How to re-direct WordPress feeds to Feedburner?

WordPress by default comes with various feeds. So, when you install WordPress, it automatically creates default URLs through which various feeds for your blogs can be accessed. For instance, http://techlisher.com/feed. Considering the features of Feedburner vis-a-vis WordPress Feeds, it makes all sense to re-direct WordPress Feed URL to the blog’s Feedburner URL – for instance, re-direct http://techlisher.com/feed to http://feeds.feedburner.com/techlisherblog. There are some WordPress plugins to enable this re-direction viz., FD FeedBurner Plugin, FeedBurner FeedSmith, etc. But why use a plugin when you can do the same set of things without it? Yes, in this article we will talk about how to re-direct WordPress Feeds to Feedburner Feeds without a plugin but with .htaccess file.

1. Open .htaccess file which is located in the same folder where the wp-config.php is located (Note: If you’re accessing your blog directory through FTP, remember to enable ‘Show hidden files’).

2. Paste the following code in your .htaccess file and save it.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !FeedBurner [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !FeedValidator [NC]
RewriteRule ^feed/?([_0-9a-z-] )?/?$ http://feeds.feedburner.com/techlisherblog [R=302,NC,L]
</IfModule>

1. This code should be pasted above the # BEGIN WordPress line in .htaccess file.
2. Most importantly, remember to replace the FeedBurner URL given in the code above to your own FeedBurner URL otherwise you will be re-directing users to our Feeds.