Valid boilerplate templates for your project
Building a feed from scratch? Don't guess the syntax. Use these valid, tested examples as a starting point.
Standard RSS 2.0 is the most common format for blogs and news sites.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>Minimal Blog Feed</title>
<link>https://example.com</link>
<description>A simple example of an RSS 2.0 feed.</description>
<item>
<title>First Post</title>
<link>https://example.com/first-post</link>
<description>This is the description of the first post.</description>
<guid>https://example.com/first-post</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>This template includes all required iTunes tags for Apple Podcasts validation.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/">
<channel>
<title>My Awesome Podcast</title>
<link>https://example.com/podcast</link>
<language>en-us</language>
<copyright>© 2025 My Brand</copyright>
<itunes:author>John Doe</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary>A podcast about technology and life.</itunes:summary>
<description>A podcast about technology and life.</description>
<itunes:owner>
<itunes:name>John Doe</itunes:name>
<itunes:email>[email protected]</itunes:email>
</itunes:owner>
<itunes:image href="https://example.com/podcasts/image.jpg" />
<itunes:category text="Technology" />
<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
<item>
<title>Episode 1: The Beginning</title>
<itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
<itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
<description>We start our journey into the tech world.</description>
<enclosure length="498537" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://example.com/podcasts/episode1.mp3" />
<guid>https://example.com/podcasts/episode1.mp3</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>1024</itunes:duration>
<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>Atom is a modern standard with stricter XML namespaces and ISO 8601 dates.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<title>Example Atom Feed</title>
<link href="http://example.org/"/>
<updated>2025-01-16T18:30:02Z</updated>
<author>
<name>John Doe</name>
</author>
<id>urn:uuid:60a76c80-d399-11d9-b93C-0003939e0af6</id>
<entry>
<title>Atom-Powered Robots Run Amok</title>
<link href="http://example.org/2025/01/16/atom03"/>
<id>urn:uuid:1225c695-cfb8-4ebb-aaaa-80da344efa6a</id>
<updated>2025-01-16T18:30:02Z</updated>
<summary>Some text.</summary>
</entry>
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