[mlv4]

I’m not seeing images in the rss feed view.
The rss feed HAS images.
This is the feed: https://case.edu/news/tag/college-arts-and-sciences/feed

You’ll see both imageSource and imageAlt in there, but the plugin acts like there’s no images at all.

[Aakash]

Hi @mlv4,

The <imageSource> and <imageAlt> tags you’re using aren’t part of the standard RSS 2.0 format, so most RSS readers won’t recognize or display those images.

To make images appear correctly, you can:

Use an <enclosure> tag to attach the image file — this is the standard method for media in RSS.

Or include the image inside <description> (or <content:encoded>) using an HTML <img> tag.

Example:

<enclosure url="https://example.com/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg" />

or

<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="Photo" /> Text here...]]></description>

This will ensure your feed works properly across all major RSS readers (like Feedly, Apple News, and Outlook).

You can find the official RSS 2.0 specification here for reference:
👉 https://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification

Thanks,
Aakash

[mlv4]

Unfortunately, I don’t control the rss, just the site trying to load the feed. I’ll try other methods. Perhaps I can find an older feed reader, or I can edit this javascript.

[mlv4]

alternatively, would your pro ‘force download’ work for this?

[Aakash]

Hi @mlv4,

Yes, in the PRO version you can set the value of “Fetch thumbnail from page directly” to “always” and it will fetch the thumbnail from the feed link directly.

URL Metadata

If you are using the PRO version, can you please give that a try?

Thanks,
Aakash

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