# A new admin experience for RSS Polling
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-new-admin-experience-for-rss-polling/408181
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** rss-polling
**Created:** [July 22, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-new-admin-experience-for-rss-polling/408181 "2026-07-22T12:40:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-new-admin-experience-for-rss-polling/408181/1 "2026-07-22T12:40:00Z")
The [RSS Polling](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-polling/156387) plugin has a fully rebuilt admin interface that makes it easier to configure feeds, validate them before they go live, and understand what’s happening with each poll.
> **Note:** On our hosting, the RSS Polling plugin is available on our Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans.
## What’s changed
The plugin page (`/admin/plugins/discourse-rss-polling`) now has two tabs: **Feeds** and **Settings**.
The **Feeds tab** shows all your configured feeds in one place. Each row displays the full feed URL (no more truncation), the assigned author, target category, and tags. You can enable or disable any feed directly from the list without deleting it.
The **Settings tab** links to the relevant site settings, including two new ones:
- `RSS polling feed request timeout`: How long to wait before giving up on a slow feed; defaults to 30 seconds.
- `RSS polling verbose logging`: Detailed per-item logging for each poll attempt, off by default, but can be turned on for troubleshooting.
### Dedicated feed form
On the **Feeds** tab, select the Add feed button to open a dedicated form with fields for URL, author, category, tags, and an optional category filter (to import only items whose feed category matches a specific string).
### Test feeds
The Test feed button fetches and analyzes the feed without saving anything. You’ll see a count summary and a line-by-line breakdown of the first items in the feed — whether each would be imported, is already imported, or would be skipped, with a plain-language reason for any skips.
### Poll history
When viewing any existing feed, the **Recent polls** area shows the last several poll attempts with counts of imported, updated, skipped, and failed items — expandable to see per-item detail with links to created or updated topics. Results from “Poll now” appear in real time without a page refresh.
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### Author:  [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-new-admin-experience-for-rss-polling/408181/2 "2026-07-22T15:19:17Z")
This fantastic. Was wondering how filtering worked and now have much better idea thanks
Is there an option to control how far back an RSS feed will pull once setup? Ie last feed if say 40 Days?
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-new-admin-experience-for-rss-polling/408181/4 "2026-07-22T15:34:14Z")
> [@Heliosurge](#):
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> Is there an option to control how far back an RSS feed will pull once setup? Ie last feed if say 40 Days?
That is entirely dependent on what the feed is actually returning. There is no built-in limit on “when” something was published.
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### Author:  [@StanD](https://meta.discourse.org/u/StanD)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-new-admin-experience-for-rss-polling/408181/5 "2026-07-22T17:40:16Z")
> [@lindsey](#):
>
> The [RSS Polling](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-polling/156387) plugin has a fully rebuilt admin interface that makes it easier to configure feeds, validate them before they go live, and understand what’s happening with each poll.
Is this link broken? I can’t access.
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### Author:  [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-new-admin-experience-for-rss-polling/408181/6 "2026-07-22T17:46:11Z")
> [@StanD](#):
>
> Is this link broken? I can’t access.
Thanks for pointing that out — it’s fixed now! [RSS Polling](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-polling/156387)
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### Author:  [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-new-admin-experience-for-rss-polling/408181/7 "2026-07-24T16:23:17Z")
> [@zogstrip](#):
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> That is entirely dependent on what the feed is actually returning. There is no built-in limit on “when” something was published
Use case is converting a YouTube channel to an RSS feed. It just involves changing part of the URL to be a RSS feed.
> You can turn any YouTube channel into an RSS feed by copying the channel ID and adding it to a standard YouTube XML template link, or by using an online generator.
Can the link be modified or is it the XML file that needs editing?