RSS feed for subdomain points to primary domain

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  benjaminjames1024 · Member · Sep 5, 2022 at 9:23 pm

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  When I try to use the WordPress RSS reader to follow updates on the blog of my subdomain, the site that shows up is actually the primary domain.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Sep 5, 2022 at 10:12 pm

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  Hmm, that doesn’t sound right.

  What is the URL of the RSS feed you’re trying to follow?

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  benjaminjames1024 · Member · Sep 5, 2022 at 10:15 pm

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  The website/blog is this:

  https://tinkering.benjaminjames.tech/

  I used this URL in the WordPress Reader:

  https://tinkering.benjaminjames.tech/feed/

  But it instead follows this URL:

  https://benjaminjames.tech/

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  aleone89 · Staff · Sep 6, 2022 at 9:19 am

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  Hello there,

  I’m seeing https://tinkering.benjaminjames.tech/ in the reader: https://wordpress.com/read/search?q=tinkering.benjaminjames.tech&focus=1

  When I visit https://tinkering.benjaminjames.tech/feed/ – I get a 404.

  Are you able to offer more context on the issue you face and what the end goal is please? We’ll do our best to point you in the right direction.

  To note also, https://tinkering.benjaminjames.tech/ is not hosted with WordPress.com, so our support will be limited in places.

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  benjaminjames1024 · Member · Sep 6, 2022 at 1:58 pm

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  My end goal is to set up a plugin which listens to the RSS feed and automatically sends emails. The first step in that is to make sure the RSS feed is working.

  Both “benjaminjames.tech” and “tinkering.benjaminjames.tech” are hosted by Bluehost. However the sites are created with WordPress. I contacted Bluehost tech support and they said all they know about is keeping the servers running, not anything to do with the site management.

  Although one site is a subdomain of the other, they are managed as separate sites from the Bluehost control panel. I assume that means a separate WordPress instance for each.

  When I follow the link you mentioned above, “https://wordpress.com/read/search?q=tinkering.benjaminjames.tech&focus=1”, it shows me a preview of this page, “https://benjaminjames.tech/”, along with a link to it.

  So I guess what I’m trying to figure out is, what is the URL for the RSS feed for the subdomain? Because the URL I thought it was just takes me to the primary domain.

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  benjaminjames1024 · Member · Sep 6, 2022 at 2:37 pm

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  I don’t know much about RSS feeds or readers. Is there a way to listen for specific categories of blog posts? That’s something I could try.

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  aleone89 · Staff · Sep 6, 2022 at 2:48 pm

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  Hello there,

  Many thanks for that additional information.

  So I guess what I’m trying to figure out is, what is the URL for the RSS feed for the subdomain? Because the URL I thought it was just takes me to the primary domain.

  You assume correctly, if they are completely separate installation then the feed URL would still be tinkering.benjaminjames.tech/feed/.

  This link goes to a 404 – is it possible this is something that needs to be generated by feedburner/control panel, Bluehost may be able to confirm this.