  Feed syndication is analogous to electronic newsletters, both are aimed at
delivering feeds to subscribers; the difference is that while newsletter
subscription requires e-mail and exposed you to spam and security challenges,
feed syndication ensures that you only get what you requested for. This paper
reports a review on the state of the art of feed aggregation technology and the
development of a locally hosted web based feed aggregator as a research tool
using the core features of WordPress; the software was further enhanced with
plugins and widgets for dynamic content publishing, database and object
caching, social web syndication, back-up and maintenance, among others. The
results highlight the current developments in software re-use and describes;
how open source content management systems can be used for both online and
offline publishing, a means whereby feed aggregator users can control and share
feed data, as well as how web developers can focus on extending the features of
built-in software libraries in applications rather than reinventing the wheel.
