How to Combine Multiple RSS Feeds into One (Yahoo Pipes Alternatives)

Need to join, filter or remix multiple RSS feeds? In 2007 I used Yahoo! Pipes to combine the feeds of all our sites into one main feed. Yahoo shut down Pipes in 2015, but merging and filtering multiple RSS feeds is still easy with newer tools. Here is how to combine, split, filter and sort RSS feeds in 2026, with free and paid options.

Quick answer: Use Pipes (pipes.digital), a Yahoo Pipes-style visual editor, to merge and filter feeds; RSS.app’s feed bundles or Inoreader’s output feeds for a simple combined feed; or open-source RSS-Bridge and self-hosted tools if you want full control. For automation, Zapier and IFTTT can send new items from many feeds to email, Slack or social media.

Why combine multiple RSS feeds?

• Offer readers one feed for all your sites or categories.
• Follow a topic across many sources in one place.
• Filter out posts you do not want, such as sponsored content or certain keywords.
• Feed a newsletter, Telegram channel or website widget with fresh content.

Best tools to combine RSS feeds

• Pipes (external site): the closest thing to Yahoo Pipes. Drag blocks onto a canvas to fetch feeds, merge them, filter by keyword, sort by date and output a new RSS feed. It can also read HTML pages, XML and JSON.
• RSS.app (external site): create feeds from websites that do not have one and combine several feeds into one bundle with its feed bundler. Free trial, then paid plans.
• Inoreader (external site): a powerful feed reader with folders, rules and filters. Paid plans can publish a folder or tag as a new combined RSS feed.
• RSS-Bridge (external site): free, open-source software that creates feeds for sites without RSS. Run it on your own server.
• Zapier (external site) and IFTTT (external site): watch many feeds and send new items wherever you want, such as an email digest, Google Sheet or social post.

How to merge feeds with Pipes (step by step)

1. Sign in and open the visual editor.
2. Add an input block for each RSS feed URL you want to merge.
3. Connect the inputs to a block that combines them into one stream.
4. Add a filter block to keep or remove items containing certain words.
5. Sort the items by date, limit how many to show, and connect to the output.
6. Save the pipe and copy its output feed link to use anywhere.

Combining feeds on a WordPress site

• WordPress already offers feeds for every category, tag and author, such as /category/name/feed/, so you may not need to merge anything.
• To show posts from other sites, use an RSS aggregator plugin such as WP RSS Aggregator, or the built-in RSS widget for a simple list.
• Only republish full content from feeds you own or have permission to use. If others copy your feed, see how to stop RSS feed scraping.

More things you can do with RSS

RSS is still the backbone of podcasts and many newsletters. You can even convert your blog RSS feed into a podcast.

FAQ

Is there a replacement for Yahoo Pipes?

Yes. Pipes at pipes.digital works in a very similar way, and RSS.app, Inoreader and Zapier cover most other uses.

Can I combine RSS feeds for free?

Yes, with self-hosted tools like RSS-Bridge or free plans of automation tools. Paid tools are easier to set up.

Is RSS still used in 2026?

Yes. Feed readers, podcasts, news apps and many automation tools rely on RSS.

How do you use RSS feeds today? Tell us in the comments.