the bottom? We are requesting this because the issue you reported has not been reported by any of our recent users, and it does not show up on any of the popular WordPress default themes.

Based on their feedback, we will apply fixes to our plugins if necessary.”

Thanks for your feedback that I will transfer back to their Support Team.

The postman,

Hello Calin,

Thank you for your feedback!

The postman,

Hi,

Here is a copy-paste of the latest feedback I got from the WP Rss Aggregator Support Team:

“Our plugins are coded to append the source link text to singular posts that are imported, but will be unable to differentiate between a “footer page” and a “content page”. These elements seem to be unique to the way your theme is structured.

You will need to add an HTML class to the bottom element and use CSS to hide the source link text.”

That was about the “read more” link showing up below the footer page.

Then I asked them again about the “read more” link showing up after the “related posts” section of the post body content. They suggested to leverage CSS again but to be careful about potential side effects.

The postman,

Thanks Calin and Alex for investigating and actually figuring out the right piece of css code to handle that issue.

Here is the css code to insert in the custom css box in the theme settings:

.tdc-content-wrap p a[href*=”http”], .td-footer-page p {
display:none;
}
.tdc-content-wrap .wpb_row p a{
display: block;
}

As far as wp rss aggregator is concerned, when editing the “feed to post – append to content” area of the feed source, you have to include whatever text within the text link:
Read more is fine
Read more here is not fine: the css trick will hide the url and “here” but “read more” will still show (that applies to the “read more link” below the “other related posts”)

Hope that may help other fellows using Newspaper Theme and WP Rss Aggregator plugin.

Looks like the code could be like this (I haven’t found any issue so far)

.tdc-content-wrap p a, .td-footer-page p {
display:none;
}
.tdc-content-wrap .wpb_row p a{
display: block;
}

Aloha Calin,

It is a Newspaper theme in awesome theme for sharing the news and engaging people, so I assume that are some preferred RSS Aggregator plugin options. What is the recommended (tested) plugin for the Newspaper X?

The WP RSS Aggregator is a popular plug in option for news feeds and automation that has been around for while, any plans to test product compatibility?

Thanks for your help.

F-