"RSS Feed" button leads to empty page after upgrade to SharePoint SE

Matthias68 256 Reputation points
2025-04-24T09:54:00.34+00:00

Dear all,

under SharePoint Server 2016, the function "RSS Feed" e.g. on a blog site worked without problems, users were able to subscribe to a blog site via RSS:

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Since the upgrade to SharePoint Server SE, every "RSS Feed" button on every blog site within our farm just leads to an empty page with no error message.

Any idea?

Best,
Matthias

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  1. Hien-L 1,910 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
    2025-05-01T06:58:51.83+00:00

    Hi @Matthias68 ,

    Good day! Welcome to Q&A forum.

    After upgrading to SharePoint Server 2019 (SE), if your RSS feed button leads to an empty page, this is typically caused by missing or misconfigured RSS features. Please verify the following settings.

    1. Verify and Activate RSS Features

    At Site Collection Level:

    Enable-SPFeature -Identity "RSSFeedSite" -Url <YourSiteURL>

    At Web Application Level:

    Enable-SPFeature -Identity "RSSFeedWeb" -Url <YourWebAppURL>

    1. Check Subscription Settings Service
    • Go to Central Administration → Application Management → Manage Service Applications
    • Verify "Subscription Settings Service" is started

    Besides, you can try to subscribe to a blog site via RSS in SharePoint SE directly.

    Here is an article about RSS feed for your reference:

    Create or subscribe to an RSS Feed - Microsoft Support

    Hope these information helps.

    Please do let us know if you have any further queries.


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