[Pro] setting: feed_category_slugs

Also fixes bug where daily popular feeds gave a 404 error.

Author: ajaydsouza

includes/admin/settings/class-settings.php

@@ -1064,6 +1064,19 @@ public static function settings_feed() {
 				'min'     => '0',
 				'size'    => 'small',
 			),
+			'feed_category_slugs'    => array(
+				'id'               => 'feed_category_slugs',
+				'name'             => esc_html__( 'Filter Categories', 'top-10' ),
+				'desc'             => esc_html__( 'Comma separated list of category slugs to include in the feed. The field has an autocomplete so simply start typing the starting letters and it will prompt you with options. Leave blank to include all categories.', 'top-10' ),
+				'type'             => 'csv',
+				'options'          => '',
+				'size'             => 'large',
+				'field_class'      => 'category_autocomplete',
+				'field_attributes' => array(
+					'data-wp-taxonomy' => 'category',
+				),
+				'pro'              => true,
+			),
 		);
 
 		/**
@@ -1395,6 +1408,7 @@ public function change_settings_on_save( $settings ) {
 
 		Settings_Sanitize::sanitize_tax_slugs( $settings, 'exclude_cat_slugs', 'exclude_categories' );
 		Settings_Sanitize::sanitize_tax_slugs( $settings, 'exclude_on_cat_slugs', 'exclude_on_categories' );
+		Settings_Sanitize::sanitize_tax_slugs( $settings, 'feed_category_slugs', 'feed_categories' );
 
 		// Save cron settings.
 		$settings['cron_hour'] = min( 23, absint( $settings['cron_hour'] ) );

includes/frontend/class-feed.php

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public function pop_posts_feed() {
 			add_feed( $popular_posts_overall, array( $this, 'pop_posts_feed_overall' ) );
 		}
 		if ( ! empty( $popular_posts_daily ) ) {
-			add_feed( $popular_posts_overall, array( $this, 'pop_posts_feed_daily' ) );
+			add_feed( $popular_posts_daily, array( $this, 'pop_posts_feed_daily' ) );
 		}
 	}
 

includes/frontend/feed-rss2-popular-posts.php

@@ -10,17 +10,18 @@
 	'daily_range' => tptn_get_option( 'feed_daily_range' ),
 	'limit'       => tptn_get_option( 'feed_limit' ),
 );
-$topposts = get_tptn_posts( $settings );
 
-$topposts = wp_list_pluck( (array) $topposts, 'postnumber' );
-
-$args = array(
-	'post__in'       => $topposts,
-	'orderby'        => 'post__in',
-	'posts_per_page' => count( $topposts ), // phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.PostsPerPage.posts_per_page_posts_per_page
-);
+/**
+ * Filter the RSS feed settings.
+ *
+ * @since 4.1.0
+ *
+ * @param array $settings Array of RSS feed settings.
+ */
+$settings = apply_filters( 'tptn_rss_feed_settings', $settings );
 
-query_posts( $args ); // phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.DiscouragedFunctions.query_posts_query_posts
+// Initialize Top_Ten_Query with our settings.
+$query = new Top_Ten_Query( $settings );
 
 header( 'Content-Type: ' . feed_content_type( 'rss2' ) . '; charset=' . get_option( 'blog_charset' ), true );
 $more = 1; // phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.GlobalVariablesOverride.Prohibited
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@
 >
 
 <channel>
-	<title><?php wp_title_rss(); ?></title>
+	<title><?php wp_title_rss(); ?> <?php esc_html_e( 'Popular Posts', 'top-10' ); ?> - <?php echo esc_html( $settings['daily'] ? sprintf( _n( 'Last %d day', 'Last %d days', $settings['daily_range'], 'top-10' ), $settings['daily_range'] ) : __( 'Overall', 'top-10' ) ); // phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingTranslatorsComment ?></title>
 	<atom:link href="<?php self_link(); ?>" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
 	<link><?php bloginfo_rss( 'url' ); ?></link>
 	<description><?php bloginfo_rss( 'description' ); ?></description>
@@ -99,8 +100,8 @@
 	 */
 	do_action( 'rss2_head' );
 
-	while ( have_posts() ) :
-		the_post();
+	while ( $query->have_posts() ) :
+		$query->the_post();
 		?>
 	<item>
 		<title><?php the_title_rss(); ?></title>
@@ -139,5 +140,6 @@
 		?>
 	</item>
 	<?php endwhile; ?>
+	<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
 </channel>
 </rss>

readme.txt

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Top 10 also has powerful API and is fully extendable with WordPress actions and
 * **Custom Display Options**
   - **Taxonomy-Specific Displays**: Use the `display_only_on_tax_ids` parameter to restrict popular post displays to specific taxonomy terms.
   - **Category Inclusion**: Include popular posts from specific categories using a new option in the Edit Post meta box.
+  - **RSS Feed Filtering**: Enhanced RSS feeds with category and post type filtering, available via URL parameters (?category=news, ?post_type=product) and dedicated settings.
 
 * **Enhanced Tracking and Performance**
   - **Fast Tracker**: A new, faster tracking method to improve post view speed.
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ When you enabled the scheduled maintenance, Top 10 will create a cron job that w
 * Features:
 	* Import data from the WordPress Popular Posts plugin.
 	* [Pro] Query Optimization: Add MySQL MAX_EXECUTION_TIME directive to prevent long-running queries from consuming excessive server resources. Configurable via settings and the `top_ten_query_max_execution_time` filter.
+    * [Pro] Enhanced Popular Posts RSS feeds with category and post type filtering, available via URL parameters and configurable via dedicated settings.
 	* Admin Dashboard:
 		* Smart chart visualization: Automatically switches to an area chart for datasets with more than 100 data points.
 		* [Pro] Clicking on a column in the Popular Posts chart will display the most popular posts for the selected day.