Is it possible to fetch latest posts from multiple wordpress installations (without multisite) to display on a single homepage?

Question

I have multiple wordpress installations on different subdomains, and i needed to list the latest posts from each installation on the homepage. Do i need to have a single installation (multisite) for this, or is it possible from multiple installations?

Christopher Ellis Christopher Ellis · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-12T15:10:43

You can pull latest post from different sites via RSS feed. There are plugins for this task or you can code yourself. If you want to code it yourself see below:

usage:

<?php $feed = fetch_feed( $uri ); ?>

This example will retrieve and display a list of links for an existing RSS feed, limiting the selection to the five most recent items:

<h2><?php _e( 'Recent news from Some-Other Blog:', 'my-text-domain' ); ?></h2>

<?php // Get RSS Feed(s)
include_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/feed.php' );

// Get a SimplePie feed object from the specified feed source.
$rss = fetch_feed( 'http://example.com/rss/feed/goes/here' );

if ( ! is_wp_error( $rss ) ) : // Checks that the object is created correctly

    // Figure out how many total items there are, but limit it to 5. 
    $maxitems = $rss->get_item_quantity( 5 ); 

    // Build an array of all the items, starting with element 0 (first element).
    $rss_items = $rss->get_items( 0, $maxitems );

endif;
?>

<ul>
    <?php if ( $maxitems == 0 ) : ?>
        <li><?php _e( 'No items', 'my-text-domain' ); ?></li>
    <?php else : ?>
        <?php // Loop through each feed item and display each item as a hyperlink. ?>
        <?php foreach ( $rss_items as $item ) : ?>
            <li>
                <a href="<?php echo esc_url( $item->get_permalink() ); ?>"
                    title="<?php printf( __( 'Posted %s', 'my-text-domain' ), $item->get_date('j F Y | g:i a') ); ?>">
                    <?php echo esc_html( $item->get_title() ); ?>
                </a>
            </li>
        <?php endforeach; ?>
    <?php endif; ?>
</ul>

sources: Wordpress Feeds, Wordpress Fetch Feed.

Is it possible to fetch latest posts from multiple wordpress installations (without multisite) to display on a single homepage?

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