Custom RSS Setup for Hugo: Enhance Your Feeds

A configuration setup for customizing Hugo's XML output to enhance RSS feeds. This repository provides a tailored RSS template and instructions to extend Hugo's default RSS feed with additional metadata useful for downstream processing.

Features

• Custom RSS XML template for Hugo posts
• Adds unique post identifiers via Hugo's .File.UniqueID
• Includes author metadata (name, email, hashed email) when defined in site parameters
• Provides guidance for integrating the custom RSS template into a Hugo project

Tech Stack

• Hugo (Static Site Generator)
• XML (RSS feed format)
• Bash (for setup commands)

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Hugo installed on your system
• A Hugo site with a theme that includes an RSS template

Installation

1. From your Hugo root directory, create necessary directories and copy the RSS template from your theme:

mkdir -p layouts/posts
cp themes/[theme]/layouts/posts/index.xml layouts/posts/rss.xml

2. Replace the copied rss.xml with the customized version from this repository or modify it according to the instructions.

3. Customize the RSS template to include additional metadata such as post IDs and author information.

Running

Build your Hugo site as usual:

hugo

The generated RSS feed will include the custom fields.

Project Structure

• index.md - Documentation and explanation of the RSS customization process.
• rss.xml - The customized RSS template for Hugo posts.

Future Work / Roadmap

• Automate integration of the customized RSS template into Hugo projects.
• Extend support for additional metadata fields as needed.
• Provide examples of consuming the enhanced RSS feed with external tools or databases.
• Add validation and testing for the RSS output to ensure compliance with RSS standards.