Properly setting up a feed

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I have tried to setup a feed following the instructions here: https://wordpress.org/support/article/wordpress-feeds/

According to the instructions, https://sport-1a.de/category/Blog-Artikel/feed should return the proper feed. However, I am getting 404 - page not found. Trying the category slug (https://sport-1a.de/category/blogpost/feed) didn't help either.

How can I fix this?

can you embed the images directly into the question using the image function rathe than google drive? — Tom J Nowell, Commented Jun 17, 2021 at 12:10
Visiting sport-1a.de/category/Blog-Artikel redirects to the homepage, are you sure that there is a category archive at that location? And that it is a native post archive, not a page with a page template that lists posts? — Tom J Nowell, Commented Jun 17, 2021 at 12:13
Got your images. It is a page with a widget that lists posts. I have to admit that there are probably a lot of things I don't know about Wordpress. I also wouldn't know how to create a native post archive. I guess I will simply google it. :) — Razzupaltuff, Commented Jun 17, 2021 at 12:50
I found that I have to use "kategorie" and not "category" in the feed link. Sorry, my bad. I wasn't aware that WP would localize automatically generated links (although it seems quite logical). — Razzupaltuff, Commented Jun 17, 2021 at 13:25
The pre_get_posts filter is super useful for changing post archives without having to create templates with secondary loops, it solves a lot of stumbling blocks — Tom J Nowell, Commented Jun 17, 2021 at 13:56

Razzupaltuff · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-17 13:28:37Z

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Feed links have to use the category slug (not the name) ("Blog-Artikel" --> "blogpost" in the case of the site in question)
Feed links have to conform with the localization of the page offering the feed (i.e. "category" --> "kategorie" for a WP site with a Germain domain. Funny enough, the WP site language of the site in question is set to "English")

answered Jun 17, 2021 at 13:28

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