How to edit a post without updating RSS

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  idohartogsohn · Member · Jan 4, 2011 at 3:25 pm

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  Hello,

  Whenever I have something I want to correct in one of my older posts, RSS gets updated so that my RSS subscribers get notified as if I’ve published a new post, while this was only a minor change to an old post – which must be very annoying to them.
  I’ve read somewhere about he minor changes plugin which enables to make a minor edit without updating the subscriber’s RSS:

  http://digitivity.org/236/making-minor-changes-in-wordpress-without-updating-the-last-updated-date-with-the-minor-edit-plugin

  However, I haven’t been able to find such a solution for WordPress.com.

  Anybody knows what I can do to make corrections to old posts without updating my RSS stream?

  Thanks,
  Ido

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  p3ob7o · Staff · Jan 4, 2011 at 6:27 pm

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  Hello,

  While there is no obvious solution to your problem, you may want to test the following:

  As private posts are not inserted in the RSS feed, you could edit the post, AND make it private at the same time.

  In a second time, make it public again WITHOUT any content edit.

  Not sure 100%, but it is worth trying.

  Please let me know if this worked for you.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 4, 2011 at 7:38 pm

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  @paolal
  Yes this will work. Volunteers (TSP and airodessy) have tested it. :)

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  airodyssey · Member · Jan 4, 2011 at 11:50 pm

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  And here are the details :-)
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-publish-without-notifying-subscribers-2?replies=16#post-532910

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  idohartogsohn · Member · Jan 6, 2011 at 9:50 am

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  A pretty lame solution, I guess. But at least it works, so I don’t complain, thanks :)

  I think the solution which has been suggested and tested in the past is making the whole blog private. Anyway, I’ll try those two options next time the problem arises – don’t want to unnecessarily anger my subscribers again…

  Thanks,
  Ido

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 6, 2011 at 10:48 am

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  RSS didn’t used to update every time you edited something. It’s rather irritating for people who blog about current events and update their posts several times. Well, I suppose it’s more irritating for the subscribers, but the Private/Unprivate workaround isn’t too complex.