[wp-forums] SimplePie and WP core

[Andrew Nacin]

On Jun 15, 2012 12:11 PM, "esmi at quirm dot net" <esmi at quirm.net> wrote:
>
> Is there anything in core that will allow users to make use of the
force_feed() functionality in SimplePie? When the Incoming Links feed
breaks in the Dashboard, SimplePie outputs the following:
>
> "Use force_feed() if you are certain this URL is a real feed."
>
> But I can't any plugin, hook or filter that would allow users to do this.
Am I missing something?
>
> <http://wordpress.org/support/topic/incoming-links-error-message-1>

Sounds to me like a valid enhancement. As Gavin noted, it's possible with a
plugin. But our widget should go ahead and force_feed().