Removing feeds from header using a function?

Question

I want to remove the default RSS feed, which I can successfully do by adding this in functions.php file.

remove_action( 'wp_head', 'feed_links', 2 );

However, It is important for me to use this in a function instead of using directly. For that purpose, I'm trying following:

function remove_rss() { 
    remove_action( 'wp_head', 'feed_links', 2 );
}
add_action('wp_head', 'remove_rss');

but that does not work. I think the reason is the wp_head loads after the feeds are loaded in the header. How can I make it load before the header adds the feeds? Thanks.

Answer 1

Try this instead:

add_action( 'wp_head', 'wpse58023_wp_head', 1 );
function wpse58023_wp_head() {

    // Removes main feed link(s)
    remove_action( 'wp_head', 'feed_links', 2 );

    // Removes comments feed link
    remove_action( 'wp_head', 'feed_links_extra', 3 );

}

Answer 2

why don´t use remove_theme_support() with add_action('after_setup_theme', 'my_setup_theme') ?

function my_setup_theme() { 
  remove_theme_support( 'automatic-feed-links' );
}
add_action('after_setup_theme', 'my_setup_theme')

Answer 3

Try using init instead. According to the list of hooks, it runs before wp_head.