Statamic SimplePie Plugin

The SimplePie plugin is a fast and easy-to-use RSS and Atom feed parser.

Installing

1. Download the zip file (or clone via git) and unzip it or clone the repo into /_add-ons/.
2. Ensure the folder name is simplepie (Github timestamps the download folder).
3. Enjoy.

Example Tag

{{ simplepie url="http://statamic.com/blog/feed" limit="5" cache="yes" }}
  <h1><a href="{{ permalink }}">{{ title }}</a></h1>
  <h2>Posted on {{ date }}</h2>
  <div class="content">
    {{ content }}
  </div>
{{ /simplepie }}

Parameters

URL url

The URL of the feed to be parsed.

url="http://statamic.com/blog/feed/"

Order By Date order_by_date

default: yes

Order by date or default feed order.

Limit limit

Default: 10

Limit the number of items returned.

Offset offset

Default: 0

Offset the returned items. For example, if your feed returns

• Mustaches
• Corncob Pipes
• Musky Scent

Setting offset="1" would return:

• Corncob Pipes
• Musky Scent

Cache cache

Default: no

Turn caching on for faster page loads or to limit API/Feed requests.

Timeout timeout

Default: 10 (seconds)

The maximum number of seconds to spend waiting to retrieve a feed.

Variables

Upon successfully retrieving a feed, the following default variables become available inside the {{ simplepie }} tag pair.

• {{ title }}
• {{ permalink }}
• {{ date }}
• {{ update_date }}
• {{ author }}
• {{ category }}
• {{ description }}
• {{ content }}