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With Word­press 2.8+, there is a new func­tion, fetch_feed(), that is built off of Sim­plePie. The new func­tion worked fine with most RSS feeds, like the one from my blog here, but it would error out each time I attempted to get it to read a feed from Deli­cious.  After mak­ing sev­eral attempts, and com­ing up empty on Google searches, I decided to switch gears.  Instead of get­ting the feed directly from Deli­cious, I found a feed aggre­ga­tor site called RSS­Mix, cre­ated a mix with just the feed I wanted from Deli­cious, and then used that feed URL to great suc­cess.  The code for my feed dis­play is below:

<?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://www.rssmix.com/u/800770/rss.xml');
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;
echo $postcount;
?>
<div id="bookmarks">
	<h2>recent delicious bookmarks</h2>
	<ul>
		<?php if ($maxitems == 0) echo '<li>No items.</li>';
		else
		// Loop through each feed item and display each item as a hyperlink.
		foreach ( $rss_items as $item ) : ?>
			<li>
				<a href='<?php echo $item->get_permalink(); ?>'
				title='<?php echo 'Posted '.$item->get_date('j F Y | g:i a'); ?>'>
				<?php echo $item->get_title(); ?></a>
			</li>
		<?php endforeach; ?>
	</ul>
</div>
<?php } ?>

In order to get the feed to dis­play after the first post, I used the fol­low­ing code:

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
	<?php $count = 0; ?>
	<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
		<?php $count++; ?>
		<?php if ($count == 2) { ?>
        	<!-- RSS CODE HERE -->
		<?php } ?>
		<!-- STANDARD WORDPRESS LOOP STUFF HERE -->