“A CDATA section was not closed” RSS Feed Error

By: PowAxx | August 18, 2009 at 11:35 am | Posted in Web Design
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About: “A CDATA section was not closed.” is a common error for a CMS website that was developed using Wordpress. This error have something to do with the configuration of the plugin on “excerpt.”

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If you are having errors on Wordpress RSS feed and an error similar below appears:

A CDATA section was not closed.
Line: xxx Character: xx
<description><![CDATA[

This error may cause by a plugin related to Excerpt. To work around with it. Just disable the plugin or you may still enable it but don’t apply on your RSS feed. In this instance we will be working around with the plugin “Excerpt Editor” :

1. Login to your Wordpress

2. Look for “Excerpt Editor” option. Usually it is under “Tools” or “Settings”

3. Go to Auto-Generate

4. Look for the field that says “Auto-Generate excerpts when displaying posts without excerpts on the site  or in the RSS feeds”

5. Uncheck the “RSS feeds”

6. “Save Auto-Generate Options

That should do it. You can now view the RSS feed without any errors.

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