feed-rss2.php tests for $post->post_content without applying the_content filters

[nateomedia]

feed-rss2.php contains an if statement that tests to see if $post->post_content is greater than zero before using the_content (which may be changed to the_content_rss) to populate the <content: encoded> tag.

feed-rss2..php, line 48:

<?php if ( strlen( $post->post_content ) > 0 ) : ?>

No other RSS feed does this.

The problem is that this test does not take into account the_content filters, which may populate an otherwise empty post. The ComicPress theme is a real world instance where this occurs -- posts containing comics are populated using apply_filters to the_content rather than through direct entry when a new post is created.

If the RSS 2 feed template is to behave differently than the other feeds, it should at least apply the_content filters before testing for content rather than pulling directly from $post->post_content.

Otherwise, the RSS 2 feed template should be brought in line with the other feed templates and this test should be removed.

I have uploaded a patch that removes the condition check.

i dont think removing the the_excerpt_rss() case is the right way to go about it

<content:encoded> should not contain summary. The <description> element does that.

The second version of the patch will check if get_the_content is empty.

A year has passed and this ticket hasn't been closed. Is there any chance of this being scheduled from release? I know there are bigger issues to deal with and everything, but every update I have to go and manually patch feed-rss2.php — it would be nice to see this fixed. Thank you.

#15604