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Display your LexBlog RSS feed on an external website

Connect your LexBlog site's RSS feed to a separate firm website, portal, or CMS so visitors there can see your latest posts. Your LexBlog feed URL is the starting point; the external site consumes that feed to display headlines and links.

Available On: Legacy, Bradwell, Blackstone, Enterprise, Website, and Microsite plans

Before you start

  • Know the URL of the external website or CMS where you want posts to appear.
  • Confirm you have permission to add integrations or embed code on that external site.
  • Identify your LexBlog feed URL (see the first procedure below).

Find your LexBlog RSS feed URL

  1. Open your LexBlog site in a browser.
  2. Go to https://www.yoursite.com/feed/, replacing yoursite.com with your site's domain.
  3. Confirm the page loads XML content listing recent posts.

Alternatively, from your LexBlog homepage, open the Stay Connected widget and click the RSS icon. For background on feeds, see About RSS feeds.

Add the feed to a WordPress site outside LexBlog

  1. Log in to the external WordPress site's dashboard.
  2. Install and activate an RSS widget or block plugin if your theme does not include one natively.
  3. Add an RSS block or widget to the page where you want headlines to appear.
  4. Paste your LexBlog feed URL (https://www.yoursite.com/feed/) into the feed URL field.
  5. Save the page and view it logged out to confirm recent LexBlog posts appear with links back to the original posts.

Add the feed to another CMS or website builder

  1. Sign in to the external site's admin area (Squarespace, Wix, Drupal, HubSpot, etc.).
  2. Look for an RSS, feed, or syndication module in the page or site settings.
  3. Paste your LexBlog feed URL when the tool asks for an RSS or XML feed address.
  4. Configure how many items to show and whether links open in a new tab.
  5. Publish the page and confirm post titles link to the full articles on your LexBlog domain.

If the external CMS is not listed in your documentation, see Locate RSS feeds for common CMS feed paths, or contact LexBlog Support.

Validate the feed before go-live

  1. Copy your LexBlog feed URL.
  2. Paste it into the W3C Feed Validation Service.
  3. Resolve any errors reported by the validator before relying on the feed in production.

For LexBlog Network requirements, see LexBlog RSS Standards.

What happens after you complete this

  • The external site pulls new items from your LexBlog feed on its own refresh schedule — it is not instant like a manual copy.
  • Readers on the external site click through to your LexBlog post URLs for the full article.
  • Email notification campaigns to subscribers are separate from RSS syndication. Adding a feed to another site does not change who receives MailChimp campaigns.

Note

The Stay Connected RSS icon on your LexBlog homepage links readers to your feed from within your LexBlog site. This article covers displaying that same feed on a different website.

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