How to add your Netflix queue to Wordpress

I recently added my Netflix queue to my W sidebar, and though a quick tutorial on how to do it would be in order.

First, make sure you have updated to the most recent version of Wordpress (2.1 at the time or writing), it comes bundled with the Magpie RSS parser.

Next all you have to do is paste this php code wherever you would like to display your queue:

//$url should be the url of the Netflix RSS feed you want to display
$url = ‘http://rss.netflix.com/AtHomeRSS?id=P1111853993031910187196164895014424′;

if ( $url ) {
$rss = fetch_rss( $url );
echo “<p>”;
echo “My ” . $rss->channel['title'] . “<p>”;
echo “<ul>”;
foreach ($rss->items as $item) {
$href = $item['link'];
$title = $item['title'];
echo “<li><a href=$href>$title</a></li>”;
}
echo “</ul>”;
}

I placed mine in the sidebar file of my current theme. You can do this from within W by going to Presentation->Theme Editor.

Make sure you set the $url variable to the URL for YOUR Netflix RSS feed. It will work for any of them; your Queue, Checked-out, or Recommendations.

Note: You have to place the php code in one of the php files, it won’t work if you place it in a blog post.

** UPDATE: I have paused my netflix queue: see post. Thus I will temporarily be removing the queue from my sidebar **