[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #28923: Favicon in RSS feeds

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#28923: Favicon in RSS feeds
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 Reporter:  Phyks                     |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request           |      Status:  new
 Priority:  low                       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Feeds                     |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion dev-feedback  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by stevenkword):

 * keywords:  2nd-opinion => 2nd-opinion dev-feedback
 * priority:  normal => low


Comment:

 I've done some research and what I'm finding is that a large number of the
 '''free''' feed aggregators are not supporting the <image> sub-element and
 instead choose to go in favor of displaying the standard favicon out of
 the site root.

 On the flip side of that, many non-WordPress syndicators are generating
 the tag including, ''Reddit, Trac, Huffington Post, Wikipedia, NY Times'',
 etc. I'm wondering if the fact that WordPress is not syndicating the value
 could in turn be causing lower adoption with the aggregators.

 The call is going to come back to the cost benefit analysis.  Publishers
 seem to be putting the sub-element out there, but not the readers are not
 consuming it.  The question becomes "how useful would the feature be?".

 This might be best handled by extending an existing Favicon plugin, or
 perhaps by rolling the feature into new plugin that would also generate
 the other optional sub-elements in the spec.  If nothing else, starting
 with a plugin may be a good way to get started without having to land a
 feature that isn't terribly critical or widely adopted into Core.

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