diff --git a/themes/default/layouts/_default/index.rss.xml b/themes/default/layouts/_default/index.rss.xml
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+{{- $authorEmail := "" }}
+{{- with site.Params.author }}
+  {{- if reflect.IsMap . }}
+    {{- with .email }}
+      {{- $authorEmail = . }}
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- $authorName := "" }}
+{{- with site.Params.author }}
+  {{- if reflect.IsMap . }}
+    {{- with .name }}
+      {{- $authorName = . }}
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- else }}
+    {{- $authorName  = . }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- $pctx := . }}
+{{- if .IsHome }}{{ $pctx = .Site }}{{ end }}
+{{- $pages := slice }}
+{{- if or $.IsHome $.IsSection }}
+{{- $pages = $pctx.RegularPages }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- $pages = $pctx.Pages }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- $limit := .Site.Config.Services.RSS.Limit }}
+{{- if ge $limit 1 }}
+{{- $pages = $pages | first $limit }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- printf "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>" | safeHTML }}
+<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+  <channel>
+    <title>{{ .Site.Title }}</title>
+    <link>{{ .Permalink }}</link>
+    <description>{{ .Site.Title }}</description>
+    <language>{{ site.Language.LanguageCode }}</language>{{ with $authorEmail }}
+    <managingEditor>{{.}}{{ with $authorName }} ({{ . }}){{ end }}</managingEditor>{{ end }}{{ with $authorEmail }}
+    <webMaster>{{ . }}{{ with $authorName }} ({{ . }}){{ end }}</webMaster>{{ end }}{{ with .Site.Copyright }}
+    <copyright>{{ . }}</copyright>{{ end }}{{ if not .Date.IsZero }}
+    <lastBuildDate>{{ (index $pages.ByLastmod.Reverse 0).Lastmod.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</lastBuildDate>{{ end }}
+    {{- with .OutputFormats.Get "RSS" }}
+    {{ printf "<atom:link href=%q rel=\"self\" type=%q />" .Permalink .MediaType | safeHTML }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- range $pages }}
+    <item>
+      <title>{{ .Title }}</title>
+      <link>{{ .Permalink }}</link>
+      <pubDate>{{ .PublishDate.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</pubDate>
+      {{- with $authorEmail }}<author>{{ . }}{{ with $authorName }} ({{ . }}){{ end }}</author>{{ end }}
+      <guid>{{ .Permalink }}</guid>
+      <description>{{ .Summary | transform.XMLEscape | safeHTML }}</description>
+    </item>
+    {{- end }}
+  </channel>
+</rss>
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