If a Blogger post feed footer is missing while Allow blog feed is set to Until Jump Break, check that setting first. Blogger documents that a post feed footer requires the feed setting Full. “Until Jump Break” shares only the part of each post before its jump break, so it does not meet Blogger’s documented requirement for the footer.
That setting is a strong place to start, not proof that every feed reader, email tool, or third-party service caused the issue. Blogger controls what it publishes through the feed. A reader or service may process that feed under its own rules.
What Blogger calls a post feed footer
Blogger places the Post feed footer after each post in the post feed. The setting can contain code for feed additions, including ads or other third-party additions. Blogger’s own setting description adds one condition: Allow blog feed must be set to Full for the footer to work.
This distinction matters because the footer belongs to the feed output, not to the visible page footer on a post. A theme footer, a widget, and a post feed footer are separate pieces of Blogger. Changing one does not confirm anything about the others.
Google’s Blogger documentation describes both settings under Settings and Site feed. The same area controls how much post content Blogger shares and where a post-feed redirect can send feed traffic. Read the relevant setting description in Blogger Help: Manage your blog’s settings.
Why “Full” matters
Blogger gives four standard choices for Allow blog feed: Full, Until Jump Break, Short, and None. The choice changes the amount of post content Blogger distributes.
A feed footer needs the Full choice because that is the documented requirement attached to the footer field. Selecting Until Jump Break can still publish feed content, but it publishes only the content before the jump break. That is different from sharing the complete post.
The practical diagnosis is straightforward:
- Open Settings in Blogger.
- Find the Site feed section.
- Review Allow blog feed.
- If you use a Post feed footer, select Full.
- Save the setting.
- Check the feed URL itself after the change.
Do not treat a jump break as a broken feature. Blogger documents it as a boundary for the content shared by the Until Jump Break option. If a post has a jump break, the feed receives the material before that break under this setting.
How the feed choices change shared post content
The table below compares the documented options. It describes what Blogger shares through the blog feed. It does not predict how a particular reader, newsletter service, or syndication tool will render that content.
| Allow blog feed setting | What Blogger documents | Effect on a post feed footer |
|---|---|---|
| Full | The entire contents of each post are distributed. | Required for Blogger’s post feed footer setting. |
| Until Jump Break | Content before the post’s jump break is shared. | Does not satisfy Blogger’s stated Full-feed requirement. |
| Short | Blogger distributes an excerpt, described as approximately the first 400 characters in the settings documentation. | Does not satisfy the stated Full-feed requirement. |
| None | Blogger disables the blog’s XML feed. | There is no active blog feed for the footer to appear in. |
Blogger also lists a Custom option. It is for advanced choices involving blog posts, comments, or per-post comment feeds. If the goal is simply to use Blogger’s Post feed footer, the documented requirement still points to Full.
Check the setting without confusing it with the post editor
The feed choice lives in blog settings, not in the post editor. A jump break is added inside a post, while Allow blog feed applies to the blog’s feed configuration. Both can affect what reaches a feed, but they work at different levels.
Start from the Blogger dashboard, choose the correct blog, then open Settings. Under Site feed, choose Allow blog feed and review the current selection. Blogger’s separate help page for sharing content gives the same route: Settings, then Site feed, then Allow blog feed.
If you change the option to Full, save it before testing. A saved setting gives Blogger the configuration its help documentation requires for a Post feed footer. It does not guarantee that a third-party destination will display every element exactly as Blogger publishes it.
The footer field itself is also under Site feed. Review its contents carefully. A blank footer field cannot add anything to the feed. A nonblank field paired with Until Jump Break, Short, or None still does not match the Full requirement documented by Blogger.
Inspect the feed Blogger publishes
The cleanest check is to inspect the feed URL rather than relying only on a third-party destination. Blogger documents these standard full-site feed URLs, with blogname replaced by the blog address:
- Atom 1.0:
http://blogname.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default - RSS 2.0:
http://blogname.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
Those URLs are documented for sharing all blog content. They give you a direct view of the feed Blogger makes available. If the blog uses a custom domain, confirm the feed address that applies to that blog before drawing conclusions from a different URL.
When inspecting a feed, look for a recent post and compare its feed entry with the post’s content and footer configuration. The check answers a narrow question: what is Blogger supplying through the feed at that moment? It does not answer how every external tool handles the entry later.
A label-specific feed can help when you want to review posts under one label. Blogger documents label feed URLs by adding /-/[label] to the posts feed path. Replace both the blog address and the label placeholder with the values for the blog you are checking.
Feed redirects can change where you inspect
Blogger has a Post feed redirect URL setting for FeedBurner or another feed-processing service. When you enter a full feed URL there, Blogger redirects post-feed traffic to that address. Leaving the field blank means Blogger does not redirect the post feed.
This setting can complicate a footer check. You may open a standard Blogger feed address and be sent to another service because the redirect is active. That does not change Blogger’s documented Full requirement for a Post feed footer. It does mean you should identify whether you are viewing Blogger’s direct output or a redirected destination.
Check the redirect field in the same Site feed section. If it contains a URL, record that fact before making assumptions about the source of a missing element. The redirect setting exists to send post-feed traffic elsewhere, not to alter the rule that the footer requires Full.
Private blogs have a separate limit
Blogger states that site feeds do not work with private blogs. This is a different issue from the Full, Until Jump Break, Short, and None choices. A private blog can therefore block a feed-sharing workflow before the footer setting becomes relevant.
Check Reader access as part of the diagnosis when the feed cannot be accessed at all. Blogger lists public access, private-to-authors access, and custom readers as reader-access choices. The feed-sharing help page says site feeds do not work with private blogs.
A public blog with Full selected and a configured Post feed footer matches Blogger’s documented configuration. A private blog has a separate documented feed limitation. Keep those findings separate; they answer different questions.
A focused checklist before changing anything else
Check these points in order:
- Is Allow blog feed set to Full?
- Does the Post feed footer field contain the content you expect Blogger to add?
- Was the change saved in the same blog you are testing?
- Does the direct post feed show the recent post?
- Does Post feed redirect URL send traffic to another service?
- Is the blog public rather than private?
This order avoids a common dead end: editing a post’s jump break while the blog-wide feed remains set to Until Jump Break. Blogger’s documentation makes the Full setting the first configuration to verify for a missing post feed footer.
Before you change a feed setting, ask two useful questions: do you want subscribers to receive the entire post, and are you checking Blogger’s feed itself or a redirected copy? The first decides whether Full fits your publishing choice. The second keeps the diagnosis tied to the output you are actually viewing.
