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

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# apply_filters( ‘default_feed’, string $feed_type )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/default_feed/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/default_feed/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/default_feed/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/default_feed/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Filters the default feed type.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/default_feed/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$feed_type`string

Type of default feed. Possible values include `'rss2'`, `'atom'`.
 Default `'rss2'`.

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

    ```php
    $default_feed = apply_filters( 'default_feed', 'rss2' );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/feed.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/feed.php#L89)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/feed.php#L89-L89)

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

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

Retrieves the default feed.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/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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