Title: load_feed_engine
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# do_action( ‘load_feed_engine’ )

## In this article

 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/load_feed_engine/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/load_feed_engine/?output_format=md#changelog)

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This hook has been deprecated since 3.0.0.

Fires before [MagpieRSS](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/magpierss/)
is loaded, to optionally replace it.

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

    ```php
    do_action( 'load_feed_engine' );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rss.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/rss.php#L27)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/rss.php#L27-L27)

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

| Version | Description | 
| [3.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.0.0/) | Deprecated.  | 
| [2.3.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.3.0/) | Introduced. |

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