mkdocs-changelog-feed-plugin 2025.10.26

MkDocs plugin that adds RSS and Atom feeds for a changelog in the Keep a Changelog format.

MkDocs changelog feed plugin

MkDocs plugin that adds RSS and Atom feeds for a changelog.

This plugin takes the rendered HTML output of the page specified by the changelog_file setting, splits it into sections for each changelog entry, and generates RSS and Atom feeds with items for each of those entries. Then, links to the feeds are added to the page.

The page is expected to be in the Keep a Changelog format, e.g. every entry starts with a second level heading, the version title and the date have to be separated by -[^dash], the date has to be in ISO 8601 format, etc.

Installation

pip install mkdocs-changelog-feed-plugin

Usage

In mkdocs.yaml, set site_url and add the plugin to plugins:

site_name: My Docs
site_url: https://mydocs.example.com/
plugins:
  - search
  - changelog_feed

Plugin configuration

changelog_file

The file within your docs directory containing the changelog.

default: CHANGELOG.md

feed_title

The feed's title.

Defaults to "page name - site name", if not set.

default: null

feed_description

The feed's description (RSS)/subtitle (Atom).

default: null

remove_permalinks

Remove permalinks added by Python-Markdown's Table of Contents extension from the feeds.

default: true

links_icon

Icon to be displayed next to the links to the feeds at the top of the page.

default: <i class="fa fa-square-rss"></i>

Licence

This project is licenced under the AGPL-3.0 license.

[^dash]: Or – or —, in case something like the SmartyPants extension replaces the - character.