Your RSS feed powers email newsletters, Google News, Feedly, and Flipboard. RSS Chimp makes sure it looks great everywhere — featured images, branding, tracking, and more.
✓ Works with any email platform
✓ Works with any RSS reader
✓ No credit card for trial
✓ Cancel anytime
Works instantly with every major platform that reads RSS
Mailchimp
Kit (ConvertKit)
Brevo
MailerLite
Beehiiv
Feedly
Google News
Inoreader
Email Marketers
RSS-to-email with Mailchimp, Brevo, Kit
News Publishers
Google News, Flipboard, aggregators
Bloggers
Feedly, Inoreader, NewsBlur readers
Content Marketers
UTM tracking, custom feeds per channel
WordPress doesn't include featured images in RSS feeds by default. That means your automated email newsletters arrive blank, your posts look bare in Feedly and Inoreader, and Google News can't display a proper thumbnail.
RSS Chimp adds your featured images automatically — in every format every platform expects.
Install and start in 2 minutes. No account, no credit card, no expiry.
Need custom feed URLs, UTM tracking, content length control, or all WordPress image sizes? That's RSS Chimp Pro.
Install & activate
Install RSS Chimp from the WordPress plugin directory. Activate with one click — no account needed.
Choose your image size
Install RSS Chimp from the WordPress plugin directory. Activate with one click — no account needed.
Save — you're done
Your RSS feed now includes featured images in every format every platform expects — email tools, feed readers, and news aggregators all pick them up automatically.
WordPress doesn't include featured images in RSS feeds by default. Every RSS-to-email newsletter you send arrives in subscribers' inboxes without any visuals — looking incomplete and unprofessional.
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Create additional RSS feeds at custom slugs — one for Mailchimp, one for Brevo, one for Kit. Each platform gets its own dedicated feed.
No limit on how many custom feeds you create. Different slug, different settings, different audience — fully independent from each other.
Choose from every image size registered in WordPress — large, full, WooCommerce sizes, theme-specific sizes. Free is limited to thumbnail and medium.
Choose full post or excerpt per feed independently. Set different content depths for different email platforms — without touching your default feed.
Insert any HTML before or after each post — on the default feed and all custom feeds. Sponsor messages, CTAs, ads, or any additional content.
Append UTM parameters (or any custom parameters) to all feed links automatically. Full click attribution in GA4 or Matomo for every newsletter click.
Delay when posts appear in your feed — in seconds, minutes, or hours. Prevent scrapers, allow time for corrections, control your publication window.
Feed queries are cached at the object level. Critical for high-traffic WordPress sites with large post archives — keeps feed generation fast under load.
Unlocks the 640×360px cropped image size — optimized for wide email headers and landscape feed readers. Free includes the 150×84px size only.
Pro subscribers go to the top of the queue. Fast, personal responses from the developer who built RSS Chimp.
The free plan covers all the basics. Pro unlocks 9 additional features.
Start free forever. Upgrade when you need more. No lock-in.
Personal
1 site
$29
yearly
Business
3 sites
$49
yearly
Professional
10 sites
$99
yearly
Agency
unlimited sites
$199
yearly
✓ 14-day free trial
✓ Cancel anytime
✓ Keeps all free features
Everything you need to know before installing.
Yes. RSS Chimp adds featured images directly to your WordPress RSS feed. Mailchimp reads this feed when sending RSS-to-email campaigns — your emails will show images automatically, with no manual work.
Yes — RSS Chimp is free forever with featured images, Media RSS, enclosure tag, lazy loading, channel logo, metadata, and more. The Pro version adds custom feed URLs, UTM tracking, content control, and additional image sizes.
No. Start your 14-day Pro trial without entering any payment details. If you want to continue after the trial, you choose a plan then. If not, your site reverts to the free plan automatically.
Any platform that reads RSS feeds: Mailchimp, Kit (ConvertKit), Brevo, MailerLite, Beehiiv, Constant Contact, HubSpot, and more.
No. RSS Chimp uses lazy loading for images and object caching (Pro) to keep feed generation fast. It has no impact on your front-end page load times.
WordPress deliberately excludes featured images from its RSS feed output. RSS Chimp hooks into the feed generation and adds the image in the correct formats — media:content, enclosure, and inline — so every platform picks it up.
Yes. The Business plan covers 3 sites, Professional covers 10, and Agency covers unlimited sites — all at a single annual price.
Free users can get help on the WordPress.org support forum. Pro subscribers get priority email support directly from the developer.
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