Comments on: WordPress RSS Parser SimplePie Ceases Development

By: SimplePie Ceases Development

SimplePie Ceases Development — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:06:53 +0000

[...] WP Tavern pointed out that WordPress recently incorporated SimplePie into the core for anything related to RSS parsing (such as Dashboard and sidebar widgets). This means it’s in the WordPress project should definitely be keeping an eye on this issue. [...]

By: Markus Merz | Hamburg St. Georg

Markus Merz | Hamburg St. Georg — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:03:07 +0000

What’s the problem with the current SimplePie implementation?

I am using Textpattern which is a superior CMS because it is not updated so often as other not so secure and not so stable solutions :)

Using a stable existing version of SimplePie shouldn’t be a problem. I don’t get the point.

By: The SiliconANGLE

The SiliconANGLE — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:02:18 +0000

[...] picked up a bit of unfortunate news from my buddy Jeffro at WPTavern yesterday: popular PHP RSS library project SimplePie is shutting down development: “…big news [...]

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Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:00:58 +0000

[...] WordPress’s RSS Parser, SimplePie, ceases development [...]

By: Rarst

Rarst — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:15:28 +0000

I was happy when SimplePie was included in WP (Magpie is bit obsolete). But that aura of dusty “next great version is around the corner (for XX months already)” promised issues.

So now we have two unmaintained feed parsers in WP… Third time’s a charm? :)

By: Ryan McCue

Ryan McCue — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:16:12 +0000

If I can make it to one, yes. :P

By: Jeffro

Jeffro — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:41:39 +0000

@Ryan McCue - I saw your name mentioned in the post and thought hey! I recognize that name! Will you be bringing this information up during the WordPress dev chat?

By: Ryan McCue

Ryan McCue — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:38:38 +0000

Worth mentioning, I’m planning on maintaining a bugfix fork of SP as one of the (ex?) developers.

By: No More SimplePie Development | Blogging Pro

No More SimplePie Development | Blogging Pro — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:55:03 +0000

[...] used SimplePie for a few projects, and so I was sad to find out, via WPTavern, that SimplePie is shutting down [...]

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:57:22 +0000

I’ve looked at the simplepie source. I don’t think it would be alot of work to maintain among a development group the size of WordPress.