How to Disable All Feeds in WordPress

Are you looking for a way to disable all WordPress feeds? While there’s probably a plugin for this, we have created a quick code snippet that you can use to disable all feeds in WordPress.

Instructions:

All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin:

function disableFeed() {
	wp_die(__('<h1>This feed is not available, please visit our <a href="'.get_bloginfo('url').'">Home Page</a>!</h1>'));
}
add_action('do_feed',      'disableFeed', 1);
add_action('do_feed_rdf',  'disableFeed', 1);
add_action('do_feed_rss',  'disableFeed', 1);
add_action('do_feed_rss2', 'disableFeed', 1);
add_action('do_feed_atom', 'disableFeed', 1);

Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly add code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.

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