Title: get_default_feed
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# get_default_feed(): string

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_default_feed/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_default_feed/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_default_feed/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_default_feed/?output_format=md#hooks)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_default_feed/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_default_feed/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Retrieves the default feed.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_default_feed/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

The default feed is ‘rss2’, unless a plugin changes it through the [‘default_feed’](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/default_feed/)
filter.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_default_feed/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 string Default feed, or for example `'rss2'`, `'atom'`, etc.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_default_feed/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function get_default_feed() {
    	/**
    	 * Filters the default feed type.
    	 *
    	 * @since 2.5.0
    	 *
    	 * @param string $feed_type Type of default feed. Possible values include 'rss2', 'atom'.
    	 *                          Default 'rss2'.
    	 */
    	$default_feed = apply_filters( 'default_feed', 'rss2' );

    	return ( 'rss' === $default_feed ) ? 'rss2' : $default_feed;
    }
    ```

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## 󠀁[Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_default_feed/?output_format=md#hooks)󠁿

 [apply_filters( ‘default_feed’, string $feed_type )](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/default_feed/)

Filters the default feed type.

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_default_feed/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [apply_filters()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/apply_filters/)`wp-includes/plugin.php` |

Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [feed_links()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/feed_links/)`wp-includes/general-template.php` |

Displays the links to the general feeds.

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| [WP::send_headers()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp/send_headers/)`wp-includes/class-wp.php` |

Sends additional HTTP headers for caching, content type, etc.

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| [WP_Query::is_feed()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/is_feed/)`wp-includes/class-wp-query.php` |

Determines whether the query is for a feed.

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| [do_feed()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_feed/)`wp-includes/functions.php` |

Loads the feed template from the use of an action hook.

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| [get_search_comments_feed_link()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_search_comments_feed_link/)`wp-includes/link-template.php` |

Retrieves the permalink for the search results comments feed.

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| [get_post_type_archive_feed_link()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_post_type_archive_feed_link/)`wp-includes/link-template.php` |

Retrieves the permalink for a post type archive feed.

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| [get_term_feed_link()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_term_feed_link/)`wp-includes/link-template.php` |

Retrieves the feed link for a term.

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| [get_search_feed_link()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_search_feed_link/)`wp-includes/link-template.php` |

Retrieves the permalink for the search results feed.

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| [get_feed_link()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_feed_link/)`wp-includes/link-template.php` |

Retrieves the permalink for the feed type.

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| [get_post_comments_feed_link()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_post_comments_feed_link/)`wp-includes/link-template.php` |

Retrieves the permalink for the post comments feed.

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| [get_author_feed_link()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_author_feed_link/)`wp-includes/link-template.php` |

Retrieves the feed link for a given author.

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| [get_the_category_rss()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_the_category_rss/)`wp-includes/feed.php` |

Retrieves all of the post categories, formatted for use in feeds.

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| [feed_content_type()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/feed_content_type/)`wp-includes/feed.php` |

Returns the content type for specified feed type.

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| [get_the_content_feed()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_the_content_feed/)`wp-includes/feed.php` |

Retrieves the post content for feeds.

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| [redirect_canonical()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/redirect_canonical/)`wp-includes/canonical.php` |

Redirects incoming links to the proper URL based on the site url.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_default_feed/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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