Tilda Feeds is a built-in service that allows you to make multiple feeds of instantly updated news or posts.
You can create multiple feeds of up to 5 000 posts each, add images, videos, or a gallery to the post, manage the release date and search engines settings.
You can create multiple feeds of up to 5 000 posts each, add images, videos, or a gallery to the post, manage the release date and search engines settings.
Enable Feeds in Site Settings → Built-In Services → Feeds → Connect.
Go to the Feeds management tab from the main page of the project editor.
Or go to the Feeds management tab via the block Content from the “News and Feeds” category on the page.
Important: You are not allowed to use the Feeds feature to create a media website with social and political content.
If you need to add authors or the feed editor to the project, use the “Collaborators” feature. Read more about this feature in this guide.
Creating a feed
Create a new feed using the button in the upper right corner. Each feed can contain up to 5 000 posts; posts are not counted in the project page counter.
Editing and creating posts
Create a new post using the button in the upper right corner and specify its title.
Next, the post editing window opens. You can specify a short description of the post that will be displayed in the block with post previews, add the main image of the post, image gallery, or video, set the date of publication, indicate the category and visibility of the post (published - visible to all website visitors, or draft - not published yet).
You can set up a unique post title and description for social media and SEO.
The body of the post is built from separate blocks with different content types. To add the block you need, click the plus icon on the left side:
Available content types:
- Text is the body text
- Heading — use it to add headings of different levels: H2, H3, H4
- Image — upload an image and assign a description, alt text, and a URL address to it
- Video — specify a YouTube, Vimeo, or direct link to the MP4 or WebM video
- Quote adds a vertical line to the left of the text to highlight a phrase or paragraph
- Introduction uses a larger font size than that of the body text
- Callout is an icon and text box on a colored background that is used to emphasize a key message. The color of the background and icon is modifiable.
- Divider creates a horizontal line to separate content parts. The color of the line is modifiable.
- Embed HTML code executes the code you've inserted on the published page
- Highlight code adds a block with highlighted syntax and supports HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and JSON
- Table — allows you to create a table with data.
Blocks can be moved up and down, deleted, duplicated, and converted to other block types. Also, you can assign an anchor to the block. Click three dots to the left of the block and select the action you need.
To format text, select it and choose suitable styles in the toolbar that pops up above.
Editing and creating categories
You can use Categories to distinguish between different news within a feed. By adding a category, you can display a separate feed topic on a separate page.
Create a category using the button in the upper right corner.
Create a category using the button in the upper right corner.
After creating a category, you can assign it to a single post in the post editing card.
Changing the feed URL
To set the feed URL, open the feed you need and click on "Settings".
In the "Feed address" field, enter the URL of the page that will be the main page for this feed or just any URL and save the changes.
Important: If you specify the URL of a page that does not exist, the 404 page will be displayed when trying to open the feed category with this address.
We recommend that you create a usual page with a URL specified in the field. For the link to lead to the page with content that can be opened, place a block from the "News and Feeds" category that contains the list of posts on it.
Important: If a user goes to the old /tpost/ link with the post address that is assigned by default, they will be redirected to a new address automatically. If the the feed alias will be edited more than once, you will have to set redirecting manually.
Now, when a user opens any post from this feed on the page, its alias will be displayed in the address — the URL of the page that is the main page for the feed.
Changing the feed category URL
To change the feed category URL, click on "Categories".
Important: You can specify the feed category address only in case if you have specified the alias for the whole feed.
Near the category you need, click on the pencil icon to switch to its settings.
In the category URL field, specify a link to an existing page.
Important: The page with the URL you need must be created and published in the project already. Add a block from the "News and Feeds" category to the page and display the category for which the page URL will be set.
Now, when a user opens the feed page from the category they need, the URL will display the alias (category page URL) you have specified before.
Changing the feed post URL
To change the feed post URL, find it in the list and click on its title to open the editor.
In the "Post address" field, enter a unique URL and save the changes. By default, the URL will be generated from the title.
When opening the post, the URL specified in the editor will be displayed.
How to show feeds on the website
You can display the feed of posts using blocks from the "News and Feeds" category in the Block Library.
Choose a feed or a category of the feed in the block Content.
Save the changes. Posts will be updated automatically on the published page, you won't need to republish it.
Exporting and Importing Feeds Posts
The maximum file size for importing feed posts is 50 MB. You cannot upload more than 5000 posts.
To export or import feeds, go to the feed you need and click on the three dots.
If there is more than one feed in the project, click on "More" to display the feeds export and import options.
Exporting the Feed's posts
Select "Download list of posts to CSV" from the list to export all posts in the feed.
When exporting posts, select a specific feed category or "All" category if you want to export all categories of the feed.
To select a delimiter type, click on "Additional Settings". Available delimiter types for the file are semicolon and comma.
When exporting posts, select a specific feed category or "All" category if you want to export all categories of the feed.
To select a delimiter type, click on "Additional Settings". Available delimiter types for the file are semicolon and comma.
Importing Feed's posts
Select "Import posts from CSV" from the list to import all posts of the feed.
When importing feeds, the data preview will be available. Click on the "Import" button to proceed to fields' matching.
When importing feeds, the data preview will be available. Click on the "Import" button to proceed to fields' matching.
In the field matching window, select the fields you need to import from the file.
To update only existing posts, select the checkbox near the "Update only existing posts and do not create new ones" option.
If the Post ID from the file matches an existing post in the feed, its data will be updated. If not, that post will be skipped.
If the Post ID from the file matches an existing post in the feed, its data will be updated. If not, that post will be skipped.
If you need to create new posts, keep the checkbox unselected and click on the "Start recording data" button.
Note: If the Post ID from the file matches a post in the feed, that post will be updated. But if the Post ID is not found during the file upload process in Feeds, a new post will be created.
The categories specified in the file will be created automatically.
To upload images via feeds import, you can only use links to images that have been uploaded to feeds or projects before.
Table with feeds' field titles in CSV
Transferring a post to another Feed
This feature is available when the following option is enabled in the Profile settings: Opt-in to become a beta tester and try new features before they are released.
To transfer posts to another feed, select these in the dashboard with the checkbox and select the "Transfer" action in the menu.
Select a feed in the "Destination feed" field and click on the "Transfer" button.
The limit on the number of posts in one feed is 5000. If the limit is reached during the transfer, an error notification will appear.
If you want to copy a post to another feed instead of transferring it, then select the "Copy post" checkbox.
Refresh the page after the posts have been transferred.
Now the posts are displayed in the other Feed.
Feed SEO settings
Published feeds are indexed by search engines, and a separate sitemap file is created for each feed.
To set the title, description, and keywords for search engines, go to the SEO tab in the edit window of each post.
You can prevent search engines from indexing the post or forbid search robots to follow links specified in the post (all links will be assigned the nofollow attribute).
To set the title, description, and keywords for search engines, go to the SEO tab in the edit window of each post.
You can prevent search engines from indexing the post or forbid search robots to follow links specified in the post (all links will be assigned the nofollow attribute).
Setting up Google AMP
Google Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) is a format from Google that allows you to show special versions of pages that load faster and are easier to read. In Feeds, these versions are created automatically.
To add AMP pages, go to Feed Settings → Additional, enable the Google AMP toggle switch.
To add AMP pages, go to Feed Settings → Additional, enable the Google AMP toggle switch.
Google AMP pages are automatically generated. The website must be added to Google Search Console. For correct operation, you also need to upload the logo and specify the company name in Feed Settings → Company.
The AMP pages will then be indexed and become available in search results after a while.
Creating a header and footer for the post
In the Feed Settings → Header and Footer, you can add pages that will be displayed above and below the text of the post. Create those pages, select them from the list, and enable the "Open a page instead of a pop-up" toggle.
Adding comments to posts
To add HTML code for comments, go to Feed Settings → Comments and paste the code for a comment section. The comments will appear below the post text.
You can insert comments from any comment service. Below is an example of how to insert comments from one of the most popular commenting services - Disqus.
Example: Inserting comments via Disqus
Go to disqus.com and click the "Sign up" button.
Sign up for the service
Select "I want to install Disqus on my site"
Select "Install manually with Universal Code."
Copy the code and paste it into the Feed Settings → Comments.
Question:
How will Feeds behave if I downgrade to the Free plan?
Answer:
Feeds are available for paid plans only. If you change for the free plan, feeds and posts will be stored in the Trash for Feeds on Tilda for 7 days. If you do not upgrade back for a paid plan after that, the feeds will be permanently deleted.
How will Feeds behave if I downgrade to the Free plan?
Answer:
Feeds are available for paid plans only. If you change for the free plan, feeds and posts will be stored in the Trash for Feeds on Tilda for 7 days. If you do not upgrade back for a paid plan after that, the feeds will be permanently deleted.
